The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Jazz Summer School

For ages 12-17
Venue: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

This five-day summer school aims to inspire young musicians to focus on creativity, performance and composition whilst offering specific instrumental guidance on the fundamentals of improvisation.

This course will benefit young musicians between the ages of 12 and 17 who are beginning to develop their skills in spontaneous composition and improvisation in a jazz context and want to take their playing to the next level.

This intensive summer school aims to inspire young musicians to focus on group performance whilst offering specific instrumental guidance on key elements of improvisation and performance.

Participants receive instrumental masterclasses, jazz theory classes, and much more, plus concerts by the all-star tutors: Rachel Lightbody (voice), Laura Macdonald (sax), Alyn Cosker (drums), Mario Caribe (bass), Tom MacNiven (trumpet), Pete Johnstone (piano), and Kevin Mackenzie (guitar).

Qs: summerschools@rcs.ac.uk