This month-long program offers students
the opportunity to study in one of the most exciting cities in the world. Students earn six (6) credits exploring
the history of jazz in Paris, and other music and cultural topics with
UW Music Professor Michael Brockman, an international performer and jazz
recording artist. Students will
concurrently attend concerts at the international Paris Jazz Festival,
an annual outdoor jazz concert series held in the scenic Parc
Floral near the eastern edge of the city, as well as other summer musical
events in Paris. Group activities
include excursions to historic villages and towns surrounding Paris, as well as
visits to several important museums in Paris (MuseŽ d'Orsey, Louvre, Picasso Museum, Rodin Museum)
The Seine at Night
Pavilion
at the Parc Floral
Paris Jazz Festival past lineups at Parc Floral included jazz artists Steve Coleman, the San
Francisco Collective, David Murray, Al Foster, Dianne Reeves, Wallace Roney, Zap Mama, Ousman Danedjo, among many other musicians from Europe, the Middle
East, Asia, Africa, and the U.S.
For more information, go to: http://www.parisjazzfestival.fr/en
View
from the Notre Dame Cathedral
The
crowd on Montmartre
Chartres
Cathedral
In addition to attending courses and
concerts, students will have free time to explore Paris and its many wonders,
museums, cathedrals, music & dance clubs, shops and flea markets. They will
also have opportunities to attend numerous other summer events, including
Bastille Day celebrations in Paris (July 15).
"Jazz in Paris was incredible. I mean what more could you ask
for? Discovering Paris in the sun,
going to jazz concerts in the park, eating cheese and baguettes, meeting new
people and having the time of your life. It's unbeatable."
(Sean Conte, Summer 2007 Jazz in Paris participant)
Accommodations are provided for all students
at the FIAP Jean Monnet, a dormitory facility for students and faculty from
around the world. FIAP Jean Monnet is located in the 14th Arrondissement, close
to the Metro (Paris subway), with easy access to the city and Parc Floral, where the Paris Jazz Festival concerts are
held. In addition to dorm rooms
(students will share a double room with bath), and two restaurants (program fee
includes breakfast plus one meal/day), FIAP Jean Monnet offers places to mingle
and study with other students in the program, as well as with students from
around the world. For more information, go to www.fiap.asso.fr.
FACULTY LEADERS
Professor Michael
Brockman, D.M.A., Program Director
Dr. Michael Brockman is the lead saxophonist
and co-director of the award-winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and has
performed with Wynton Marsalis, Clark Terry, Frank Wess,
Frank Foster, Jimmy Heath, Quincy Jones, James Moody, Benny Carter, Ernestine
Anderson, Arturo Sandoval, Ella Fitzgerald, Jon Hendricks, Joe Williams, and
many other luminaries of jazz. As both a jazz soloist and a classical
recitalist, he has toured throughout Europe and the eastern United States. He
appears on recordings with Jimmy Heath, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and Seattle drummer Clarence Acox, whose 1991 and 1992 CD recordings were selected as Album
of the Year by Earshot magazine.
Brockman moved from the East Coast to Seattle
in 1987 to join the UW School of Music faculty. He instructs concert and jazz
saxophone performance, and jazz arranging and composition, and jazz history. He
earned a master of music degree with distinction from the New England
Conservatory in Boston, where he studied arranging with Jaki
Byard, composition with George Russell, and woodwind
performance with Joe Allard. He earned a bachelor of music degree from Lewis
and Clark College, and also attended both the Berklee
College of Music in Boston, and the Musikhochschule
in Cologne, Germany.
In addition to performing in the
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Brockman has prepared scores for much of the
band's repertoire, based on rare vintage recordings of unpublished works by
great composers. The SRJO presents
an annual subscription concert series of rare and classic big band works, and
is renowned for its annual Duke Ellington Sacred Concert in Seattle (now in its
20th year).
Click here
to visit Prof. Brockman's UW web site.
MUSIC 390 (5 credits) Special Topics:
Jazz in Europe 1914 - 1989: This
course explores the history of jazz, and the role that jazz music has played in
transmitting American cultural and political values into the volatile social
climate of Europe during WWI and its aftermath, the run-up to WWII, the
division of Europe by the Iron Curtain, and the Cold War period ended by the
fall of the Berlin Wall. VLPA Credit Available
MUSIC 499 (1 credit) Independent Study in
Music: This course will focus on
independent projects in music and culture revolving around Paris. The class
will meet to discuss project ideas, with each student selecting a topic to work
on. Students may select from a list of research ideas that have been compiled,
or may design their own project within project guidelines. Each project will
have a field research and writing component. The goal is to take advantage of
Paris' vast array of music and cultures, from North African and sub-Saharan
music and art to jazz, pop music and other Parisian music styles.
INDEPENDENT STUDY
There are several options
available for the independent study component of your academic work for this
program. Independent research can take the form of a paper or other
presentation medium (such as film, photography, interviewing, etc.). A limited
number of people in the program can also take independent instruction
from Professor Brockman in the areas of jazz composition, jazz arranging, music
theory, and performing jazz. Combinations of all these, and
other types of special projects can also be proposed by students.
Any UW student is welcome to apply.
Preference will be given to juniors and seniors. French language proficiency is
not a requirement for this program. All courses are taught in English. It is
not necessary to be a Music or French major to apply to this program.
- instruction
- accommodations + 2 meals/day
- jazz festival entrance fees
- monthly METRO pass
- entry fees for museum visits
- textbook for Music 390
The program fee does not include:
- trans-Atlantic airfare or
transportation to and from the airport, which students must secure on
their own
- the IPE fee
- personal expenses
- expenses for any independent travel the
student makes outside of the program activities
Most
forms of financial aid can be utilized for participation in this program.
Please refer to the IPE web site for details. ipe.washington.edu
Paris Jazz Festival at Parc Floral
Students participating in the program must
concurrently enroll during summer quarter. Please refer to the IPE web site for
details:
http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11031&Type=O&sType=O
PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION
In addition to the orientation meetings required
by IPE of all student participants, our Paris group will have a few meetings
during spring term. These will serve to get everyone acquainted, help you
prepare for the trip, and help you prepare for work on your independent
project.
Students are expected to have major medical
insurance. For further information regarding concurrent enrollment,
orientation, insurance, etc., please visit:
http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11031&Type=O&sType=O
Applications to the Jazz in Paris program
may be downloaded from the IPE web site:
http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11031&Type=O&sType=O
Note: Interviews may be conducted as part of
the selection process.
INFORMATION &
QUESTIONS
For questions about the program, please
contact the Program Director, Michael Brockman at brockman@u.washington.edu .
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