Kansas City Youth Jazz

KC Youth Jazz director, Clarence Smith, in the news

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Mr. Smith was recently highlighted in the following publications:

Keeping Time With Clarence Smith – Lee’s Summit Lifestyle Magazine, Jan.2012

Clarence Smith Feeds the Future of Jazz – The Marshall Democrat-News, Dec. 2011

Perpetuating the Legacy of Leon Brady – (PDF 19.5 MB) KC Jazz Ambassadors Magazine, Dec. 2011

Summer enrollment/placement

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Masters of KC Jazz Fundraising Concert

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Spring Concert

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Details to follow.

Sunset Band performance

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The Sunset band will perform at the Salvation Army Rehab Center at 6:30 pm.

Details to follow.

Spring semester begins -Reno Band/Combo

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Spring semester begins

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Spring Enrollment

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Enrollment for the Spring 2011 semester begins on Saturday, December 10 from 10:00 am to noon. Classes begin on January 7 and continue through May 6.

PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR NEW PLACEMENT AUDITION GUIDELINES FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS ON ALL INSTRUMENTS. Beginning and intermediate students please bring music that you have been working on to play for the KCYJ instructors.

Tuition fees range from $245 to $265 / semester and depend on band placement. A payment of at least $100 is due at the time of enrollment with the balance due at the first rehearsal. Combo classes are an additional $165 / semester. Payment plans and some scholarship assistance is available.

In addition to the tuition payment, all students are required to provide $100 in Business Sponsorships each semester. Parents are responsible for the additional $100 should Business sponsorships not be secured.

All Students auditioning for Reno Band placement please come prepared for the following:

Saxophone: 1. Play the first four notes of each major scale (tetrachords) 2. Sight Reading – 8 to 16 measures of a very difficult line. 3. Optional: Prepared piece or improvisation over F Concert blues.

Trumpet: 1. Chromatic scale from low F# to highest toe playable 2. Any major scale on command up to 4 sharps or flats. 3. An excerpt from a prepared piece. 4. Improvisation on F (concert) blues. Instructor will provide a play-a-long cd. 5. Sight reading.

Trombone: 1. Any major scale. 2. Sight reading. 3. Improvisation on F (concert) blues

Piano, Guitar and Bass: 1. Prepared piece of choice. 2. Sight reading. 3. Improvisation over F blues.

Drum set: Be prepared to play the following styles: Swing, Latin, and Fund/Rock. 2. Prepared piece. 3. Sight read. 4. Trade 4’s

Reno Combo to appear on Good Morning America

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The Reno Combo will perform on Thursday, October 20. Students report at the Kauffman Center stage door, north side between the two “humps” at 6:30am. Performance will be around 7:00am will be a live performance. Students should be finished around 7:30 am.

KCYJ staff will have a “walk thru” at the Kauffman Center on Wednesday at 4:00 pm. We may not have final instructions until that meeting. Parents please check email, Facebook and the KCYJ calendar for the latest information.

Plan to wear the standard KCYJ concert attire, black and white with tie. This may change after we meet with the Good Morning America staff.

KCYJ and Being A Genius

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Leon and Linda Brady and the Kansas City Youth Jazz bands are No. 3 on Plastic Sax’s list of jazz geniuses. Take a look at the article here.