The Collective

General Information:
Date: February 5, 2010
Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Place: The CSU Stanislaus Department of Music
Registration Deadline: December 18, 2009
Fee: $150.00

Download Festival Application here

Philosophy:

The goal of the CSU Stanislaus Jazz Festival
is to provide students and directors with a positive
educational and musical experience in Jazz. Maximum
interaction between students, directors, and guest
clinicians will take place throughout the day, highlighted
by 2 hours of clinics beginning at noon.
Festival Format: The festival is non-competitive.
Clinicians will provide written and verbal feedback to
the directors and students. Each band will receive a
warm-up room for 30 minutes prior to their performance.
Each band will be allowed approximately 30 minutes to
perform (this includes setup and teardown), followed
immediately by a 30 minute clinic.

Awards:
• Festival clinicians will award medals to outstanding
individual performers from each ensemble.
• Festival clinicians will select up to two ensembles
to perform in the evening concert.
• Two partial-tuition scholarships to the CSU
Stanislaus Summer Music Camp will be awarded to
the most outstanding performers of the festival.
• Each participating school will be awarded a
commemorative plaque.

Tentative Schedule:
• 8:00 am - Festival Begins
• 12:00 to 12:45 pm: Clinics
• 1:00 to 1:45 pm: Masterclass with The Collective
• 7:30 pm - Concert featuring the CSU Stanislaus Jazz
Ensemble with special guests The Collective.

Clinicians:

Dr. JohnDavis is Director of Jazz Studies at the
University of Colorado, Boulder. Under his direction,
the jazz studies program has been awarded 14 Down
Beat Magazine Student Music Awards in the past six
years. CU Jazz Studies was recognized by the university
chancellor as one of the University’s “core programs
of excellence.” Under Davis’ direction, Jazz Ensemble
I performed at the 2004 International Association of
Jazz Education (IAJE) conference in New York City and
was recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding big
bands by Down Beat Magazine in 2003 and 2005.

Dr. Steve Roach has been the Director of Jazz Studies
at California State University, Sacramento since 2001.
Steve has also served as Director of Jazz Studies at
Baylor University and has held teaching positions at the
University of Northern Colorado and Northern Illinois
University. Steve is currently serving on the Executive
Board for the California Institute for the Preservation
of Jazz and the Capital Section of the California Music
Educators Association