Burlington Discover Jazz strives to facilitate learning, promote education and provide a musical classroom through its programs and performances. A unique part of this experience is the opportunity for students to attend clinics and play along side accomplished performers. These workshops are a series of intimate question and answer sessions with various headlining artists. Find out what inspires these artists, how they got started, and who they are behind the stage. These are a variety of unique, hands on events held throughout the week covering diverse, fun, jazz-related topics.
Participants can meet the artists personally and learn something new.
This series takes place throughout the festival on the Church Street Marketplace. Each day, on different two stages, student bands and community ensembles perform during the afternoon. Jam Session Top student soloists are asked to sit in and play with some of the area's seasoned musicians, and jazz legends, at the annual jazz jam session. Each year Burlington Discover Jazz aims to insure that as many artists as possible have the opportunity to work with students in the school setting. In the past, we have programmed residencies with nationally acclaimed artists and members of the Vermont Arts Council Touring roster.