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BERKLEE
COLLEGE OF MUSIC
In 1985 the famous double-bass player, composer and arranger Giovanni Tommaso invited the Berkley College of Music to the Umbria Jazz festival for the first time. Together they organized a school department of jazz music which continues to be held during the Festival to this day.
Today, 17 years after their first appearance at UJ, the Berkley school has become one of the most important aspects of Umbria Jazz.
The school, which has over the years educated many important jazz musicians such as Joe Zawinul, John Scofield, Keith Jarret, Bill Frisell, and Gary Burton, has this year received more than 200 hundred students from every part of the world.
Classes are held during the day and the students take part in many long jam sessions at night.
The best students receive a grant for one years study at Berkley.
Each year the school offers different and interesting initiatives. For example, this year they are holding a seminar on the living jazz guitar legend Pat Martino.
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