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May 9, 2007 | Registration Bonus for Django in June ends May 16

Any good gypsy would love to travel and save money. We've made special financial arrangements with camp coordinator Andrew Lawrence to include our readers in the Django in June event in New England this summer, saving you up to $200 off the event. If you have the time and are within driving/flying distance, consider including these six days (or part of them) at this specially reduced cost. The core of the JazzMando mission is promoting the mandolin in jazz, and we feel this breakthrough event which includes the mandolin in a very high profile participating position, is a major part of this effort.

New for this year Django in June, the first comprehensive "music camp" in the US devoted to Gypsy jazz. Django Camp will be held on the Smith College campus in beautiful Northampton, Massachusetts from Tuesday, June 12 through Sunday the 17th, with offerings for guitar, violin, mandolin, accordion and bass. Lining up a stellar staff of musicians from both coasts of the US and both sides of the Atlantic to provide an opportunity for immersion, guidance and inspiration. Django in June is proud to enlist the services and expertise of Berklee Professor, John McGann for gypsy mandolin instruction.

Django Camp will get started after dinner on Tuesday, June 12th and wrap up mid-day on Sunday the 17th. Wednesday through Saturday, the day will be broken into four time periods: one in the morning, two in the afternoon, and then an evening devoted to jamming, study or performance. At mealtimes, you will be providing music for one another in the dining hall on campus. There will be jamming before, in between, in the midst of, and afterwards.

The instructional program will be built around (but not limited to) a core repertoire of tunes that will provide a foundation for jamming and learning across instruments and levels of experience. Whether our focus is improvisation, idiomatic licks, solo studies, technique or accompaniment, our instructors will, whenever possible, use these tunes to demonstrate and explore the topic at hand. We will leave many details regarding the instructional program flexible until closer to the event so we can adapt to the number, experience level and expressed interests of our registrants. Here are some fundamentals you can count on, however:

  • The camp will accommodate both newcomers to the style and experienced players.

  • Classes will be divided between those with mixed instrumentation and those that are instrument-specific, including guitar, violin, mandolin, accordion and bass.

  • Some sessions will be organized as presentations for a larger group, while others will be designated for individual or small group coaching.

  • In addition to formal instruction, your days will be scheduled with plenty of time for informal guidance from the artists on our staff throughout our time together.

The full Django Camp program will cost between $450 - $860, depending on the choices you make around housing and food. You'll find all those details on the page devoted to Django Camp Registration. But first, please have a look at the fantastic group of Artists and Staff, especially your mandolin instructor, the multi-talented professor from Berkelee College of Music, John McGann who has agreed to help make this first Camp a rich and memorable experience for all. This should be an amazing week of music for you.

Note: JazzMando Registration Bonus Deadline is May 16th

The savings will be up to $100 off the tuition for local participants and another $100 for those using the lodging, or a total of $200 if you mention to Andrew the JazzMando website special. It's important that you make these arrangements within this week, and we'll be putting a deadline of May 16th for the bonus. Feel free to contact me or Andrew Lawrence for more details about this special incentive.

Contact andrew@communityguitar.com
Django in June Website

Bon jour!

Posted by Ted at May 9, 2007 5:29 AM


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