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Vail Jazz welcomes new programming path for 2023 festival

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John Clayton, director of the Vail Jazz Workshop, will presume the purpose of interim artistic director.
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Vail Jazz is delighted to announce the 29th Annual Vail Jazz Pageant will return to Vail July 11 by Sept. 4, 2023, below the inventive way of John Clayton with the guidance of Drew Zaremba. Vail Jazz is poised to prosper in 2023 with renowned artistic and academic leadership, and a solid determination to carry on the legacies of the late Howard Stone, Tony Gulizia, and Jeff Clayton.

Efficient immediately, John Clayton will believe the position of Interim inventive director, bringing nationally acclaimed musical amusement to the 29th Annual Vail Jazz Festival and Vail Jazz Bash, when continuing to direct the Vail Jazz Workshop. Annual Competition programming will proceed underneath Clayton’s direction, although he can help guide Vail Jazz in securing a very long-term successor to this part.

Clayton has directed the Vail Jazz Workshop because its inception in 1996. He stays a key inventive and academic force for a lot more than 300 workshop graduates and extends his devotion to songs education instructing at the College of Southern California’s Thornton School of Audio. The Grammy winner, who is also an eight-time Grammy nominee, serves as president of the Intercontinental Bassists Modern society and creative director of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Sarasota Jazz Pageant and Centrum Jazz Workshop.

“John has been the bedrock of our workshop system, persistently elevating and expanding our curriculum fostering the upcoming generation of artists,” mentioned Amanda Blevins, the executive director of Vail Jazz. “We are honored to have him embrace this job with a celebrated artistic roster that will go on to demonstrate the infinite development of the jazz artwork variety.”

Powerful promptly, Colorado musician Drew Zaremba will sign up for the staff supporting Clayton and his artistic vision as the new regional creative director. Zaremba is an attained recording artist, arranger, composer, audio educator, and recurrent Vail Jazz Pageant performer. He is also the artistic director of the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra and college member of the award-successful UNC jazz studies section instructing jazz composition.

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“Drew is passionate and talented, and I say this acquiring firsthand expertise, as he is a previous university student of mine,” reported John Clayton. “I’m energized about the classic still youthful approach he will carry to Vail Jazz neighborhood programming.”

For extra facts about the Vail Jazz Foundation and Festival, make sure you take a look at VailJazz.org or get hold of Jamie Cox ([email protected]).

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Rebecca Zweig joins Vail Symposium as programming manager

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Kris Sabel, govt director of the Vail Symposium, introduced Wednesday that Rebecca Zweig has approved the placement of programming supervisor. The nonprofit firm, which offers believed-provoking, varied and inexpensive instructional systems, lately celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Rebecca Zweig

“We’re thrilled to have Rebecca sign up for the Vail Symposium crew,” Sabel mentioned. “We make 40-45 packages each and every year and the programming manager is an integral section of that approach, securing speakers and guaranteeing that our plans are attention-grabbing and charm to a broad viewers. Rebecca has in depth working experience in programming and learning enhancement utilizing various platforms. Her community is huge and deep and features superstars, artists, comedians, greatest-selling authors, market industry experts, company luminaries and influencers. We’re thrilled to go on to mature and develop with Rebecca’s guidance.”

Considering that 2003, Zweig served as the president, CEO and founder of Enterprise-Clever Solutions, Inc., leading numerous multi-calendar year instructional and instructional assignments. Operating with national magazines like Inc. and Speedy Enterprise, Zweig made and developed new items and software choices, driving revenue, attendance and sponsorship even though constructing new communities. Prior to starting up Enterprise-Smart Solutions, Zweig was the director of executive schooling at College of Colorado Denver Business enterprise Faculty, director of exclusive Events and community relations for the Brooklyn Historic Culture and conference director for Fulcrum Information Providers in New York. Zweig also served on the board of Watermark, a woman membership group in Silicon Valley and on the board of the College of Colorado Denver Company University.

“My objective in everyday living is to positively effects other people as a result of education and learning,” Zweig claimed. “I appreciate creating and implementing growth techniques and welcome possibilities that permit me to use my creative imagination to design exclusive and persuasive courses and educational items. When planning a application or doing the job with a speaker to customise their presentation, my intention is to inspire, challenge and modify people’s life for the better.”

Zweig holds a bachelor of arts in interaction from the College of Nebraska-Lincoln and has concluded teaching as a company coach. She lives in EagleVail and enjoys getting with spouse and children, enjoys the arts and going to bookstores, volunteering and going on day-to-day hikes in the mountains.

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