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JazzGirls Day at Berkeley High School on Sat., March 7th
Berkeley High Jazz invites all musicians who are girls between the ages of 10 and 14 to an event that will inspire girls to pursue jazz!
JazzGirls Day
Celebrating Women in Jazz: Past, Present and Future
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JazzGirls Day and JazzGirl programs are beginning to happen all over the US. This year, JazzGirls events are taking place in Berkeley, San Francisco, Seattle and NYC and likely other cities around the country.
Saturday, March 7th, 1-5pm at Berkeley High School Community Theater
**Register at the event only! No advance registration or RSVP required this year.**
Every year in March (usually on International Women’s Day) Berkeley High School Jazz produces JazzGirls Day. Come join us on Saturday, March 7th, 2015 for the 4th Annual JazzGirls Day at the Berkeley High School Community Theater. Elementary and middle school musicians, ages 10 – 14, who play or sing jazz or are thinking about trying it out, are invited to join professional female jazz musicians and educators for the afternoon. Activities will include master classes, jam sessions and a concert.
The Berkeley event is FREE and open to ALL girls from the Bay Area and beyond, ages 10-14, who sing or play an instrument.
2015 JazzGirls Day women music mentors who will lead the Berkeley workshop:
- Ruth Davies, bass
- Daria “Shani” Johnson, drums
- Tammy Hall, piano
- Cava Menzies, piano, Vocal Department Chair Oakland School of the Arts
- Nancy Boyles, sax/flute, Director King Middle School Jazz Band
- Jean Fineberg, sax, Director of the Girls’ & Womens’ Jazz & Blues Camps, Berkeley
- Sarah Cline, trombone, Berkeley High School Jazz Director
- Ellen Seeling, trumpet, Director of The Montclair Women’s Big Band
- India Cooke, violin, San Francisco Community Music Center, Mills College
- Janice Maxie-Reid, vocals
- Kasey Knudsen, sax, Sonoma State
- Ariane Cap, bass
- Michaelle Goerlitz, percussion
ALL families and friends are invited to a FREE screening of the fabulous film, “The Girls in the Band,” in the Berkeley High Little Theater from 4-5pm. Free sweet treats!
