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Commitment to Educational Outreach
All contestants must be high school age and are welcome from throughout Southern California
Submit one tune of your choice. It may be jazz classical (such as "Four," "Well, You Needn't," "Recordame") or a Great American Songbook Standard (like "Stella by Starlight," "All the Things You Are") or a blues ("Sandu"). The choice is yours. Send us a tune that you're most comfortable with.
All submissions must be in either mp3 or m4a digital formats and sent by email to Brenda Yates at by@venturamusicfestival.org. No other formats will be accepted. Youtube links or videos are not allowed.
CHECK BACK FOR DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION FOR THE 2013.
For questions, email us at by@venturamusicfestival.org, call the office at 805-648-3146 or fax us at 805-648-4103.
2011 Ventura Music Festival Student Jazz Competition
Winner at Live Concert
Rachel Flowers, a 17-year-old pianist from Oxnard, took top prize at Ventura Music Festival’s 2011 Student Jazz Competition. Flowers was chosen during a live concert performance that took place on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at Ventura’s Laurel Theater.
Flowers, a Hueneme High School junior, earned top honors for her passionate rendition of John Coltrane’s “Naima” on the piano. Blind since birth, Flowers began playing the piano at the age of 2 and learns by listening. A highly gifted musical prodigy, Flowers placed second in the 2010 VMF student competition.
Accompanied by Coda, a Ventura-based jazz trio, each competitor played one song before an audience of family, friends and a 3-person judging panel of professional musicians. Judges were jazz and classical pianist Jonathan Cooper, film score producer Eddie Arkin, and Paul Anka Orchestra lead trombonist, Craig Woods.
Flowers was awarded a $500 scholarship and the opportunity to perform on stage with legendary Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval at the Festival's upcoming Latin jazz concert on Feb. 12 at Seaside Park.
The other finalists included:
2nd place: Jacob Scesney, 18, alto saxophonist from Ojai
3rd place: Tanner Dawson, 17, tenor saxophonist from Moorpark
The other contestants included:
Sara Sithi-Amnuai, flugelhorn player from Laguna Nigel
Cory Smith, 16, drummer from Thousand Oaks
Student Ticket Prices
Students are offered discounted tickets almost exclusively for every concert. The option is available on the BUY TICKETS purchase link.
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