Let My Children Hear Music, Inc. (The Charles
Mingus Institute) is pleased to announce:
THE 2010 MINGUS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
& FESTIVAL
Saturday through Monday, February 13-15, 2010
The Competition is on Sunday, February 14,
2010, at Manhattan School of Music.
Clinics will be held all day Saturday, February 13, 2010.
(Please note for scheduling: Monday is President's Day holiday.)
The Competition was open to high school Combos
and Big Bands nationwide.
Both Combos and Big Bands
are subdivided into Regular high schools
and Specialized schools and programs.
Twelve finalists were selected from recordings submitted
for prescreening adjudication, three finalists from each:
Regular Combo, Specialized Combo, Regular Big Band, Specialized
Big Band.
Adjudicators and clinicians include: Gunther Schuller,
Justin DiCioccio, James Newton, Andrew Homzy, Christian
McBride, Conrad Herwig, Vincent Herring, Boris Kozlov, Donny
McCaslin, Robin Eubanks, Donald Edwards, Ku-umba Frank Lacy,
David Kikoski, Kenny Rampton. They will also host a full
day of clinics and special performances.
New Mingus Big Band charts available. Combos will select
from Mingus lead sheets.
Special awards for outstanding soloists, student arrangers,
and individual sections.
“You are guaranteed a
great and profound experience when you perform music by
this giant of jazz composition.”
—Gunther Schuller, conductor/ Pulitzer Prize-winning
composer/educator
“The process of learning
Charles Mingus music builds not only musical skills, but
life skills. And seeing how other people treat it, the freedom
that’s involved, it’s all pretty amazing stuff.
It’s been a blast.”
—Howard Potter, Eastman Youth Orchestra band
director
“The deep study of this
music has affected our lives. It’s changed us as people
and players.”
—Jeffery Leonard, Lexington High School band
director
