Daily Schedule

The 2009 Lafayette Summer Music Workshop runs Aug. 3-7, with auditions slated for Sunday, Aug. 2.
SUNDAY:
You will be notified when to be at the school for a short, private audition that lasts roughly 10-15 minutes. Please arrive early so you can warm up and be ready for your time slot. We will be scheduling a [...]

Erik Jekabson Bio

Erik Jekabson is a Bay Area Musician, currently living in North Berkeley. He graduated in May 2006 from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a master’s degree in composition and is now working as a freelance composer, arranger and trumpeter, leading his own bands as well as playing with bands like the Realistic Orchestra, [...]

Melecio Magdaluyo Bio

The woodwind staff gets an extraordinary boost this year from Melecio Magdaluyo, whose skills on soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, as well as clarinet, flute, piano and percussion have made him a much sought-after instrumentalist on the Bay Area music scene. Magdaluyo has performed with Tito Puente, Pete Escovedo and Sheila E., as [...]

John Santos Bio

John Santos, percussionist, composer and four-time Grammy nominee is famous in the Afro-Latin music world for his use of traditional and contemporary Cuban and Latin music art forms. The San Francisco-born Santos has recorded and performed with such legends as Cachao, Cal Tjader, Tito Puente, Santana and John Faddis. He’s a regular at Yoshi’s, [...]

Chuck MacKinnon Bio

This New York trumpet and flugelhorn player and composer actually grew up in the Bay Area. He studied music at UCLA and Cal State East Bay. Chuck MacKinnon has performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Joe Henderson, James Moody, Randy Brecker and other jazz greats, as well as Norah Jones, John Mayer and [...]

2009 Jazz Camp Faculty

We’re thrilled to announce the 2009 camp faculty! Here’s the listing. Click on links for more information on these extraordinary musicians and jazz educators. (We’re adding more bios every week.)
Woodwinds: Rick Condit, Mary Fettig, Melecio Magdaluyo, Matt Morrish, Alex Murzyn, Dan Pratt, Colin Wenhardt, Douglas Yates, Tom Gardner (Teaching Fellow, Juilliard Jazz)
Trumpet: Anthony Coleman, Erik Jekabson, [...]