Feb. 13, 2010 • Sac. State
"Jazz with Personality!"
5th annual TJYBF
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010
8:00am – 5:00pm
Eve. concert 7:00pm
Sac. State University
Capistrano Hall
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA
OPTIONAL:
Friday Jam Session
"Jazz Sunday" concert
About TJYBF
The Trad. Jazz Youth Band Festival is an all-day festival dedicated to the performance and teaching of traditional jazz, with combo bands performing non-competitively.
Every combo receives feedback and lead-sheet clinics following its performance.
Also included: an optional Friday evening (pre-festival) hosted jam session, master classes, noon concert, Evening Showcase concert, and admission to the STJS "Jazz Sunday."
TJYBF is believed to be the only scholastic festival for Dixieland or traditional jazz, and is open to school bands, jazz club-sponsored bands, and independent youth bands.
Anyone may purchase a festival pass to attend performances. For 2010, we welcome Jason Wanner (piano) as our guest artist/clinician.
Qualifications (PDF file).
Click here to download the necessary forms (Application, and Tune Selection) in PDF format.
Mission
CLINICIANS
BANDS
Sponsors
Volunteers
Photos
Site Map
Scroll or link to more info:
• Campus Dining
• Divisions
• Eligibility
• Friday Jam Session
• Fundraiser – Dec. 3, 2009
• Hot Jazz DANCE Concert
• Jazz Sunday
• Judging Criteria
• Maps
• NEW This Year
• Noon Pizza Jam
• Parking
• Performance Times
• Preparation Resources
• Sponsorship and Ads
• Refunds
• Registration
• Restaurants
• Tickets
• Travel & Accommodations
Presented by
Sac. Trad. Jazz Society
and
Sac. State University
Jazz Studies
in cooperation with
Trad. Jazz
Educators Network
Eligibility
The TJYBF presents student ensembles playing traditional (trad) jazz. The term “traditional jazz” as used here means the various styles of New Orleans jazz and their outgrowths, encompassing styles sometimes called Dixieland, classic jazz, hot jazz, Chicago style, San Francisco style, etc. A hallmark of traditional jazz is the New Orleans tradition of several wind instruments playing polyphonically, i.e., ensemble improvisation. These styles are described in detail in the Style Guide on the Traditional Jazz Educators Network web site.
Recordings in these styles are available at no charge from the Traditional Jazz Educators Network. A listing may be found at the TJEN Resource Library.
Bands accepted to perform at the TJYBF must meet all criteria:
• All band members are younger than 22 years of age — unless enrolled in 6 college credits or more.
• Perform in one or more of the styles described in the Style Guide.
• No more than 9 musicians perform at a time. (This criterion is imposed because traditional jazz is a set of small-group styles; large groups lose the ability to weave meaningful improvised ensemble counterpoint.)
Preparation Resources
The Traditional Jazz Educators Network (TJEN) maintains a comprehensive listing of commercially-available traditional jazz resources, including arrangements, transcriptions, lead sheets/“fake” books, play-along sets, method books, web sites and the like. TJEN also maintains a Resource Library of such materials that it makes available to educators at no charge.
The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society (STJS) has assembled a collection of lead sheets, in Concert C treble clef, for 100 “standard” traditional jazz tunes, which will be available for a $15 donation per binder, payable to STJS.
Performance Times
When planning your program, please keep in mind that your performance time slot of 25 minutes includes entry, set-up, announcements, performance (generally three or four tunes), and exit. We recommend that you program only 18-20 minutes of music and allow at least 5-7 minutes for entering and exiting the stage. The judges will impose an overtime penalty if a combo continues to perform past the end of its time limit.
Noon Pizza Jam
The Pizza Jam for student musicians will take place at 12 noon. Adjudicator David Robinson, and local band leader Dr. Charlie Gehlbach, will mentor the organized jam set. The host band will be the Sac. State University jazz combo. Round Table Pizza will provide the lunches — and this time, they promise to be on time!
Friday Jam Session with Clinicians
As a pre-festival warmup, there's an open jam session on Friday night where festival participants can sit-in with the clinicians in front of an audience at Round Table Pizza (9138 Kiefer Blvd., Sac. - see JAM map). 6–8:30pm. NOTE: Final location is subject to change.
STJS "Jazz Sunday"
Jason Wanner, Bob Draga, and Eddie Erickson are the featured guest artists for the monthly meeting of the STJS (Sac. Trad. Jazz Society). Admission to "Jazz Sunday" at the Dante Club is by donation (prices subject to change): Adults: $10 for members and $15 for non-members.
Students (age 12-20): members $5; non-members $7. Under 12: free. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
Free Parking
All festival events will take place in Capistrano Hall. Vehicles can be parked on the student side of Parking Structure #1, adjacent to Capistrano Hall. After student drop off, buses may park in Student Lot 8, or Faculty/Staff Lot 1. Please refer to the Sac State map for locations. Parking is free and open to the public on the day of the festival.
Fundraiser - Dec. 3, 2009
"Up Close..." flyer (PDF file)
"Up Close and Personal" was a special TJYBF fundraising event
featuring 2010 Sacramento Jazz Festival Emperor Bob Draga and
2010 TJYBF Guest Artist Jason Wanner. On Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 at the Sac. Yacht Club, we raised over $5000 for TJYBF thanks to the hard work of Ron and Patti Jones. Patti Jones: tripper@surewest.net
Festival Divisions
Individual musicians will be eligible for over $4,500 of merit awards and scholarships:
1. Elementary/Middle School Division: For bands consisting of students from elementary school through eighth grade.
2. High School Division: For bands consisting of students from a single high school (grades 9-12).
3. College Division: For bands consisting of students (each of whom is enrolled in at least 6 credits regardless of age) from a single college or university campus.
4. Jazz Club/Private/Other Division*: For bands that draw from more than one school. Bands in this division may be affiliated with a jazz society, private instructor, or may be self-directed.
(* Now that the festival is a non-competitive event, depending on the number of these bands enrolled in a given year, Jazz Club/Private Bands will be placed into a grade-level performance venue based on the current grade level of the band's eldest musician.)
New TJEN Judging Criteria
All bands will be adjudicated by jazz clinicians as follows:
• Group Improvisation - 20%
• Concept - 30%
• Individual Improvisation - 15%
• Stage Presence - 15%
• Cohesiveness - 10%
• Rhythm - 10%
Adjudication considerations specific to traditional jazz performance will be provided upon registration.
Festival Passes & Concert Tickets
AT-THE-DOOR tickets sales: On Sat., Feb. 13th, band families, chaperones, and the general public may purchase all-events festival passes for $12 general. Admission includes the evening Hot Jazz Dance Concert. There will be no admission charge for students 21 and under with school ID.
ADVANCE ticket sales: Beginning in November, $10 advance tickets may be purchased at STJS "Jazz Sunday" concerts, the STJS Office, and from STJS board members.
To get tickets from Ticket Chairperson Helen Robinson, e-mail h.robinson3@comcast.net or call her at (916) 947-2857.
NOTE: Advance-ticket buyers will be entered into drawings for Red Lobster and Spaghetti Factory dinners-for-two.
Please make checks payable to STJS and specify TJYBF on the memo line.
Festival & Event MAPS
For visitor information, campus parking map, and driving directions to Sacramento State University: http://itweb.csus.edu/map/
Click here to visit the MAP page of this website to view and download other maps that include Sac. State and the Dante Club (for "Jazz Sunday").
All events will take place in Capistrano Hall. Parking passes will be provided for complimentary parking, all day Saturday, in the parking structure directly in front of Capistrano Hall.
Campus Dining
These food vendors will be open Sat. in the nearby Univ. Union:
• Java City, Union Sta., 8am-6pm
• Gordito Burrito, 8am-4pm
• Kung Fu Fats, 10am-3pm
• Round Table Pizza at the Hive, 11am-7pm
• Burger King, 11am-2pm
Please note: Hours of operation are seasonal and subject to change.
www.dining.csus.edu/hours.html
Nearby Restaurants
The following nearby restaurants offer good and affordable meals:
• Jack's Urban Eats - 2535 Fair Oaks Blvd. (Loehmann's Plaza)
• Applebee's - 2024 Arden Way
(next door to Vagabond)
• Romano's Macaroni Grill -
2001 Alta Arden Expressway
• Mimi's Cafe - 2029 Alta Arden
• JJ North's Grand Buffet -
1030 Howe Ave.
• Chevy's Fresh Mex -
1234 Howe Ave.
• El Torito Mexican Rest. & Cantina - 1212 Howe Ave.
• Mongolian Bar B-Q by
Great Wall - 1537 Howe Ave.
• Hoppy Brewing Company -
6300 Folsom Blvd
• Giovanni’s Pizzeria -
6200 Folsom Blvd.
• Dos Coyotes Border Café -
65th & Folsom Blvd.
• Jamba Juice - 65th & Folsom Bl.
• Strings - 65th & Folsom Blvd.
Hot Jazz DANCE Concert
“Happy feet! I've got those
hap-hap-happy feet!”
Bring your dancing feet! TJYBF celebrates its 5th anniversary by culminating its daytime jazz ensemble performances with a new “Hot Jazz Dance Concert” featuring Jason Wanner and the festival’s All-Star Clinicians Band. For this special event, the Music Recital Hall main stage inside the Capistrano Hall building will shed its band shell and transform into a spacious dance floor for Lindy hoppers and swing dancers. There will be plenty of on-stage dance space on the sides and to the rear of the jazz combo. Those who prefer to sit during the concert may also relax in conventional concert seating. 7:00 pm–8:30 pm following the Awards presentation.
NEW THIS YEAR:
— Hot Jazz Dance Concert
Read paragraph above.
— Registration Form must be accompanied by the Tune Selection and Combo Personnel form. (Download PDFs now.)
— David Robinson will bring back his mid-morning lecture/demo, the "Styles of Traditional Jazz," in the Music Recital Hall.
— The "E" Factor: “Jazz with Personality” reflects the festival's focus ondevelopment of stage presence. The mid-afternoon Jazz Workshop woill demonstrate ensemble work utilizing the “E” Factor: how to Excite, Energize, and Engage your audience. Festival bands will be encouraged to make the most of their “E” Factor by developing their "Stage Presence," which is an adjudication criterion (15% weight). Student bands will be expected to emcee their sets following a brief welcome introduction by festival staff. TJEN President David Robinson reminds bands that, “there's a fine line between engaging your audience and lapsing into shtick. Our "Concept" adjudication criterion encourages bands to relate well to their audience, but also warns that "excessive on-stage antics will not be seen as a substitute for musicality in the eyes of the judges."
— Students (age 21 and under) with school ID admitted at no charge to the festival and/or evening concert.
Registration Form
Click here to download the necessary forms (Application, and Tune Selection) in PDF format.
Please register as early as possible. We will try to meet scheduling preferences based on the date of registration and receipt of your registration fee. TJYBF staff will accept registrations until the festival is full.
DEADLINE for registration is December 15, 2009.
Late Registration until January 11, 2010 is $125 per combo.
Registration Fee
The registration fee for the TJYBF is $100. This fee includes:
• All-events festival access for directors and individual band members
• STJS-hosted luncheon for band directors and clinicians
• Use of warm-up room prior to performance (no piano, amps or drums/cymbals provided)
• Adjudicated performance including feedback tape and forms (piano, bass/guitar amps and drums/cymbals provided)
• Feedback clinic based on performance (piano, amps, drums provided)
• Lead sheet clinics and sectionals.
• Friday evening, clinician-led Jam Session at Round Table Pizza.
• Noontime Jazz 'n' Pizza Mini-concert with the Clinicians Band.
• Awards and Encore Performances featuring outstanding festival bands.
• Evening All-Star Clinicians Concert featuring guest pianist Jason Wanner, clarinet clinician Bob Draga, plus Eddie Erickson, and the Clinicians All-Star Band.
• Complimentary admission for each band director, band student and one parent to the next-day STJS "Jazz Sunday" session at the nearby Dante Club from noon to 5 p.m.
• Select bands will be invited to perform on the Dante Club Main Stage and in the Gold Card Room for the "Jazz Sunday" session.
• Group band photos will be available for purchase.
• STJS jazz fake books in binders, and CDs will be available for a donation.
Refunds
Registration-fee refunds will be given if the festival is cancelled by Sac State Jazz Studies or STJS. Participant-initiated cancellations must be received before January 2, 2010 and will be subject to a $25 processing fee.
Travel & Accommodations
Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau is pleased to be working in conjunction with the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society and can assist you with your hotel, transportation, dining and sightseeing needs for the festival. Please contact Tourism Sales Manager Leticia Bokan at (916) 808-7781; direct line (916) 808-7781; or e-mail her at lbokan@cityofsacramento.org
Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival (TJYBF) • Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society(STJS)
c/o 1101 Kingsford Drive • Carmichael, CA 95608-6161
(916) 372-5277 • E-mail: youthbandfest@sacjazz.org