Paul Bollenback Will Be Teaching at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours!
Paul Bollenback will be teaching Guitar Masterclass during session 2 of Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours! Session 2 runs from July 20-26! Paul’s emotionally expressive style and eclectic approach is the result of years of listening, studying and playing music by Carlos Santana, Wes Montgomery, George Benson and many
Kris Allen Will Be Teaching at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours!
Kris Allen will be teaching Saxophone Masterclass at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours! Kris is a long-time LJC faculty member and alto saxophonist. Born and raised in Connecticut, he began musical studies at an early age, but his desire to pursue a life in jazz was catalyzed by an
Nicole Zuraitis Will Be Teaching at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually yours!
Nicole Zuraitis will be teaching Music Composition and Vocals Masterclass at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours! Nicole began her studies here at LJC at age 12! She is now a Grammy-nominated songwriter, vocalist and educator based in New York. She is the vocalist for the Birdland Big Band and
Zaccai Curtis Will Be Teaching at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours!
Zaccai Curtis will be teaching Theory & Jazz History at this year’s Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours! Zaccai has been performing on piano since the age of five. He first attended Litchfield Jazz Camp at age 13 and returned for most of his teen years. As a high school
Peter McEachern Will Be Teaching at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours!
Peter McEachern will be teaching Jazz History and Brass Masterclass this summer at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours! Peter, a Connecticut native, has been a teaching artist at Litchfield Jazz Camp since 1998! He has toured and recorded three CDs for Polygram with Blues legend Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown as
Doug Munro Will Be Teaching at Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours!
Doug Munro will be teaching Theory and Transcription at this year’s Litchfield Jazz Camp – Virtually Yours! Doug is a critically acclaimed New York-based jazz guitarist who has been teaching at LJC for 11 years. He founded the Jazz Studies program SUNY Purchase College and is professor emeritus there. An
FREE Virtual 2020 Jazz Fest
This July, Litchfield Jazz Festival marks a Quarter Century from the sound stages of Telefunken Electroakustik in South Windsor CT. In this go-with-the-flow summer, and on this landmark year for Connecticut’s premier jazz fest, a world-wide audience is expected. “Sets will be live and the audience will be live. Just
International Jazz Day
Today is International Jazz Day. That put me in mind of a sweet story involving one of our very favorite jazz musicians and human beings, the late, great Dave Brubeck. 2001 marked Dave’s first appearance at Litchfield Jazz Festival with his wonderful quartet, with Bobby Militello on sax, Michael Moore
UPDATE – Jazz & Friends is Cancelled
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, and in accordance with the most recent CDC guidelines regarding social distancing, we have decided to cancel our upcoming Jazz & Friends fundraiser. As many of you know, our spring fundraiser event at Litchfield Jazz each year helps us meet the need-based scholarship requests
We’re all in this together
Dear Litchfield Jazz Friends and Family, We wanted to take a moment to reach out to you to give you a little peace of mind and hopefully a ray of sunshine in these uncertain times. At this moment, we are not anticipating any disruption to Litchfield