Running and Efficient and Effective Big Band Sound Check
Presented
by
ANTONIO GARCIA
WEBINAR OVERVIEW
A presentation from the
Jazz Education Research and Practice Journal,
a publication of the Jazz Education Network.
Antonio García presents how achieving a clear and comfortable sonic environment for performers and audience alike is key to an effective big-band performance. The soundcheck must address specific issues critical to the success of the concert. This session provides recommendations regarding mic placement, bass EQ, line-checking, line-balancing, and house- and monitor-sound, including an annotated stage plot.
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- Includes a downloadable PDF stage plot
- Demonstration videos with the Virginia Commonwealth University Jazz Orchestra
- Two 30-second time-lapses of stage setup
- One 30-minute real-time soundcheck
ABOUT ANTONIO GARCIA
Antonio J. García is a performer, composer/arranger, producer, clinician, educator, and author in both instrumental and vocal genres. The Director of Jazz Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, he has presented thousands of jazz-ensemble concerts over his 34-year teaching career spanning three universities, several continents, presenting countless guest artists in addition to his own solo-performance career. His newest book, Jazz Improvisation: Practical Approaches to Grading (Meredith Music), explores avenues for creating structures that correspond to course objectives. His Cutting the Changes: Jazz Improvisation via Key Centers (Kjos Music) offers musicians of all ages the opportunity to improvise over standard tunes using just their major scales. He has performed as trombonist, bass trombonist, or pianist with 70 major artists including Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, Mel Tormé, Billy Eckstine, Doc Severinsen, Louie Bellson, Dave Brubeck, and Phil Collins. A Conn-Selmer clinician/soloist and avid scat-singer, he is Associate Jazz Editor for the International Trombone Association Journal, Past Editor of the International Association for Jazz Education Jazz Education Journal, Past President of IAJE-IL, Board Secretary of The Midwest Clinic, Past Advisory Board Member of The Brubeck Institute, is Co-Editor/Contributing Author of Teaching Jazz: A Course of Study, and authored a chapter within The Jazzer’s Cookbook and Rehearsing the Jazz Band. He is the only individual to have directed all three genres of Illinois All-State jazz ensembles: combo, vocal jazz choir, and big band. He has served as a Network Expert (for Improvisation Materials) for the Jazz Education Network. His articles have been widely published; and his compositions have been published by Kjos, Hal Leonard, Kendor, Doug Beach, ejazzlines, Walrus, UNC Jazz Press, Three-Two Music, Potenza, Cherry Classics, and his own company. García is also the subject of an extensive interview within Bonanza: Insights and Wisdom from Professional Jazz Trombonists (Advance Music). Visit his web site at www.garciamusic.com.
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