Thanks to its success, UJ4KIDS has earned a special place in the Festival’s architecture. It is a festival within the festival, focused on youngsters who are the true protagonists. It is a daily section (July 12-20) with an intense program of educational activities, workshops, recitals and entertainment. Fondazione Umbria Jazz started collaborating in 2018 with local authorities, public schools and private music schools to promote jazz music for each age group and its introduction in schools. This is how you educate the future audience and a new generation of musicians.
UJ4KIDS stands as a service and reference activity for public schools with musical orientation, music schools and professional associations, teachers, families, pediatricians and musicians. The declared intent is to make children and teenagers the protagonists of music events for once and show the results of the work done for years in our region through entertainment and dissemination: it is considered an instrument of cultural and social growth.
10am – 11am
Organic Beat
Can organic sources like fruit or plants generate rhythms
that can be used, for example, to create beats, loops, and accompany a song?
Created and led by Michele Fondacci, “Al Fondino Corsi di Gubbio” Music School
(Recommended age: 4 and up)
11am – 12pm
Bum Bum Bob
In Search of Jazz Rhythms
An interactive concert for young jazz lovers, kids, and percussion.
Alessandro Pacetta, narrator and percussion
Pietro Mirabassi, saxophone
Enrico Mirabassi, piano
Francesco Bordignon, double bass
Nicola Potassio, drums
Organized by the “La Banda degli Unisoni” Music School
(Recommended age: 5 to 10 years)