Theme: The basics of jazz improvisation and a musical interaction in a band.


Workshops are addressed to young jazz musicians, pupils of music schools, adults interested in jazz improvisation and cooperation in a jazz band.

Applications may be submitted by individuals and band (trios, quartets).

On the 13th of August (Saturday) at 6:30 p.m. workshop participants will present the effects of the course during a short performance on the main stage of the festival, at the Victoria Theatre Ruins.


Lecturers:

Jerzy Główczewski

A lecturer and a professor at the Jazz Institute of the Music Academy in Katowice, a saxophone player and a composer, an associate of the greatest at the jazz scene, including Maria Schneider and Eric Marienthal. He has been cooperating with the best Polish jazz orchestras and big band, like Kukla Band, Alex Band and more. He’s been recording music by Zbigniew Preisner and playing concerts with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He’s a member of the group The Globtrotters, with Bernard Maseli and Kuba Badach.

Jarosław Spałek

A graduate of the Jazz Institute of the Music Academy in Katowice, a pedagogue and a trumpet player, a session musician having a portfolio with almost 80 recordings of jazz and pop music. He has been cooperating with the best Polish jazz orchestras and big band, like Kukla Band, Alex Band and more. A trumpeter in Jerzy Milian and Tarkowski Orchestras. He has recorded a CD with Enerjazzer, the group from Gliwice playing traditional jazz. An educator at the Music School in Gliwice, where he leads a jazz band of the young schools pupils, the band well known in Gliwice and in the surrounding region.

The workshops will take place in the Music School in Gliwice (Wieczorka St. no 6) on the 12th and the 13th of August from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.

The workshop participants will present the effects of the course during a short performance on the main stage of the festival, at the Victoria Theatre Ruins on the 13th of August, at 6:30 p.m.


The workshops are open both for jazz fans/listeners and musicians.

Those who want to take active part (fully participate) in our workshops should send an e-mail at sjc@sjc.pl oraz jazzwruinach@jazzwruinach.pl and write name, surname, instrument.


The entrance is free.