JAZZ EDUCATION NETWORK

Intercollegiate Community College Honors Vocal Jazz Ensemble

The Intercollegiate Community College Honors Vocal Jazz Ensemble celebrates the incredible talent emerging from community college jazz programs across the nation. Outstanding students are selected through a competitive audition process to rehearse and perform together at the 2027
JEN Conference. Bringing together the top community college performers from across the country, this dynamic ensemble showcases the artistry, creativity, and future of jazz—highlighting the vital role community colleges play in shaping the next generation of jazz vocalists and musicians.

photos by Frances Scanlon 

2027 APPLICATIONS CLOSED

DIRECTOR APPLICATION WINDOW

April 1 – May 30

 

PERFORMER NOMINATION WINDOW

August 1 – September 30

 

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DIRECTOR application guidlines
  • The director will be selected through an application process each spring.
  • The application window will be open April 1 – May 30.
  • All applicants must be current JEN members, Full Individual or higher.
  • Any current community college vocal jazz educator is welcome to apply.

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PERFORMER NOMINATION guidlines
  •  The student nomination window will be open August 1 – September 30.
  • Nominating director must be a JEN member, Full Individual or higher.
  • Students must be nominated by their community college director.
  • Students cannot nominate themselves.
  • Student nominee must be currently enrolled in classes.
  • Each nomination requires a $35 application fee.
  • The 16-voice ensemble (SATB), plus a 3–4 piece rhythm section, will be selected via blind audition.

charlotte lang

Swiss/Dutch saxophonist Charlotte Lang was born in 1996 in Basel and studied the bachelor and master program at the JAZZCAMPUS Basel under the guidance of Domenic Landolf and Daniel Blanc. She is currently studying the Master of Music in Global Jazz at the Berklee College of Music in Boston under the artistic direction of Danilo Pérez. In addition she is part of Terri Lyne Carrington’s Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.

 

From 2015 to 2018, Charlotte she was a member of the Swiss National Youth Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Christian Muthspiel. Since 2020, she became a member of the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra (Bundesjazzorchester Deutschland), under the direction of Niels Klein and Ansgar Striepens. She also plays is the Austrian FJO (Frauen Jazz Orchester→Women Jazz Orchestra of Austria).

 

In 2021, Charlotte founded her own Quintet the „Charlotte Lang Group“, for what she is composing, arranging and booking. In the fall 2023, her first album will be recorded and hopefully released by a renowned label.

 

Charlotte plays in the “Swiss Jazz Orchestra” and the “Zurich Jazz Orchestra”, the two professional Big Bands of Switzerland.

Charlotte recently got the unique opportunity to write a monthly blog for the Swiss Jazz & Blues Magazine called JAZZTIME, to tell readers about her time at abroad and specifically her time at Berklee. Her graduate program lasts only until the summer of 2023. She hopes to stay in the United States to enlarge her network and build her musical career.