Sedona Jazz on the Rocks - celebrates jazz as a living art form through education and performance programs. A not-for-profit organization dedicated to furthering the talents of young Arizona jazz musicians, Sedona Jazz on the Rocks brings the greatest names in jazz to one of the most beautiful places in America - Sedona, Arizona.

27th Season

celebrates jazz as a living art form through education and performance programs. A not-for-profit organization dedicated to furthering the talents of young Arizona jazz musicians, Sedona Jazz on the Rocks brings the greatest names in jazz to one of the most beautiful places in America - Sedona, Arizona.

Education

 
Youth Jazz Band
Jazz in Our Schools
Summer Jazz
Workshops
Scholarships
SJOR Summer Jazz
Workshop Scholarship
NAU Summer Jazz
Institute Scholarship
Berklee College
Summer Scholarships
Private Music
Lessons Scholarship
 
 

Youth Jazz Band
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Program goal: To provide an environment for talented high school jazz musicians to expand their musicianship, performance techniques, composition skills and focus on the hallmark of jazz – improvisation.

Auditions will be held Sunday April 6, 2008 at Sedona Red Rock High School.

The SJOR Youth Jazz Band season runs from June to September each year. Rehearsals are held every Saturday in Sedona or Prescott. The band plays as a combo, enabling each member to develop their improvisational, arranging and composing style.

The band plays to thousands at the SJOR Benefit Jazz Festival. About eight other performances are also given each year.

SJOR Youth Performances/Highlights:

San Diego’s Balboa Park Amphitheatre
Diana Krall opening act in Phoenix
Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
Telluride Jazz Festival
Prescott Jazz Summit
Three CD releases (2000 & 2006 & 2008-to be released Summer 2008)

Applicant Eligibility Requirements:

Arizona resident and student
age 13 to 18

Audition Guidelines and Instructions

Audition Application and Eligibility Form (required)

Eligibility Policy

ABODA Etudes for auditions

 

Congratulations to our 2007 Youth Band who will be recording a new CD to be released Summer 2008!

 
Congratulations to our 2007 Youth Band!
 

Left to Right:
Brian Messenger, Jai Rideout, Austin Cox, David McVicker, Matt Jackson, Dir., Dennis Messenger, Brian Hanshaw, Matt Hepburn, Conor Watson, Calvin Audis, Hayden Mapel, Zach Gillespie
Not pictured: Patrick Adams

 

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Sedona Jazz on the Rocks, Inc., 2020 Contractors Road, Suite 5, Sedona, Arizona 86336
Telephone: 928-282-1985, Fax: 928-282-0590, Email: office@sedonajazz.com

 

Sedona Jazz is a
Proud Member of the
Sedona Arts Alliance

Sedona Jazz is a Proud Member of the Sedona Arts Alliance

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