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 The TEXAS ALL-STAR JAZZ CAMP, July 18-23, 2010, is back for a seventeenth year! It's an amazing week of big bands, master classes, jazz theory, jazz arranging, improvisation and concerts. Students work in the outstanding facilities of Collin College's Spring Creek Campus. (Our guest artist for 2010 will be announced shortly.)
 (This is a list of the 2009 faculty; the proposed 2010 list will be posted shortly.) SAXOPHONE SECTION Randy Hamm (Southwest Missouri State University, Clark Terry) Tim Ishii (University of Texas-Arlington) Glenn Kostur (Maynard Ferguson, University of New Mexico) Ed Petersen (University of New Orleans, Ron Carter, Cedar Walton) Kevin McNerney (Collin College) TRUMPET SECTION John Davis (University of Colorado) Micah Bell (Texas Christian University) Jon Leonard (West Point Jazz Knights) Jason Levi (UNT One O'Clock Lab Band) TROMBONE SECTIONKeith Adkins (Count Basie) Michael Burgess (Buddy Rich) Chris Seiter (Bob Mintzer) A.G. Robeson (Stan Kenton)
RHYTHM SECTION Kent Ellingson, piano (Dallas BTWHSPVA) Tom Burchill, guitar (Texas Christian University) Mike Drake (University of North Texas, Bobby Shew, Paquito d'Rivera) Kris Berg, bass (Collin College)
VOCALIST Jennifer Barnes (Doc Severinsen, Sixth Wave, solo artist)
 8:30 Theory/Arranging 9:30 Big Band Rehearsal/Sectionals 11:00 Master Classes NOON Lunch 1:00 Improvisation 2:00 Big Band Rehearsal/Sectionals 3:30 Individual Practice 7:45 Camp Meeting 8:00 Evening Concert, John Anthony Theatre (free and open to the public!)
 (2009 rates listed below; subject to change for 2010) Tuition only: $265 (includes jazz camp T-shirt) Tuition and lunch: $310 (includes jazz camp T-shirt) Non-refundable deposit: $25 (balance due by July 1)
 Students who are 13 and older with at least one year of study on their instrument are encouraged to apply. The camp is also open to adult participants and educators. Vocal applicants should call for audition information. Upon receipt of application, applicants will be notified promptly (by postcard) of their acceptance. A final camp information packet will arrive after July 1, 2010. Please make all checks payable to CCCCD / JAZZ CAMP. (Please include drivers' license and phone numbers on your check.) FOR MORE INFORMATION and to get an informational poster/application mailed to you, call Kris Berg, Director of Jazz Studies, at 972-881-5108, or click here to send him an email. (NOTE: This camp page is being presented on kevinmcnerney.com as a public service...and because, as a member of the camp faculty, I'd like for as many people as possible to attend! Eventually, this page will be moving to Kris Berg's CCCCD Jazz Studies Department webpage. Click here to visit the current page and bookmark it for later.) Click here for the story of the live CD recorded by the faculty at the 2003 camp.
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