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We are delighted to have international trumpet sensation

Bria Skonberg as our national artist-clinician this year.

A Millennial “shaking up the jazz world,” according to

Vanity Fair, Skonberg is a self-described “small town girl”

from Chilliwack, British Columbia. She left for Vancouver

straight out of high school and earned a degree in Jazz

Trumpet Performance from Capilano University, all the while

developing her chops and stage presence with Dal Richards,

Vancouver’s King of Swing. Playing at the 2010 Winter

Olympic Games in Vancouver capped off her education–

she was featured at the Paralympics opening ceremony.

In 2012 Bria released So Is The Day (Random Act Records);

her first album on a US-based label, featuring a duet with the

legendary John Pizzarelli. Her debut recording received rave

reviews from critics, drawing comparisons to Norah Jones in

The New York Daily News. In 2015, a year after her second

album, Into Your Own, was released, Skonberg received the

Jazz at Lincoln Center Swing! Award.

To date, Bria has performed at some 100 festivals worldwide.

She is the co-founder of the New York Hot Jazz Camp and

New York Hot Jazz Festival. Further accolades include

Best Vocal and Best Trumpet awards from Hot House Jazz

Magazine (2014-15), Outstanding Jazz Artist at the New York

Bistro Awards (2014), a DownBeat Rising Star (2013-15),

and a nominee for the Jazz Journalists' Association Up and

Coming Artist (2013). We are absolutely delighted that she

has agreed to be our 2017 national teaching artist.

For more information about Bria visit her online at

www.briaskonberg.com

Guest Artist Bria Skonberg

An intensive experience … culminating in

public performance with international guest artists, our process-oriented curriculum is designed to

balance combo, one-on-one coaching, master class

and public performance environments in a supportive atmosphere, guided by the finest

regional and national musician-educators.

In a nurturing and user-friendly manner, our students are led through highly educational and

inspirational activities in a convenient day-school environment, culminating in a grand concert.

The program includes a “Big Band Lab” in which students develop skills in large

ensemble sight-reading and phrasing.

All students 18 and under are eligible for the program. Our policy is to accept promising,

motivated students at all levels of expertise. Those accepted will be placed in a combo with others of comparable experience at improvising. A youth jazz festival on opening day of the NY State Fair

will feature all of our students to finish our summer festivities.

Our program is located in the beautiful and secure Art and Home Center at the NYS Fairgrounds.

The school day is 9AM-5PM, with a Grand Finale scheduled on Thursday evening. No transportation is provided by the program.

All registration forms are available for download and printing

at our website: www.cnyjazz.org/summerjazz-workshop

Click “2017 Registration Forms”.

Please complete the forms and return along with the deposit or full payment to the address listed below. If you are not

able to download or print the forms, please contact us at 315-479-5299 and

we will email, fax or mail them to you to fill out and return.

Payment may be made as follows:

By check:

payable to CNYJAF and mailed with

registrations forms to the address below

By credit card:

VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express (provide credit card information on the registration form or call our office

at 315-479-5299) and mail registration forms to:

CNY Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc.

441 E. Washington Street Syracuse, NY 13202

All Registration Forms and FULL TUITION payment

must be received no later than June 16, 2017.

All photos by Charles Wainwright

Enrollment is not rigidly based

on big band instrumentation. Students who play any

instrument, not only those associated with the jazz ensemble, may attend.

NO AUDITIONS ARE NECESSARY for admission.

Simply fill out ALL of the REGISTRATION FORMS

and mail to CNYJAF with your deposit. On the first day of the program, short placement auditions

will be held in order to place students in the ensemble most appropriate to their skill level.

Students may bring a self-prepared jazz selection with CD accompaniment, or be prepared to improvise to CD accompaniment provided.

Tuition for the entire

4-day workshop & evening performance with our national guest artist-clinician is $360. A minimum $180 tuition deposit is due with

each registration and the balance ($180) is due by June 16, 2017. You may also pay in full.

(ALL TUITION IS NON-REFUNDABLE).

ADDITIONAL SIBLINGS MAY ATTEND!! SAVE $100 on each additional family member

(18 and under) registered by June 16, 2017.

More information on our year round programs and other events may be found at www.cnyjazz.org