Jazz Camp is right around the corner!

Summer's nearly here! There are so many ways for our kids to spend the Summer

of 2011. We hope you'll consider signing your kids up for Jazz Camp. It's jazz, and a

whole lot more!

(((NEW MEXICO JAZZ WORKSHOP)))
((((((((((JAZZ CAMP 2011))))))))))
Three Sessions: JUNE 13 -- JULY 22

Location: Alice King Community School
1905 Mountain Road North West
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
(Next to Explora and the New Mexico History Museum)

Join us for the 17th year of the New Mexico Jazz Workshop's
popular music-based day camp for children ages 6-12.
Each session is 2 weeks in length and includes instrument, voice,
dance and art instruction all wrapped up in fun!

No previous musical experience necessary!

Classes include:
African drumming
Caribbean Jam
Marimba
Mask Making
Blues Band
Studio Art
Capoeira
Drums, Drums, and More Drums!
Hip Hop Dance
African Dance

Camp sessions, dates and themes include:
Session A: Jazz Roots - June 13 thru 24
Session B: Jazz, An American Original- June 27 thru July 8 (except July 4)
Session C: Jazz Around the World- July 11 thru 22
Discounts for siblings.

For costs and additional information, please visit www.nmjazz.org
For more information please call Debbie @ 505-255-9798

Give the Gift of Jazz!

It's the second week of December already.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? We're not

quite ready to settle in for Winter just yet! One more concert for the year, Adult Education classes are shaping up, and we're gearing up for a a busy 2011!

12/12 Middle School and High School Youth Honor Bands RECITAL: Sunday, December 12th 1PM -3PM at the Cooperage, 7220 Lomas NE. Don't miss an afternoon of music with the future of jazz in New Mexico (and beyond!) Middle-High and High School Honor Band kids go on to great things. Get in on the ground floor of their assent to amazing heights!

Mid-High School Honor Jazz Band

Under the Direction of Sam Nesbitt

High School Honor Jazz Band

Under the Direction of Christian Pincock

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ONE-STOP SHOPPING @ NEW MEXICO JAZZ WORKSHOP

Give the Gift of JAZZ!

Consider an alternative to the hustle and bustle of holiday gift shopping by purchasing a gift card from New Mexico Jazz Workshop. Give the gift of Jazz -- buy NMJW Jazz Bucks.

A gift card of $50, $100, $150 or $200 is a wonderful way to offer the artist in your life the opportunity to take a class, attend a concert, present dollars towards a Jazz Camp session, or even join NMJW as a Member! Call us for more information: 505-255-9798.

We'll see you in the New Year! Can't wait.

NMJW

NM Jazz presents Ocho y Mas and RumbaTronix at Salsa Season Opening!

We can hardly wait for NM Jazz Workshop Salsa Under the Stars! For the full schedule of events, click here. Put it in your calendars right now: the amazing Ocho y Mas and the techno-savvy-acoustically-smoove, Bossa Nova jams of RumbaTronix  kick off a long, hot summer of even hotter Salsa on May 29th at 7pm at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater-- you've gotta be there!

Ocho y Mas is one of the hottest bands to burst onto the international, Latin music scene. EVER. Expect to be stirred by the kind of original, old-school flavor that makes Salsa a delicacy for the senses! 

In our next blog entry, we'll introduce you to the electronica-musica, ultra groove of RumbaTronix. Don't miss this show!