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News Release
JAZZ FESTIVAL NEWS / September 15, 2008
Great Basin, Gene Harris Jazz Camps Merge into One
Organization Based at Boise State University
The Great Basin Jazz Camp and the Gene Harris Jazz Camp are merging both
summer camps into one organization, the Gene Harris-Great Basin Jazz Camp.
As part of the merger, the annual Gene Harris Jazz Camp will move from June
to July; the 2009 dates are July 13-17. The Great Basin Jazz Camp will move
from Northwest Nazarene University to Boise State University.
Great Basin Jazz Camp executive director Mike Allen and Gene Harris Jazz
Camp executive producer Brad Peters said the new collaboration is a win-win
for both organizations.
“This arrangement with the Gene Harris Jazz Camp provides us an opportunity
for larger facilities in which to teach jazz essentials to a larger junior,
middle and high school student population,” Allen said. “Coupled with Boise
State’s standing as one of the great universities in the Northwest, it
allows us to move forward. It’s a win for Boise State University, both
organizations and future jazz students in Idaho and across the Northwest
United States.”
Peters said, “We are delighted to join the Great Basin Jazz Camp in our
common goal of premier summer jazz education. Our objectives are essentially
the same; it was only natural we combine talents and resources and work
together.”
In addition to the new 2009 camp dates, a majority of last year’s Great
Basin Jazz Camp faculty, including trumpeter Carl Saunders, as well as
faculty from the Gene Harris Jazz Camp, will merge. Peters will be the
executive director of the combined venture, while Allen will be the artistic
and camp directors.
For more information, contact Peters at
bpeters@boisestate.edu or Allen
at info@greatbasinjazzcamp.com
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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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