[Arizona-students] Fw: [nabs-l] TRAC Creative Music & Jazz Camp

[Arielle Silverman]

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Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:26 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] TRAC Creative Music & Jazz Camp


> TRAC Creative Music & Jazz Camp
>
> A summer residential program for blind & visually impaired teen musicians
>
> Sponsored by the University of New Orleans
>
> Training, Resource & Assistive-technology Center (TRAC
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  January 26, 2005
>
> Jazz Camp Scholarships for Blind and Visually Impaired Teens
>
> Scholarships are available for all blind and visually impaired teen
> musicians who are accepted for the 2005 TRAC Creative Music and Jazz Camp, 
> a
> summer
> residential program, August 4-14, 2005, in New Orleans.  Applications are
> available at
> www.unotrac.org/jazzcamp
>
> The camp was created for blind and visually impaired students, ages 13-19,
> with at least two years of musical experience, an acceptable grade point
> average
> and basic computer skills. Students do not need to have prior experience 
> in
> playing jazz.  Applicants must also submit an audition tape and have a
> recommendation
> from a music teacher.  Up to 18 students will be accepted based on musical
> skills and experience.  The scholarships cover the costs of all classes,
> dorm
> housing, meals, support materials and extra curricular activities. 
> Students
> must supply their own transportation to New Orleans.
>
> The camp is held at the University of New Orleans Training, Resource &
> Assistive-technology Center (TRAC). Established in 1986, TRAC offers 
> persons
> with
> a wide range of disabilities a variety of services including high-tech
> training, career aptitude assessments, employment skills, and small 
> business
> entrepreneurship
> programs, as well as special programs like the jazz camp.
>
> The camp offers a fast-paced curriculum that includes instruction in
> specialized software that enables visually impaired musicians to compose,
> arrange,
> notate and make multi-track recordings on personal computers; a creative
> movement component; seminars and jam sessions with professional musicians;
> classes
> in music theory and jazz history; field trips to music venues; and the
> opportunity to perform at a public concert.
>
> The staff is lead by Camp Creative director Henry Butler, a performer,
> composer and recording artist with an international career; and Camp
> Technology Director
> Bill McCann, a musician and president of a company that designs and sells
> assistive technology software.  Both are successful in their fields and
> blind.
> Their example and mentoring educates the students in the possibilities and
> practicalities of careers in music.
>
> For additional information visit the
> www.unotrac.org
> or contact Rose Angelocci at
> rangeloc at uno.edu
> or phone 504-280-5700  or Noble Wiltshire at
> wiltshire at cox.net
> or  phone 504-280-5715. Media Contact: Gayle Gagliano, TRAC Director,
> 504-280-5700 or ggaglian at uno.edu
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