Sessions are also open for adult participants.
Applicants will be notified by letter after June 1 of their acceptance to the camp. MO Jim Widner is widely recognized as one of the country's finest big band clinicians. Mr. Widner's performance background includes concert dates with Clark Terry, Louie Bellson, Bobby Shew, Marvin Stamm, Bill Watrous, John Von Ohlen, Frank Mantooth, and many others. Mr. Widner was the 1990 recipient of the Jess Cole Memorial Citation for outstanding service to Jazz Education in the State of Missouri. In 1995, Mr. Widner recorded and produced the CD Yesterdays and Today with his band, the Jim Widner Big Bank, and in January 1997, he released the bankd's second CD, Body and Soul .