Litchfield Jazz Camp

Washington, CT · 0 activities on KidzMaps

Founded in 1997, Litchfield Jazz Camp serves more than 300 residential and day students during a month-long program on the campus of the The Frederick Gunn School in Washington, Connecticut. Run by Litchfield Performing Arts (estb. 1981), a charitable organization dedicated to changing lives through music, the Camp’s philosophy is simple. We start with a faculty of amazing and inspiring jazz musicians who represent the best jazz players/educators on the scene today. To that we add eager music students in a non-competitive, inclusive program. A placement audition on arrival puts them in a group at their skill level. Litchfield Jazz Camp embraces all learners: students of all ages from 13 years up — beginners, intermediate learners, advanced players, students with learning disabilities. That is how the collaborative, supportive and fun atmosphere at Litchfield Jazz Camp is created.

Money is never a bar to participation. The camp dedicates some 100,000 annually in need based support for 20% of its student body. Students are taught in skill-based combos and have extensive opportunities to perform for each other and the public at the end of each session and at the award-winning Litchfield Jazz Festival. They experience the music of their master teachers in the evenings and enjoy their own jam sessions.

Students have lots of listening and performance opportunities at Litchfield Jazz Camp. They attend Faculty concerts and jams nightly, and student combo concerts wrap up each week. At…