COVID-19 is not slowing us down.
Maryland Summer Jazz 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, Maryland Summer Jazz is offering a 100% safe and amazingly effective online workshop. We had 70 thrilled members at our virtual summer workshop in 2020, and they asked for more! In response, we debuted Maryland Winter Jazz in January, and now we're back with two incredible 3-day sessions of Maryland Summer Jazz 2021, an experience that wouldn’t be possible in the real world.
Your eagerness to connect, to be inspired, and to move ahead like crazy in your playing and understanding is still here, perhaps like never before. Your desire to invest in yourself certainly hasn’t changed. If anything it has become more pressing. We are going to help you run with that.
Super Special Guests - A Different Guest Lecturer For 75 Minutes Each Day. More Coming Soon!
Anat Cohen
Kenny Werner
Jeff Tain Watts
Randy Brecker
Vincent Herring
Peter Bernstein
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 Anat Cohen, Vincent Herring, or Randy Brecker, and doing a private lesson with Jeff Antoniuk or one of our other core faculty members!
Serious 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 consistently rate Maryland Summer Jazz among the finest adult camps in the world. Learn and play in small combos with excellent teachers who just happen to be top recording artists, Grammy winners, YouTube personalities and university professors. Exciting electives round out the virtual jazz camp experience.
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, connect with great information, and work with some of the finest players and teachers on the scene today, this is your place! We are also a great “refresher course” for full time music teachers. Novice jazz players are very welcome to get moving with us as well - 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 JazzWire.
Show Up Prepared & Leave With A Plan
When you register for MSJ, you’ll become a member of JazzWire, the only online community for adult jazz players (6-month initial commitment). There, EVERY participant at Maryland Summer Jazz will be working together before the July workshop, investigating and practicing the MSJ music together. Imagine showing up on day one, confident, relaxed and ready to go! And then, when MSJ is over, you’ll have a plan for your musical future. JazzWire will be your ongoing jazz workshop throughout the year. See more on JazzWire below.
Maryland Summer Jazz & JazzWire: The Most Forward-Thinking Jazz Camp On Earth
For more than 20 years, we have heard two wishes at the end of camp: (1) that attendees had known about us sooner, and (2) that they could continue to accelerate their learning after returning home from camp. We’ve taken that sentiment to heart, and have created JazzWire, a breakthrough experience in adult jazz education that begins well before you arrive at camp, and continues long after.
When you sign up for MSJ, you will also join JazzWire. This platform is unique in allowing our members to post recordings for comment by instructors and other community members. You'll get actionable feedback every time you post. This daily interaction supplements the individualized Practice Plan and Evaluation you will receive upon joining.
Before Camp, you will have the opportunity to practice the songs we will delve into at MSJ. Your fellow campers will be your friends from JazzWire. In short, you will be primed for an enjoyable, relaxed and educational camp experience. Find out more on the Workshop Information page.
Looking Forward to seeing you there!
When you sign up for MSJ, you will also join JazzWire. This platform is unique in allowing our members to post recordings for comment by instructors and other community members. You'll get actionable feedback every time you post. This daily interaction supplements the individualized Practice Plan and Evaluation you will receive upon joining.
Before Camp, you will have the opportunity to practice the songs we will delve into at MSJ. Your fellow campers will be your friends from JazzWire. In short, you will be primed for an enjoyable, relaxed and educational camp experience. Find out more on the Workshop Information page.
Looking Forward to seeing you there!