AMIS International Honor Jazz Band Festival |
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| May 7 | AMIS International Honor Jazz Band Auditions Due at ACS Hillingdon International School. Online Track List and Auditon List must be completed and printed copies of these two forms must accompany your auditions. Auditions may be posted to
to arrive by 7 May, 2007 Do not post auditions to Church Farm House as they will not be evaluated. |
| June 1 | AMIS International Honor Jazz Band Acceptance/Registration and Housing Information due. |
| August 1 | Full Payment for AMIS International Honor Jazz Band due. |
| September 15 | Arrival and Departure Information Submitted for AMIS International Honor Jazz Band Festival |
| October 11-13 | AMIS International Honor Jazz Band Festival, ACSH |
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October 2007 will see the annual Honor Jazz Band Festival return to the ACS Hillingdon International School. AMIS is proud to sponsor this festival which is designed to support our finest High School jazz musicians and to give them the opportunity to learn from jazz musicians and teachers while working with like-minded fellow jazz musicians.Our host will be Kevin Woolford and the guest conductor will be Peter Lutkoski of The American School in London.
The new audition instructions are available in the Audition section of the AMIS web site. These will take the place of the instructions on the version 3 CD of AMIS audition materials.
The inaugural festival was held at The American School in London in October 1997 and was hosted and directed by Gordon Murphy of The American School in London. Festivals were held at The American School of the Hague hosted by Jim Yarnell; The American Community School - Hillingdon hosted by Rick Hein and David Harrison; the American School of Warsaw, hosted by Mhairi MacInnes; the International School of Prague hosted by Jim Krikava, The American School in London hosted by Pete Lutkoski, The International School of Brussels hosted by Alisa Jiminez and The American School in Japan hosted by Kerry Nichols. Previous guest conductors also include Alan Ginter, formerly of the Bilkent University Preparatory School, Ankara, Turkey: Kerry Nichols, of the American School in Japan; Jon Hodge, of Heidelberg High School; John Salminen then of the International School of Brussels, Jim Yarnell of The American School of the Hague, and Neal Yocom of the American School of Paris.
Participating teachers will be housing in The Barn Hotel in Ruislip.
The Barn Hotel
West End Road
Ruislip
Middlesex
HA4 6JBTel : 01895 636 057
Fax : 01895 638 379
Email : [email protected]It is a 16th century building and has loads of charm. It is next door to the Ruislip Tube Station so anyone wanting to go to London can easily do so. They have a reputation for especially good food. Transportation wil be arranged to and from the school each day.
Hotel costs per night including VAT and breakfast:
single £75
double £85
twin £95Hotel accommodation will be booked at our rate only for teachers and official fee-paying chaperones.
ACS Hillingdon International School
108 Vine Lane
Hillingdon, Uxbridge
Middlesex UB10 0BESchool Switchboard: +44 1895 259771
Email: Kevin Woolford - [email protected] Rick Hein - [email protected]