I am really excited to be organizing the inaugural Jackie McLean Institute Jazz Trombone Day on Sunday, October 19th from  2-5pm in Berkman Recital Hall on our beautiful campus in West Hartford, CT. The JMI Jazz Trombone Day will consist of a combination of jazz trombone masterclasses, Q+A about jazz trombone and campus life, a participant's jazz trombone choir, and a short faculty recital with myself, JMI students, and alumni. 

As an endorsing artist for King Trombones, the event is also sponsored in partnership with King and Bach Brass Instruments, which are affiliate companies to Conn-Selmer. The West Hartford location of Music & Arts will be bringing professional level tenor & bass trombones for your students to try out if any of them are thinking of purchasing a new instrument soon!

This event is free and open to the public and all ages, students, and music educators are also welcome to attend! However, if you have any students that might be interested in attending, please have them send me an email to sblakesle@hartford.edu to register for the event and so I can prepare the jazz trombone choir music accordingly.

Below is a flyer for the Jazz Trombone Day if you'd like to post in your band rooms and/or share with your students. If you or your students have any questions about the event or our program in general, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at this email address and I'd be happy to help!

Thank you for your time in reading this email and I hope to meet you and some of your students on October 19th!