Jazz Education Programs

Tyler Gilmore's

Composition & Arranging Courses

Beginner Level I: Saturdays 1:00pm - 2:20pm

Where : Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge: 930 Lincoln St, Denver, CO
When : September 18th through October 30th (7 week program)
Ages : 15 +
Maximum Class Size : 25 students
Requirements: The ability to read an understand basic sheet music
Fee: $50.00

An introduction to basic harmony including: triads, scales, tonal function and the basics of jazz. Students will have created an original work by the end of the course.

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Beginner Level II: Saturdays 10:00am - 11:20am

Where : Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge: 930 Lincoln St, Denver, CO
When : September 18th through October 30th (7 week program)
Ages : 15 +
Maximum Class Size : 25 students
Requirements: The ability to read music and perform on an instrument
Fee: $70.00

This course will explore intermediate harmony, including the connection between classical and jazz harmony, jazz upper-extensions and bebop. Each student will compose a piece for jazz quartet which will be performed and recorded.

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Adv. Composition Class: Saturdays 11:30am - 12:50pm

FOR EXPERIENCED MUSICIANS ONLY: Minimum requirement is knowledge of jazz harmony, scales, and a means to notate parts and scores for the rehearsal and performance of your piece.

Where : Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge: 930 Lincoln St, Denver, CO
When : September 18th through November 13th (9 week program)
Ages : 16 +
Maximum Class Size: 20 students
Fee: $150.00 ( including textbook and performing musicians' fee)

This course will provide a thorough introduction into big band composing including:

Orchestration
Instrumentation
Big Band Voicing in the traditions of Count Basie, Thad Jones and Gil Evans
Writing for the Rhythm Section
Form and Function

The class will be taught using Gary Lindsay's "Jazz Arranging Techniques", the most complete and well-structured text on the subject. Listening examples will be provided every step of the way.

Students will compose a piece for big band which will be performed by a jazz orchestra on November 13th.

Space in all classes is extremely limited. To enroll contact Tyler at minorninths@gmail.com

He will provide the enrollment form and payment instructions.

(tuition is non-refundable unless the class is not held)

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Tyler Gilmore

Tyler Gilmore composes chamber music ranging from jazz to modern classical. He leads Ninth+Lincoln, an orchestra that fuses big band sounds, 20th century symphonic influences and electronic textures.

Tyler has written and conducted for big band, studio orchestra, symphonic wind ensemble, string quartet, brass quintet and more. He won the 2009 ASCAP/Columbia College Commission in Honor of Hank Jones and won the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer's Award in 2008, 2009, and 2010. His music has been reviewed in DownBeat and performed by Jon Faddis’s Chicago Jazz Ensemble, The University of Northern Colorado Jazz Band I, and The Henry Mancini Institute Overture Orchestra, among others. His work is published by UNC Jazz Press and Minor Ninth Music.

He has performed for four years with Ninth + Lincoln, including a monthly residency at Dazzle in Denver since 2006. He produced the band’s self-titled debut in 2008. A second album is due in 2010.

Tyler grew up in rural Wyoming, studied music at the University of Northern Colorado and is now based in Denver. This fall and winter, he was an artist in residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska. His current work re-imagines World War II-era patriotic melodies as a way to connect the innovations of modern jazz composition with the traditions of American popular song.