Jazz Band For Teens! 13 - 18! Jam Out With NJPAC!

Newark NJ

Description

jazz for teens Spring Semester - Saturdays Only Dates: Jan 28 – May 13 Time: 10AM – 5PM Ages: 13 – 18 Tuition: *$650 per semester * Quick & Easy Financial Aid For All Students! * At times special admission are allowed for younger students who are at an intermediate level of musicianship.* Celebrating the Swing Era: Jazz Music of the 1940's' Jazz for Teens will highlight pivotal bands and musicians who helped shape the sound of Jazz music during the mid 1930's thru the 1940's. The 1930's was a time in American history that was filled with economic problems, unemployment, starvation, and a giant divide between the rich and the poor. In a way, The Great Depression allowed black people who made up most of the population of people who were most affected during this financial crisis to turn to music for reasons such as a distraction, arousal, and therapy instead of alcohol which provided similar effects but was not available. Musicians such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge and others help to create a musical backdrop that, in my opinion, captured the spirit of the American people during this time. It has become known as the Swing Era. Jazz for Teens students will play the music of the important time in our American History. Registration Online! NJPAC.ORG - Education Tab - Classes for Students