The Miami Valley Jazz Camp celebrates it's tenth year with another fun and outstanding jazz camp, June 16-20, 2003 held at Centerville High School. The camp runs from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. and is designed for High School and Middle School students, with a special 1/2 day afternoon option for students taking summer school.

The 2003 jazz camp will feature performances and clinics by Maynard Ferguson and Big Bop Nouveau, University of Southern California's Shelly Berg, The Dayton Jazz Orchestra, a world premier of a commissioned jazz ensemble composition by Mark Taylor and an incredible regional staff.  Wow!

Please click on these links for an application and more camp information or visit the Dayton Jazz Orchestra at www.DaytonJazzOrchestra.com.

The Miami Valley Jazz Camp is hosted by the Centerville Band Department and administered by the Dayton Jazz Orchestra.

featuring a clinic and concert by:
"Maynard Ferguson and Big Bop Nouveau"

Special Guest Artist in Residence:  Shelly Berg

World Premier of a commissioned work by Mark Taylor!

A Special Performance by The Dayton Jazz Orchestra

and an incredible regional faculty including:  Scott Belck, Noah Bellamy, Chris Berg, Bill Burns, Brad Goode, Lennard Moses, Dan Nicora, Tom Pompei, Jim Smith, Claude Thomas, Mike Voytek, Francis Wyatt

The Miami Valley Jazz Summer Camp is pleased to announce its major Guest Artists for the 2003 Camp, which will be held at Centerville High School during the week of June 16^th.  Miami Valley Jazz is pleased to welcome Maynard Ferguson and the Big Bop Nouveau.  The Special Guest Artist-In-Residence for this year’s Camp will be Shelly Berg.  What a line-up for the week!

The camp will once again feature Big Bands and Combos, improvisation skill building, theory and history classes, and our famous student/faculty lunchtime jam sessions.  Miami Valley Jazz will maintain its traditionally low student to faculty ratio (approximately 6:1).  Our regionally and nationally renown Camp staff will include an incredible regional faculty listed above. Truly, this represents an extraordinary opportunity for the Camp’s young musicians to learn from these professional musicians.      

All daily sessions will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m.  The week will culminate with the Camp’s musicians performing a concert at the High School, which will be free and open to the public.  The Camp registration fee, payable by June 1^st, will include all sessions, a catered lunch each day, a CD of the final concert, a summer camp T-shirt, and a tickets to the Faculty and Phil Woods / Dayton Jazz Orchestra Concerts.  The full-day fee is only $200.  Once again this year, half-day sessions will be available to students attending morning summer school.  Half-day sessions will begin at 1:00 p.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. at a registration fee of $130.  Optional catered lunch will be available for an additional $30.  Scholarships will be available based on financial need and musical ability. 

See your school band instructor for a Camp application or call 885-7920 to have one mailed to you!  Additional information about this year’s Camp can be obtained by calling Tom Pompei at 231-3687.