15th Annual Charles Mingus High School Competition
& Festival
February 18-19, 2023
Daytime Clinics & Competition at New School are open to the public
Plus: Mingus Big Band (4 shows!)
@Midnight Theatre & @Brooklyn Bowl
DEADLINE FOR RECORDED SUBMISSION WAS DEC 17, 2022
JOIN THE MAILING LIST TO BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WHEN 2024 APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE
Past adjudicators and clinicians have included Dr. Keller Coker, trombonist/Dean of The New School of Jazz; Justin DiCioccio, former Chair of the Jazz Arts Program at Manhattan School of Music; Wayne Escoffery, tenor saxophonist/Professor Yale University; Robin Eubanks, trombonist/Professor Oberlin College; Tatum Greenblatt, trumpet/Professor The Juilliard School; Conrad Herwig, trombonist/Director of Jazz Studies Rutgers University; Andrew Homzy, Professor Concordia University, Montreal; Sy Johnson, Mingus and Mingus Big Band composer/arranger; Boris Kozlov, bassist/arranger/Musical Director of Mingus Repertory Bands/Professor Syracuse University; Christian McBride, bassist/Creative Chair for Jazz LA Philharmonic; Eric Mingus, vocalist/bassist/poet; James Newton, flutist/ Professor UCLA; Dr. Alexander Pope Norris, trumpet/Professor Rutgers; Gunther Schuller, conductor/Pulitzer-winning composer/educator; Lauren Sevian, baritone saxophonist/Professor Berklee College of Music; Helen Sung, pianist/Professor Columbia University; Reggie Workman, bassist/2020 NEA Jazz Master; and many more.
In addition, one $25,000 tuition scholarship to The New School will be awarded in the name of Charles Mingus, to a graduating senior participating in the Mingus Festival. Award will be based on Competition performance, and application and acceptance to The New School’s Jazz & Contemporary Music program.
Can’t make it to New York City? You can still participate! Each school receives Mingus music for study, and expert feedback from Mingus musicians and educators!
Can’t afford the fee or travel to NYC? In an effort to increase participation and diversity, we are pleased to announce the Sue Mingus Memorial Fund. Entry fee waivers and travel stipends are available on a limited basis. Please contact us for consideration.
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation and Jazz Workshop, Inc. provide the charts.
OCT 14, 2022, don’t miss PBS broadcast of Next at the Kennedy Center featuring the Mingus Big Band and artists and educators talking about Mingus music!
Charles Mingus is recognized as a major 20th century composer, whose entire works have been acquired by the Library of Congress - a first for jazz, and a first for an African-American composer. Mingus left behind the largest legacy of composition in American music after Duke Ellington. The Mingus Bands remain devoted to this vast repertoire, and following the artistic vision of Sue Mingus, play to great critical acclaim around the world.
The Mingus Bands are available for concerts, residencies, master classes and commissions.
Donate to Let My Children Hear Music/The Charles Mingus Institute:
Founded by Sue Mingus in 1986, Let My Children Hear Music / The Charles Mingus Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preserve and promote the compositional legacy of composer Charles Mingus through publishing, education, archival preservation, and performance.
We provide resources to students, scholars, educators and musicians through publications, performances, master classes, internships, private lessons, community events, and much more. We partner with world-class educational institutions to present New York’s finest musicians as performers, arrangers, and mentors in myriad teaching opportunities. Current projects include tape preservation, living histories, performances, scholarly publications, and widening access to scores for works such as Adagio Ma Non Troppo, Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, and Epitaph.
Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law.
To make a donation, please send a check or money order to the address below or use the DONATE button for Paypal: paypal.me/mingusinstitute or Zelle: education@charlesmingus.org