Josh Shpak | 2011 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Audition

Описание: This is the audition video that earned Josh Shpak a spot in the 2011 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. The video was produced & recorded by me (Michael Miller - “Mickle”), and mixed by Gary Platt. Click below for shortcuts to the start times for each selection....

00:05 - Three Octave Chromatic Scale
00:17 - Billie's Bounce
02:01 - Daahoud Transcription
03:12 - Easy Living (on a CarolBrass flugelhorn!)
07:21 - Joy Spring

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BIO:
Jazz trumpeter, Josh Shpak, currently performs with the Northgate High School jazz band in Walnut Creek, California, as well as the Berkeley Jazzschool Monday Studio "A" Band, which placed 1st in the nation in their division at the Monterey Jazz Festival's "Next Generation Festival" competition for 3 years in a row: 2009, 2010, and 2011. He also is a member of the Chase Morrin Quartet, which came 1st in their division as well at the 2011 Next Generation Festival.

In August of 2010, the Berklee College of Music in Boston awarded Josh with a four-year, full-ride, full-tuition scholarship, commencing in the Fall of 2011. And, in November of 2010, Josh learned that he had been selected to perform with the 2011 Grammy Jazz Ensemble, the 2011 Jazz Band of America, as well as the 2011 California CBDA All-State Honor Jazz Band and the 2011 Reno Jazz Festival All-Star Combo. And, in April of 2011, Josh received the good news that he was selected for the 2011 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.

Josh is currently very fortunate to make regular trips to the home of the great jazz trumpet legend, Clark Terry, for jazz-phrasing lessons (and plenty of story-telling), and in January of 2010, during Clark's acceptance speech of his 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, after Quincy Jones was introduced as Clark's oldest trumpet protégé, Josh was introduced to the Grammy audience as Clark's youngest protégé.

In May of 2010, Josh was selected as 1 of only 15 high school students in the world to participate in the prestigious Berklee College of Music 2010 "Summer Jazz Workshop", directed by Terri Lyne Carrington & Rick DiMuzio. The Berklee Summer Jazz Workshop is a full scholarship program, including tuition, room and board, and all related fees, for some of the most talented jazz students in the world.

Also, in 2010, Josh was selected as 1 of only 12 students in the world to participate in the exclusive Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony program. However, due to the Brubeck program overlapping with the Berklee Summer Jazz Workshop, Josh had to decline the Brubeck invitation.

Additionally, in the summer of 2010, Josh was selected as 1 of only 12 students to participate in the exclusive Vail Jazz Workshop. The program takes place at the end of August 2010 and is directed by John Clayton, noted jazz educator, bass virtuoso and co-leader of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and the Clayton Brothers Quintet. Joining him as instructors are Jeff Clayton, saxes and woodwinds; Terell Stafford, trumpet; Bill Cunliffe, piano; and Lewis Nash, drums.

Josh was one of only 5 high school trumpet players selected from the state of California for the 2009 and 2010 California All-State Honor Jazz Bands, and he was also a finalist in both the 2010 Grammy Jazz Ensemble and the 2010 Jazz Band of America.

Other teachers whom Josh has studied and performed with are jazz trumpeter extraordinaire, Bobby Shew, the masterful Tower of Power trumpet wizard, Mic Gillette, as well as Michael Miller who has been Josh's life-long musical mentor. Josh also takes private jazz improvisation lessons from Greg Brown and Dann Zinn in the San Francisco Bay Area. And, in June of 2010, Josh sat in with Tower of Power at their sell-out concert in Pleasanton, California, performing "What is Hip" and "You're Still A Young Man" in front of over 5000 people.

Josh is an endorsed artist by the CarolBrass company, and performs regularly at Yoshi's S.F. and Yoshi's Oakland with the Jazzschool Advanced Combo and the Jazzschool Monday Studio "A" Band, with which he also toured Europe, playing at the 2009 Montreux Jazz Festival, the 2009 Vienne Jazz Festival, as well as the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Monterey Jazz Festivals.