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KCMEA JAZZ DAY
2025

JAZZ DAY RETURNS ON APRIL 10!


The Kern County Music Educators' Association and the Bakersfield College Jazz Studies Program are pleased to announce the 8th annual KCMEA Jazz Day at Bakersfield College on Thursday, April 10, 2025. This all-day event will feature student jazz ensembles from throughout Kern County performing in the Simonsen Performing Arts Center Indoor Theater, with showcase performances by the BC Jazz Ensemble, the BC Faculty Jazz Combo, and the Kern County Honor Jazz Band.

 

All events in the PAC Indoor Theater are free and open to the public. See below for info and directions for campus visitors.

HEAD CLINICIAN

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Our head clinician is trumpeter, composer, professor, and music publisher Jeff Jarvis. Jeff has served as Director of Jazz Studies at the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University Long Beach since 2005. He has composed and/or arranged over 175 published works for Kendor Music, Belwin Jazz, iJazzMusic, and UNC Jazz Press. His solo recordings as a jazz trumpeter and composer have won critical acclaim and placed high on national air play charts. His early career as a studio trumpeter encompasses over 100 R&B and disco recordings for such names as Lou Rawls, Michael Jackson, Melba Moore, The O’Jays and more. Live performance credits include Gladys Knight, Van Morrison, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Bellson, Joe Williams, Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks, Henry Mancini, Slide Hampton, and Doc Severinsen. Jeff is a sought after trumpet soloist, adjudicator and clinician, making frequent appearances at educational jazz festivals, jazz camps, and music education conferences.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9:45-12:15 Morning Bands (Indoor Theater)

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12:15-1:00 BC Faculty Jazz Combo (Indoor Theater)

 

1:00-1:30 Lunch Break

 

1:30-2:15 BC Jazz Studies Faculty Workshops (PAC Various Locations)

 

2:30-5:15 Afternoon Bands (Indoor Theater)

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INFORMATION FOR CAMPUS VISITORS

Visitors may park in student lot P3 at Panorama and Mt. Vernon. Guest parking permits are $5/day and can be purchased at this link.

School buses can drop students off at the loop just east of PAC building, and then park in lot P7 at Mt. Vernon and University.

Click here for a campus map.

INFORMATION FOR DIRECTORS

Each participating ensemble will begin with a 25-minute private clinic in the band room (PAC-2). Your students will perform 1 or 2 selections for the clinician and get tips and feedback to polish and refine their performance.

 

Following the clinic, your ensemble will proceed to the Indoor Theater stage to give a 15-20 minute public performance of up to 4 selections. You will receive written feedback on this performance, and it will be professionally recorded.

There will be midday breakout workshops led by BC Jazz Studies faculty. Please plan to stay and attend as many of the day's events with your students as possible!

Food is not provided. Participants should bring their own lunch or visit The Dining Commons at Campus Center (burgers, pizza, burritos, salads, etc.).  

BC will provide grand piano, drum set, congas, bongos, vibraphone, guitar and bass amps, cables, stands, chairs, solo and announce mics. Please describe any special staging needs in the application form below.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Participation is limited to 10 ensembles. Applications submitted after these slots are filled will be put on a wait list in the order received. 

The application deadline for Kern County High School ensembles is Thursday, March 13. Junior High and Middle School programs will be considered after that date if there are slots available.

Registration fees are due by Thursday, March 27. Mail a check for $200 payable to KCMEA to:

 

Attn: Amanda Sproul, Treasurer

KCMEA

PO Box 22403

Bakersfield, CA 93390

Further details will be sent via email upon receipt of your application.

KCMEA is an approved vendor through KHSD. Please ensure that your check will be sent directly to the address above.

 

For information on credit card payments or other questions, please contact Kris Tiner at kris.tiner@bakersfieldcollege.edu or 661-395-4313

JAZZ DAY APPLICATION FORM
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025
Application deadline is Thursday, March 13
Fields marked with * are required

PLEASE NOTE: As of 2/6/25 all available performance slots have been filled. Applications received after this date will be put on a wait list in the order they are received. 
Preferred time block for your clinic and performance:

Thank you for registering!

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