Posts tagged as “Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts”

As the summer heat and rain danced in the Valley this past week, 41 high school students immersed themselves in the Jazz in the Sangres week-long summer camp hosted by the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts (CCJA). Founded in 2001, the Jazz in the Sangres camp for high school students emerged alongside the Jazz in the Sangres festival, which ran from 1989 through 2007. The festival “wanted an education component,” camp director Jonathan Zimny explained, “that we ended up providing with this camp…it’s been one of our best programs all these 25 years.” The enticing nature of a small town and a beautiful setting made Westcliffe the perfect jazz camp setting. “We liked it so much that when the jazz festival stopped, we wanted…