Creative adventure and a stomping good time are in store for the participants of this workshop series!
This highly acclaimed workshop series currently includes five innovative and multi-media presentations designed to examine the musical, historical, geographic, social and cultural influences that form the foundation of jazz and solidifies its importance in America and around the globe today. Utilizing an interactive multi-media approach, a professional jazz ensemble conducts workshops using an informative video learning tool as its back drop. We support the development of critical learning skills while aiding in the development of motor coordination. All sessions are conducted in a safe environment by professional jazz musicians and educators.

Workshops are:
-Between 60 to 75 minutes in length
-Best when limited to 100 students
-Either grouped together or conducted individually
-Conducted by visiting performing artists aka Jazz House Kids Combo

This multi-faceted residency program provides a rare opportunity for existing choral programs to become immersed in the world of vocal jazz performance. Jazz House Kids brings world-class professional artists including singers, arrangers, and instrumentalists into schools to collaborate with music instructors to provide intensive instruction in vocal production and technique, fundamentals of jazz singing, repertoire development and basic elements from the jazz idiom. Professionally arranged music provides a platform for students to explore the rich harmonies of jazz. The Vocal Summit culminates with a series of public performances with students, residency clinicians and professional jazz musicians.

Target Audience: grades 3-12
Program Duration: 12 weeks (8+ weeks in school)
Clinicians visit weekly to conduct: 6-8 classes, dress rehearsal, 2 concerts, and Wrap up session

JHK Instrumental Residency Jazz Lab challenged, developed and encouraged the skills of student musicians during a week-long residency at Newark Performing Arts High School. The nations oldest performing arts high school hosted the world-class musicians from the Christian McBride Band which includes Christian McBride (bs), Geoffrey Keezer (pn), Ron Blake (sax) and Terreon Gully (dm) for an intensive classroom and performance-based jazz program, sponsored in part by Chamber Music America. In addition to a concert for their peers, Arts High's Omega Jazz Ensemble performed together with the members of the Christian McBride Band for two additional concerts at a middle school and a long term care facility. "Oscar Petty Jr., the jazz teacher at Arts High, said his jazz students ... learned professionalism and organization from the musicians."

Target Audience: middle and high school bands
Program Duration: ranges from a 1 to 8 weeks
Clinicians visit weekly and perform 2 concerts

Professional Development Jazz Retreat

We are pleased to introduce a new program for teaching professionals across academic disciplines. The Retreat is designed to immerse educators in a jazz environment where they will learn to combine jazz with other disciplines and come to see the endless possibilities for bringing jazz into ANY classroom. Teachers learn to reinvigorate current curricula through interdisciplinary professional development. Why? Because overwhelming evidence shows that music education enhances social skills, provides leadership tools and increases cognitive abilities in young people. Upon completion, educators will be able to design their own jazz-based units, and return to their schools to put into practice what they learned.

Participants will receive a wide range of training:
-	Gain a new look at the musical journey of jazz through the lens of a historical, geographic, socio-economic, political, gender and racial context which gave rise to America's classical music.
-	Non-music Educators: specific tools and lessons to incorporate jazz into any classroom
-	Music Educators: tools to start or strengthen instrumental and vocal programs
-	Music Generalists: create or expand a jazz unit in your classroom
Program Highlights:
-	Performances by internationally recognized jazz artists
-	Roundtable discussions with educators, professional artists and leading jazz institutions
-	Teacher jam sessions and cross content teacher forums
-	21 hours of professional development credit
-	The Retreat is 2 1/2 days and 3 follow up group sessions
Contact Jazz House Kids for more Information today! 973.744.2273

Get an inside look at the world of jazz through the eyes of the artist. Join us for an interactive listening and video series introducing families to the legacy of jazz around the globe. Meet internationally acclaimed artists and the friends who make up the jazz neighborhood for these fun filled informal mini performances and Q&A sessions. Come join us each session has a different twist!

This program is offered free of charge to the public.

Call us about our exciting Summer Camp Program!

Jazz House Kids is available for a wide range of concerts and assemblies for young people of all age groups and group sizes.

This year Jazz House Kids will launch an innovative Jazz Education Professional Development Series/The Winter Retreat for Music Specialists to help teachers gain the tools necessary to effectively integrate jazz education into their classrooms or expand their current jazz methods. Teachers are able to receive continuing education credits for their participation. Retreat sessions focus on beginning, intermediate, and advanced jazz harmony; arranging for small groups to big bands; getting the most out of a jazz ensemble; improvisation for beginners; making jazz choirs work; using electronics in the classroom; and including the vocalist in instrumental music ensembles. The professional clinicians draw upon their wealth of knowledge to present the curriculum in way that will be easily understood by the participants. Course materials include tips on integrating jazz into instrumental and general music classes at all levels.