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
LJC Scholarship deadline is April 15
Thanks to the generosity of our donors and local/regional businesses and foundations, we are able to provide need-based financial assistance for Litchfield Jazz Camp. This support ensures that the transformative experience camp offers accessible to ALL kids. We are fortunate in that in 24 years, we have NEVER had to
Give Local is April 21-22
WHAT IS GIVE LOCAL? Hosted by the Connecticut Community Foundation, Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills is a 36 hour online giving event from 7 a.m. April 21 through 7 p.m. April 22, 2020. Since it’s creation in 2013, Give Local has raised more than $7.2 million for hundreds
Camp update – Drums full in session 2
We have received many early registrations for Litchfield Jazz Camp so far this year. We are currently full for drums in session 2. As of today, there is still availability in weeks 1, 3 and 4. Space is filling quickly for piano in all sessions, and guitar in week 1,
Save The Date, Jazz & Friends is BACK – May 3
This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival. The lead up to it will begin with a fundraising gala for Litchfield Jazz Camp scholarships. On May 3, Litchfield Jazz will bring back its popular Jazz & Friends fundraiser party, this time at a South Kent estate. The