2025 Clackamas Community College Vocal Jazz Festival

The Vocal Jazz Festival at CCC, Thursday March 13th, 2025, brings education and inspiration together in one exciting day of competition. Junior High/Middle School and High School student ensembles have the opportunity to perform, work with clinicians, and take in a concert featuring finalists and guest performers. Application deadline February 1st, 2025. No refunds available after February 9th, 2025. Performance schedule for registrants will be available below in the weeks approaching the event.

This event is open to the public, admission is $5. See below for ticket information. Watch the livestream on www.youtube.com/clackamasmusic

Performance schedule available in the weeks leading up to the event.

Event is open to the public, general admission $5 cash. Concert featuring CCC's Vocal Ensemble and the previous year Spirit Award Winners, followed by evening finals and awards.

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This event is open to public. Admission is $5, students are free. (Performers and directors do not need tickets.) Tickets can be purchased in advance via Eventbrite through March 12th. Tickets purchased at the door are $5 cash only.

The CCC Vocal Jazz Festival is an educational, performance oriented, multi-clinic jazz festival. We strive to:

• promote and enhance the musical art form of Jazz
• provide an environment for sharing, acquiring knowledge, and performance
• bring young musicians together for an inspiring and exciting musical experience

• Close proximity and/or area microphones
• Written comments, a CD, and DVD of your performance
• One ensemble clinic
• One rhythm section clinic
• An opportunity to share jazz concepts and ideas with other groups and directors
• Evening playoffs featuring daytime finalists, plus a lively concert featuring CCC's ensembles, judges, and guest artists

• For close proximity: 6-20 vocal mics
• For area microphones: 12-40 vocalists

All participants must be in Jr. High or Middle School for the Jr. High division, or in grades 9-12 for Division I, II, III, and currently enrolled in the school they represent.

If you have more than 20 vocals in close proximity and would still like to participate, please let us know. You will be responsible for bringing additional microphones, as CCC only provides 20.

Appropriate styles include, but are not limited to: Swing, Ballads, Blues, Be-Bop, Cool School, Latin, Afro-Cuban, Jazz Waltz, Jazz Rock, Jazz Pop, and charts involving improvisation are highly recommended. Please come prepared with a minimum of 3 songs.

We provide an acoustic grand piano, bass amp, guitar amp, and a drum set at the performance site only. If you use your own instruments, WE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR DAMAGED EQUIPMENT!

Time Limit: 15-20 minutes including set-up.

Scores: There are no ties. An odd number of adjudicators will select first, second, and third place. Selections are based on daytime performance scores.

Awards: All groups are invited to come all day and stay for awards.

Outstanding Soloist Award: Certificates for Most Outstanding Vocalist and Most Outstanding Instrumentalist will be awarded. These musicians can be selected from the daytime or evening performances. The Most Outstanding Soloist and Most Outstanding Instrumentalist will receive a 2 year Talent Grant to attend CCC. Jr. High Students are not eligible for college talent grants until they enter high school.

The Spirit Award: The Spirit Award will be given to the group that demonstrates the most positive attitude while here on campus and displays an earnest willingness to learn. To be considered, your group performs with a contagious and positive spirit, is attentive and open to adjudicator feedback, and listens intently to as many groups as we can allow. We consider this award to be the highest honor of our festival. We also invite our Spirit Award winners to be part of next year’s CCC Mainstream Choir performance.

Now accepting credit cards! We're saving the trees and going paperless with online registration and payments. No worries, we will still accept checks and purchase orders with an online registration. A note if paying by check or PO: your registration is INCOMPLETE and your group WILL NOT be scheduled until we receive payment. If your payment is not received within two weeks of registration, your registration will be voided and you must begin the process again.

Registration is $250 plus fees. Application deadline is February 1st, 2025. No refunds available after February 9th, 2025.

Please download the Stage Set-Up form. Completed forms may be emailed to [email protected] or mail them to:

Clackamas Community College

Attn: Music Department

19600 Molalla Ave Oregon City, Oregon 97045

For event details and questions, please contact Dr. Kathleen Hollingsworth, CCC's Vocal Director, by email at [email protected] or call 503-594-6299.

For registration questions and campus information, please contact Ami Collofello, Administrative Assistant - Music, by email at [email protected] or call 503-594-3337.

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