The 6th Julius Watkins Jazz French Horn Festival
Saturday, October 3, 2009 in Seattle, Washington
Workshops & Presentations
12:30 – 5:30 pm
- The life and music of Julius Watkins
- Dr. Patrick Smith, classical and jazz hornist, Virginia Commonwealth University, author of an upcoming book on Watkins.
- The recorded solos of Julius Watkins
- Dr. Jeffrey Snedeker, classical and jazz hornist, Central Washington University, author of an upcoming set of Watkins transcriptions.
- Jazz phrasing: “classical vs. jazz conceptions” and furthering jazz improvisation skills
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- Adam Unsworth, jazz artist, University of Michigan
- John Clark, jazz artist/composer, New York
- Tom Varner, jazz artist/composer, Cornish College of the Arts
- Incorporating extended techniques in jazz and free improvisation
- Stephen Morley, jazz artist/composer, Sydney, Australia
- Lydia’s New Jazz Modes and Norwegian Standards
- Lydia Van Dreel, classical and jazz hornist, University of Oregon
- Fred Johannesen, jazz artist and hornist, Bergen Philharmonic, Bergen, Norway
- Mike Simpson, jazz artist, Seattle, Washington
The Art of Jazz French Horn
Evening Concert at 8:00 pm
Featuring some of the top jazz hornists in the world, including:
- Vincent Chancey
- John Clark
- Adam Unsworth
- Tom Varner
Playing music by Clark, Varner, Unsworth, Coltrane, Monk, Weil, Grieg, and more!
With special guest hornists Fred Johannesen, Eyvind Andreassen, Dr. Jeffrey Snedeker, Lydia Van Dreel, Stephen Morley, David Kappy, and Mike Simpson.
With Randy Halberstadt, piano, Chuck Deardorf, bass, and Mark Ivester, drums.