COVID-19 is not slowing us down. MSJ has gone VIRTUAL!
This is a crazy time around the world, and literally no one knows what things will look like in a week, let alone a month. For that reason, MSJ is going to carry on 100% safely and effectively, by going virtual. We have put together an incredible two weeks of jazz that wouldn’t be possible in the real world.
The ability to connect, to be inspired, and to move ahead like crazy in our playing and understanding is still there, perhaps like never before. Your decision to invest in yourself certainly hasn’t changed. If anything it has become more dear. We are going to help you run with that.
New Super Special Guests - A Different Guest Lecturer For An Hour Each Day!
Jeff Coffin
Wycliffe Gordon
Ingrid Jensen
Matt Wilson
Rick Margitza
Peter Erskine
John Patitucci
Geoffrey Keezer
It’s a new world, and we are embracing not only what is possible, but what has previously been impossible. You will be doing a ton of playing online, attending engaging classes, asking questions, and connecting with other adult musicians from around the world, using the Zoom platform. Imagine working for 75 minutes each day with someone like John Patitucci or Wycliffe Gordon, and doing a private lesson with Jeff Antoniuk or one of our other core faculty members!
Two Sessions of Fun & Connection
Maryland Summer Jazz is one of the few jazz workshops in the world focusing on ADULT students. If you are looking for an amazing faculty, loads of fun and inspiration, an innovative curriculum and fantastic organization, you’ve found us. Participants and faculty continue to rate Maryland Summer Jazz among the finest adult camps in the world. Learn and play in small combos with top recording artists, Grammy winners, YouTube personalities and university professors. Exciting electives round out the virtual jazz camp experience. A thousand adults students from around the world who have attended MSJ can’t be wrong!
Adult Amateurs & Semi-Pros
MSJ helps serious semi-pros and adult amateurs get to the next level in their playing. If you are eager to dig in, to connect with great information, and to work with some of the finest players and teacher on the scene today, you have found your place! We are also a great “summer refresher course” for full time music teachers. Novice jazz players are also very welcome to get moving with us - you supply the passion, and we’ll get you playing better than you ever thought possible. This works because we know you and your playing from the work we will do together, in advance, at Jazz Wire.
Show Up Prepared & Leave With A Plan
When you register for MSJ, you’ll become a member of Jazz Wire, the only online community for adult jazz players (6-month initial commitment, with monthly subscription after that). There, EVERY participant at Maryland Summer Jazz will be working together before the July event, investigating and practicing the MSJ music together. Imagine showing up one day one, confident, relaxed and ready to go! And then, when MSJ is over, you’ll have a plan for your musical future. Jazz Wire will be your ongoing jazz workshop throughout the year. See more on Jazz Wire below.
Maryland Summer Jazz & Jazz Wire: The Most Forward-Thinking Jazz Camp On Earth
Over the past 16 years, what we hear most at the end of camp is “I wish I knew at the beginning of MSJ what I know now. I’d be so much further ahead!” We’ve taken that sentiment to heart, and have created an amazing
wholistic experience that begins well before you arrive at camp, and continues long after.
Jazz Wire is an online, global community for adult jazz students, with hundreds of members from over 25 different counties. All musicians attending MSJ are Jazz Wire members, so your experience with us is unlike that of any other camp or workshop in the world.
Once you join Jazz Wire, you’ll receive a personalized Practice Plan and Playing Evaluation, which allows you to spend the months leading up to Maryland Summer Jazz 2020 digging deeper into the song selections. You’ll be better prepared, more relaxed and confident, and you’ll have met ALL of your Maryland Summer Jazz campers in advance. You will show up on the first day of MSJ, meeting friends who you’ve known on Jazz Wire for many weeks and months! Jazz Wire is a subscription-based educational experience - your time on Jazz Wire will be the best investment you ever made in yourself and your playing. Find out more on the Workshop Information page.
Jazz Wire is an online, global community for adult jazz students, with hundreds of members from over 25 different counties. All musicians attending MSJ are Jazz Wire members, so your experience with us is unlike that of any other camp or workshop in the world.
Once you join Jazz Wire, you’ll receive a personalized Practice Plan and Playing Evaluation, which allows you to spend the months leading up to Maryland Summer Jazz 2020 digging deeper into the song selections. You’ll be better prepared, more relaxed and confident, and you’ll have met ALL of your Maryland Summer Jazz campers in advance. You will show up on the first day of MSJ, meeting friends who you’ve known on Jazz Wire for many weeks and months! Jazz Wire is a subscription-based educational experience - your time on Jazz Wire will be the best investment you ever made in yourself and your playing. Find out more on the Workshop Information page.