Jazz Department

The Jazz department includes 7 instruments:
Piano, double bass, drums, trumpet, saxophone, electric guitar, bass guitar and voice

In addition to instruction in playing by the leading teachers in Israel, students learn the characteristics of the jazz style focusing on the 1950s and 1960s. Emphasis is placed on playing in an ensemble and all students in the department are integrated into ensembles upon reaching the appropriate level.

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Award-winning students

A significant number of our students attain the prestigious status of Outstanding Musician in the IDF, while many others garner accolades from the America Israel Cultural Foundation.

Most of our students undertake the Ministry of Education's matriculation exam, which includes a recital and a research paper, and several of them choose to continue their studies at the Academy.

What's included:

Weekly 60-minute lesson
Weekly music theory lesson
Piano accompaniment when needed
Twice a year assessment
Performing in at least 2 concerts a year
Participating in an ensemble (determined by playing level)

Extended route
Students are also entitled to receive a 90/120 minute individual lesson at a reduced price, an hour of theory in a group and participation in chamber ensembles and orchestras (for those who are eligible).

Events

Students take part in a number of events and performances through out the year. Many are open to the public. Take a look at the calendar of events to see what is coming up and experience the magic of the Conservatory!

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Jazz Department Head:

Yuval Cohen

Department Head:
Dr. Assaf Sommer
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Dr. Assaf Sommer serves as the head of the piano department where he grew up and was educated since childhood. Assaf Sommer completed his undergraduate studies at the Jerusalem Academy of Music with Vadim Monsticksky and Benjamin Oren. He then went to graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with the international pianist Eugene Assaf Sommer completed his doctorate at the University of Cincinnati where he studied harpsichord and was invited to Cornell University to study hammer piano with Malcolm Bilson.

Sommer performed his piano recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 2006. He has appeared as a soloist with piano and harpsichord orchestras and in concerts throughout the US, Israel and the Netherlands. Between 2010 and 2016 he taught at the Faculty of Music at Ohio Northern University. Since his return to Israel, Sommer appeared in a series of concerts in which he played the first book from the comparative piano and other works by Bach, in a solo recital at the Israel Festival dedicated to Mozart, with the players of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestras at the Voice of Music Festival in Kfar Bloom, and at the Bach Festival.