JACAM MANRICKS

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Curriculum Vitae

Professional Resume

Jacam Mario Manricks is fast establishing himself as one of the most qualified artist/musicians in the world today. He tours internationally as a featured soloist, composer/arranger and clinician throughout Europe, North America and Australia. He has received a number of prestigious awards and scholarships for artistic excellence and was recently referred to as ‘ a future world leader in his field’.

Mr. Manricks has a Bachelor Degree in Music Performance, a Masters Degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging and a Doctor in Musical Arts Degree (DMA) from the Manhattan School of Music.

Mr. Manricks has performed with some of the today’s most highly acclaimed artists, such as Ray Charles, David Liebman, Micheal Abene, Dick Oatts, Justin Di Cioccio, Mike Nock, Jerry Lewis and the Queensland Symphony to name a few. He has been a featured soloist at prestigious Jazz venues, such as Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York), The Jazz Gallery (New York), Gasteig Philharmonie (Munich, Germany) The A-Train Jazz Club (Berlin), The Kirchberg Forum (Giessen, Germany), Scharfricterhaus (Passau, Germany), The Sound Lounge-Seymore Center (Sydney, Australia) Bennet's Lane (Melbourne, Australia) and many others.

As a leader, Mr. Manricks has performed with his ensemble at Jazz festivals and concert venues around the world, such as the Wangaratta International Jazz Festival, the Sydney Opera House, the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center. In addition, Mr. Manricks has recorded internationally with many of this decade’s most outstanding Jazz artists.

As a composer, Mr. Manricks recently premiered several of his works for Symphony Orchestra and Big Band at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music’s (QCM) 50th Anniversary Concert in September 2007. This October he is to be featured as composer and soloist with the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra. He was commissioned to write 4 pieces for the Helsinki Polytechnics Pop and Jazz Conservatory in Finland in 2006, a number of different works for the QCM in 2005, and recorded an album of original compositions with his own Jazz ensemble in 2003. Additionally Mr. Manricks has written several compositions for performances by the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra and the William Paterson University Big Band (New Jersey, USA).

As an educator, Mr. Manricks recently completed his first book ‘Principles of Music Theory’, which was written, in part, while teaching Jazz Theory for the Manhattan School of Music Pre-college Program. Mr. Manricks has given master-classes and lectures on Improvisation, Jazz saxophone, Jazz composition and arranging at some of the leading music institutes in the world. They include the Manhattan School of Music, the William Paterson University, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the Victorian College of the Arts, the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and the Music Institute. Further pedagogical accomplishments to date include playing a major role in the initiation of, and directing, the instrumental music program for the Computer School, a middle school on the Upper West-Side of Manhattan.

Qualifications

Doctor of Musical Arts: The Manhattan School of Music, New York USA
Masters in Composition/Arranging :William Paterson University, New Jersey USA
Bachelor of Music :Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Australia
Diploma of Music :Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Australia

Awards

Martin Bequest Arts Fellowship 2005
Graduate Fellowship from the William Paterson University to study the pedagogical techniques of legendary saxophone teacher Joseph Allard, (2002)
Lord Mayor's Performing Arts Scholarship 2000
Scholarship for a doctorate in musical arts program at the Manhattan school of music
Scholarship for a masters' degree in jazz composition at the William Paterson University, New Jersey, USA, (2002)

Performance experience

International artists

Ray Charles, Jerry Lewis, The Village Vanguard Orchestra, The Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Dick Oatts, Bob Mintzer, Dale Barlow, Mike Abene, Mike Nock, Randy Brecker, The New York Voices, James Morrison, Art Depew, Grace Knight, Frank Bennett, Tom Burlinson, Barney McAll, Werner Klausnitzer, Tyshawn Sorey, Elio Villafranca, Felipe Salles, The Con Artists Big Band, John Morrison Big Band, John Hoffman Big Band, Tommy Tycho Orchestra, Bud Maltin Orchestra, Sydney 2000 Olympics Band

Theater

West Side Story (lead) 2002 M.D. Darren Gage
Singing in the Rain 2001 M.D. Max Lambert
The Al Jolson Story (lead) 2000 M.D. Conrad Helfrich
The Boy from Oz (lead) 1999 M.D. Michael Tyack
A Funny Thing Happened (lead) 1999 M.D. Kevin Hocking
The Frank Sinatra Story 1998
Crazy For You 1998 M.D. Dobbs Franks
Kiss Me Kate (lead) 1998 M.D. Dobbs Franks

Composition and Arranging Experience

The Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra
The Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra
The William Paterson University Big Band
The Qld Conservatorium Big Band
The Qld Conservatorium Big Band + Symphony Orchestra
The Helsinki Polytechnics Pop and Jazz Conservatory Saxophone Quartet (Finland)
The Helsinki Polytechnics Pop and Jazz Conservatory Mini Big Band (Finland)
String and horn arrangements for numerous Rhythm and Blues acts such as:
McFadden and Whitehead
The O.J's
The Manhattans

Teaching Experience

Manhattan School of Music
The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music (New York)
The Sydney Conservatorium
The Victorian College of the Arts
The Queensland Conservatorium of Music
New Jersey Workshop for the Arts
The Computer School (New York)

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