SXU Hosts Fourth Annual SXU-Southside Summer Jazz Camp

Saint Xavier University (SXU) is delighted to announce the Fourth Annual SXU-Southside Summer Jazz Camp will be returning this summer, running from July 15 to 19 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. each day.

The camp is open to students in sixth grade through twelfth grade. The SXU-Southside Summer Jazz Camp provides students with the opportunity to learn from and work with an outstanding group of jazz educators who are dedicated to helping students gain their confidence and improve on their musical abilities as section players, improvisers and sight-readers. Students of all levels of experience are invited to attended, regardless of whether they are new to jazz or looking to experience something new by expanding their horizons.

The camp includes daily rehearsals on jazz repertoire, instrumental sectionals, improvisation master-classes, jam sessions, guest concerts and music theory workshops. Students will showcase their talents on the final concert on July 19 in McGuire Hall of the Warde Academic Center.

The SXU-Southside Summer Jazz Camp welcomes students of all instruments, including trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, string bass, guitar, vibraphone and drums. The cost of attending is $80 per student. Register today by visiting the SXU summer camp website and filling out the online forms. For more information about this camp, contact Shawn Salmon at salmanFREESXU or 773-298-3420.

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