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THE DORDOGNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ SUMMER SCHOOL |
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Based at Chateau
de Monteton, in south-west France;
and led by pianist, and composer Andrea
Vicari. Two weeks of total immersion in jazz and improvisation.
An intensive musical language course in a supportive environment,
with a lot of enthusiastic people at all levels.
Improvisation, jazz harmony, the exploration of various jazz idioms, and group performance are the main areas covered. There are nightly organised jam sessions from 6.00pm and all-night jams after dinner in the Cave, plus free concerts by the tutors and other professional jazz musicians. At the end of the week the students perform to a live audience. Keyboards, drums,
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Prices cover six days of jazz tuition, including
course materials; accommodation, breakfast, lunch
and evening meals with wine; use of facilities, including
bar, restaurant; and transfer from Bergerac airport or rail-station
to the Chateau. Keyboards, drum kits,
PAs and some amps are provided..... more
details
STUDENT RATE €550
Students and others in full time education now benefit from the €550 student rate.
All courses are adults only
(18+), unless chaperoned (16+)* more
details....
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Fly direct to Bergerac
Airport from London (Stansted), Amsterdam, Brussels,
Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton,
Nottingham, Exeter, and Leeds-Bradford with RyanAir;
FlyBE
or Transavia.
For an ethical journey take the
Eurostar via Lille or Paris to Bergerac.
Saturdays are travel days
Course activity limited to an evening
jam session.
see
the TRAVEL page for details |
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RECORDING SESSIONS
This year we will be offering a new initiative to anyone wanting to "stay-after-schoo". The chance to record your demos and tracks in the fully-functional "Studio de La Tour" recording facility engineered by our in-house producer and engineer Manu Feramus. Sessions will run from the end of classes at 4pm until 7pm and then after dinner from 10pm-1am. There is now a Yamaha (upright) acoustic piano in the studio. Other gear available includes drums, percussion, keyboards, amps guitars etc. All the usual stuff.
This is an optional extra on the course and prices are €50/hour (about £35). So €150/3hours and a discounted rate for a double session of six hours of €250.
For anyone not familiar with the studio follow this photo link "Studio de La Tour"
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BODY The Dordogne Jazz Summer school welcomes students
from all countries. In past years these have included the UK,
France, Ireland, Spain, Japan, USA, Nigeria, Brazil, Holland, Israel, Austria,
Canada, Turkey, Norway, China (Hong Kong), Sweden, South Africa,
Catalonia, Austrailia, and Italy. Teaching is primarily in English
with French translation available as Andrea Vicari, Jon Bratoeff
and vocal tutor Paola Vera are fluent and the rest of us get by. We
use the internationally recognised jazz nomemclature (as found
in the "Real Books").
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Use the menu above to learn more or contact us using the details
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