Registration is open now through June 4 for the 2021 Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Virtual Summer Jazz Camp.  There will be no auditions required for returning students. Audio and video must accompany applications for registration.

The camp is a pre-eminent jazz education program developing the next generation of jazz artists and preserving the great American art form. Its core value is to provide “education that develops the whole person raises self-esteem and teaches leadership, teamwork, problem solving skills, good citizenship and respect for culture.”

Classes are available in piano, bass, drums, guitar, violin, sax, trumpet, trombone, vocal music, music composition and swing dancing. Instructors include Don Vappie, Ashlin Parker, and Darrell Lavigne. The Louis Satchmo Armstrong Jazz Camp is free of charge to students and takes place June 21-July 9. Students must be between 13 and 21 years and currently involved in music education. Access to a desktop or laptop computer or tablet is required.

In order to complete assignments, practices and have access to the most recent technology, new students/parents must purchase a license to use the Manoke App for $55. This is a special fee offered to LAJC students.

Sponsored by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, the Herb Alpert Foundation, and the Positive Vibrations Foundation, the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Virtual Summer Jazz Camp will conclude with a concert at the end of the camp.

For more information, visit https://louisarmstrongjazzcamp.com/.