2011 OTTAWA SAXOPHONE CAMP
with special guest Pat LaBarbera
July 12 - 29, 2011
What it's all about...
Rehearse and perform with a quartet or quintet
- Groups will be formed based on students with similar abilities.
- Students will work through challenging material of varying styles, and will perform at a public concert at the end of July.
Jazz Improvisation Workshops
- Students will be divided into beginner and intermediate/advanced classes, and sessions will be aimed at developing specific improvising techniques.
- Players will be given a theoretical approach, then learn to apply it to a blues, modal, and standard repertoire.
- The final workshops will involve all students getting to play with a professional rhythm section.
Masterclasses
- Special sessions dealing with various topics as they relate specifically to the saxophone, such as practicing, playing and performing; these will be given by Mike Tremblay, Pat LaBarbera and other invited speakers (TBA)
Recording session
- Each student gets a chance to record a tune or two with pianist Mark Ferguson. Each student will be emailed an MP3 file with their song at the end of camp.
WEEKLY FACULTY CONCERTS
- Concerts by faculty and invited guests are given once a week.
- Previous concerts have included the Cosmos Saxophone Quartet and Mike Murley. This year we are proud to present a concert with the great saxophonist Pat LaBarbera.
SCHEDULE
This camp operates on days, evenings, and weekends. Students can easily schedule classes
and events around their regular summer activities. Many of our students have full time jobs or are
involved in other summer programs. All classes take place at Westboro Baptist Church (Richmond Rd.) and Parkdale Baptist Church (Parkdale Ave.).
SAXOPHONE CHOIR AND CHAMBER GROUPS
- There are two or three chamber groups, each of a different size.
- The largest ensemble is the saxophone choir. Last year it had 47 saxophones.
- Sight-Reading Sessions
- Intermediate and advanced sessions are held once a week where students learn how to improve their sight-reading skills.
Who can audition...
- Any saxophonist, from beginner (one year experience) to advanced... all ages welcome! Last year we had 47 saxophonists in camp, including 16 adults.
Special notes...
- Students must provide their own instrument and music stand
- All rehearsal, workshops and masterclasses will be held at Westboro Baptist Church (Richmond Rd.) and Parkdale Baptist Church (Parkdale Ave.).
- Those students new to the camp may be required to participate in an informal placement audition at the beginning of camp.
- Students will complete an “availability form” at the beginning of camp.
- These forms are used to schedule all aspects of the camp.
- Every effort is made to fit this camps schedule into other activities such as: part- time and full-time jobs, other day camps, soccer games etc. Our camp runs 7 days a week….day and evening. We run each class in two or three times s week in different time slots to make it easy for our students to fit them into their schedule.
A typical week would include the following.
- Quartet or quintet rehearsal
- Chamber group rehearsal
- Large ensemble rehearsal (saxophone choir)
- Improvising session
- Jam session
- Theory session
- Sight reading session
- Masterclass (advanced and/or intermediate)
- One concert to attend
The Final Concert
- We will divide all the quartets and quintets into two groups. One group will perform a concert at 3:30 in the afternoon on the 29th of July. The second group will perform at 6:30 in the evening. All medium and large ensembles and the saxophone choir will perform at both concerts.
- Between the concerts we will have a huge pot-luck dinner will all friends and family welcome.
COME AND BE PART OF OUR 5th YEAR !
The Ottawa Saxophone Camp proudly acknowledges the support of:
Parkdale Baptist Church, Kiwanis Music Festival and Carleton University.
Camp fee.....$325. Please make cheques payabnle to Mike Tremblay.
Please click below to register:
 Pat LaBarbera
Pat LaBarbera is considered one of the finest saxophone soloists working within the framework of John
Coltrane's principals. The connection was most obvious when he worked with Elvin Jones groups which began in 1975. He studied with his father Joseph LaBarbera, John LaPorta and Joe Henderson.
LaBarbera became best known for his solo work with the bands of Buddy Rich (1967-1974), Louis Bellson, Woody Herman and his own groups. He moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1974 and is a
member of the faculty at Humber College. A true intellectual of improvisation, he has been among the key members of the Toronto jazz scene for more than 30 years.
LaBarbera has played a major role in the development of a generation of Canadian saxophonists. Rejoining Elvin Jones' Jazz Machine in January 2001 for two years, Pat performed and toured North America, Britain, Europe, and Japan. Presently, he continues to write and perform with his own trio and quartet. His ballads CD Deep In A Dream received both Juno and Jazz Report awards for instrumental jazz in 2000. "Pat has tremendous musical ability beyond technical facility. He has great power of concentration to detail and is totally committed with body and soul." Elvin Jones.
Some scenes from the 21010 Jazz Camp
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