About Us
Got jazz in your soul and an instrument in the closet but no time in your schedule?
Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps might be just what you're looking for.
Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps are designed for adult players (21 and over) looking to spend a week in a total-immersion jazz playing experience. Ability doesn't matter and we'll make sure you have a great time regardless of your skill level.
Camps Feature:
- instrument and vocal master classes led by monster musician/educators
- small-combo playing, large-ensemble playing, theory and improv classes
- special-topics sessions
- intimate meet-the-artist sessions
You've heard of baseball fantasy camps, where amateurs train with Major League teams, sometimes sharing a tin of chewing tobacco with their favorite pro players.
Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps work the same way--without the tobacco.
They offer a week-long opportunity for adult jazz musicians (21 and older) to learn a lot, play a lot, and rub shoulders with professional jazz musicians whom they've only heard on CDs or admired from the balcony.
Our goal is to create an atmosphere of fun, instruction, and enjoyment of jazz and its practitioners.
Your Camp Directors
Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps are operated by two well respected musician/educators and a public-relations guy who's also an amateur jazz bassist.
Fred Sturm is Director of Jazz and Contemporary Music at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. Prior to Lawrence, Fred spent a decade at the renowned Eastman School of Music, where he directed the internationally acclaimed Eastman Jazz Ensemble, and the 70-piece Eastman Studio Orchestra. His jazz compositions and arrangements have been performed by Bobby McFerrin, Wynton Marsalis, Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, and Dianne Reeves. His texts, Changes Over Time: The Evolution of Jazz Arranging, Kenny Wheeler: Collected Works on ECM, and Maria Schneider: Evanescence, are internationally distributed by Advance Music (Germany) and Universal Edition (Vienna). His jazz aural training concept, Ears Before Books is used by educators worldwide. In 1998, he received a Grammy Award nomination.
Jim Doser is Director of Music for the Penfield (NY) School District, where he also directs the Penfield Music Commission Project (PMCP), a program designed to connect well known musicians and composers with public-school students. A lifelong teacher and former Eastman School faculty member, Jim is also an outstanding reed player whose talents are constantly in demand in the Rochester area.
Bob DeRosa is most likely the first guy you'll meet when you inquire about Tritone. A full-time marketing communications guy and part time bassist (he never touched a bass until he was 42 years old in 1993), Bob takes care of the marketing and communications for Tritone. He's always happy to answer any questions you may have about the camp, not only because he loves talking about Tritone, but also because talking to you beats working any day.