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Basie Center Offers Free Louis+Gia Maione Prima Music Camp July 12-23

By Stacey Jones July 2, 2021

The Gia Maione Prima Foundation will sponsor a FREE summer music camp for Monmouth County students in partnership with the Count Basie Center for the Arts and Red Bank’s Jazz Arts Project. Open to students in Grades 4-8, the Louis & Gia Maione Prima Music Camp will connect young musicians to instruments and world-class instructors, all through the lens of jazz. Named for the singer and widow of the late, great Louis Prima, the Gia Maione Prima Foundation supports and encourages the appreciation for American jazz, American popular music and jazz performance, as well as the fine arts.

Beginners and Intermediate Levels!

RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL | 101 HARDING RD | RED BANK

JULY 12 – 23 (Excluding weekends)

Wind instruments: 9:00am – 11:30am (Open to grades 4-8)

Strings and keyboard 12:30pm-3:00pm (Open to grades 3-8)

Full day camp option: 9:00am – 3:00pm

REGISTER TODAY ONLINE or call 732-224-8778 x125. Make sure to tell them you saw it on Macaroni Kid.

More information available at www.thebasie.org/musiccamp.