Jazzaar Festival 2012 – Call for Application

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Closing date 25 January 2012

Application is closed for all instruments except for trombones!

April 08 – 14 in Aarau, Switzerland

We welcome musically talented applicants between the ages of
16 – 24 years
from all cantons of Switzerland!
We are still recruiting young players for the following instrumentation:

9 singers (5 male & 4 female), 2 percussion, 1 flute, 4 trumpets, 7 saxophones, 5 trombones, 1 bass clarinet, 2 drums, 2 guitars, 2 basses, 2 keyboards and 2 pianos

Selected participants will spend a week in April rehearsing one of two programs complete with new arrangements for Jazz and R&B styles for a premier performance! Both productions will be accompanied by a line up of international artists.

I. Quincy Jones Night – Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra

II. R&B Night in Aarau – Swiss Youth R&B Ensemble

Closing date 25 January 2012

Application is closed for all instruments except for trombones!