AMP Presents: Jazz Ed

Jazz Ed Anacortes is bringing musicians of all ages and skill levels together for an exciting five-week pilot program. Led by acclaimed local musicians Jamie Findlay, Vince Fejeren, Brent Jensen, and Kathy Moore, students will enjoy 10 immersive sessions exploring the art of jazz. Through an audition process, participants will be placed into combos based on experience, skill level, and instrument. Whether you're new to jazz or looking to expand your skills, this is your chance to learn from some of the area's finest musicians.

Please inquire about reduced tuition, sliding scale payment, or scholarships

Date/time: Sundays and Wednesdays, 4-5:30 starting February 7th and ending on March 10th.

All ages, all experience levels

The Globe- 1904 Commercial Ave, Anacortes

Fee: 650.00

AMP's Jazz Ed Instructors:

Vince Fejeran has been the Director of the Skagit Community Band since 1994. He is very active in the music scene throughout the Skagit Valley, WA area, playing trombone with a number of local bands, and is President of the Manieri Jazz Endowment of the Anacortes Public Library, which funds projects to promote the understanding and appreciation of jazz music. He holds a degree in Music Education from the University of Puget Sound. Vince is the principal trombone player for the Skagit Symphony, and is an adjunct instructor at Skagit Valley College, where he teaches Instrumental Jazz, Jazz History, and Music Theory classes. He is also the Big Band director for Northwest Big Band Jazz Camp. Additionally, Vince has been an adjudicator for the San Juan Music Educators Association (SJMEA) high school large group band festival for several years.

Brent Jensen was the Director of Jazz Studies at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho for 18 years. He is a professional jazz saxophonist who has performed and/or recorded with a wide range of jazz artists including Gene Harris, Joe LaBarbera, Bill Anschell, Jamie Findlay, John Clayton, Gary Foster, Don Sickler, Jay Thomas and many others. Brent's recording "The Sound of a Dry Martini: Remembering Paul Desmond" charted at the #1 position on jazz radio stations across the country. His textbook "Survey of Jazz Handbook" (Kendall Hunt Publishing) has been used in college jazz history courses around the United States. Brent's recordings are available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube and other online music streaming platforms.

Originally from Seattle, Washington, Jamie is one of the masters of contemporary acoustic guitar. With three CD’s under his own name, “Wings of Light,” “Amigos del Corazón,’ and “Reflections” Jamie is a very busy performer and composer, both in the States and abroad. His music is flavored by many styles from jazz and blues to pop and funk. More recently, Jamie has helped form the Acoustic Jazz Quartet, an L.A. based jazz band that features Jamie’s compositions. Their first Naxos Jazz release was distributed worldwide in April, ’99, and a second Acoustic Jazz Quartet “Organic” released in 2001. In 2002 Jamie formed a guitar duo with Duck Baker, and the pair recorded an adventurous and critically acclaimed record of jazz guitar duos titled “Out of the Past”. Jamie continues to perform solo as well.

For nearly two decades, Seattle guitarist Kathy Moore has been a go-to guitarist with her talents ranging from rock to funk to jazz and country. She is a studio musician, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and teacher who performs in many theater projects, and local bands. She has also performed with the likes of Thaddeus Turner (Maktub), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam, Mad Season, Flight To Mars), the band Brad, Crystal Beth and the Boom Boom Band, Shawn Smith, Kim Virant, Grace Love, Wayne Horvitz, Ben Smith, Barrett Martin, Stone Gossard among other respected musicians– she has also played for theater productions such as Passing Strange, Soft Rock Kid, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Alien Angel, Houses of the Unholy, Operation Mindcrime and many more.

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