Blues Alley "Summer Jazz Camp"

Download our Summer Jazz Camp 2007 Brochure

Imagine for a moment in your mind's eye an idyllic setting hidden inside an urban forest, nestled deep inside a National Park and all within our Nation's Capitol. The name of this idyllic setting is the Carter Barron Amphitheater and the name of the urban forest is Rock Creek Park in the geographic center of northwest Washington, DC. Carter Barron is appropriately named after one of Washington's preeminent philanthropists and his namesake has been home to many of our nation's most venerable jazz artists spanning a period of over six decades.

The ghosts of Duke and Ella and Basie have all been conjured on this pristine outdoor venue whence they performed in the era of the big band. Today Carter Barron serves as the summer home of the Blues Alley Youth Orchestra. Each summer over a five-week term youth from all over our city come to learn and share and grow through jazz education and further perform on some of our city's most prestigious stages.

The Blues Alley "Summer Jazz Camp" for kids at Carter Barron is a free program that benefits the children, the community and the city through a series of public performances at Farragut, Franklin and McPherson Squares, Blues Alley and the annual culminating concert at Carter Barron. In between there are workshops, master classes, study tours and daily rehearsals.

For further information and additional details you can either download the brochure or contact ExecutiveDirector@BluesAlley.org. Hope to see you in the summer!