• Two 9-day trips

  • Trip 1 travel destinations include New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville & the Mississippi Delta region

  • Trip 2 travel destinations include Los Angeles & New York

• Visit the birthplaces & epicenters of the major American music genres

• Explore venues, museums, studios, labels, music schools, legendary haunts & more

• Participate in hands-on music lessons & workshops in guitar, drums, piano, harmonica, electronic beat-making, song-writing, DJing & more!

• Work with local musicians & recording engineers!

• Choose an instrument to have & learn in-depth, learn to play in a band, and write & record your own songs!

AMJ Trip 1: New Orleans, The Mississippi Delta, Memphis & Nashville

• Experience world-class jazz in New Orleans

• Learn to drum in the legendary Congo Square

• Experience the blues from original bluesmen in real Juke joints in the Mississippi Delta

• Learn to play blues guitar & harmonica from local blues musicians

• Write & perform your own blues song

• Experience the sounds of Memphis’ legendary Beale Street & Nasvhille’s Honky Tonk Row

• Participate in an authentic bluegrass hootenanny

• Tour the legendary studios that produced some of the most important music in country, R&B and Rock ‘n’ Roll

• Learn to play the guitar, drums or keys as part of a rock & roll band

• Learn to write & create your own songs with professional Nashville song-writers

• Record your own original song in a legendary studio

AMJ Trip 2: NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES

• Explore the music & culture of hip hop in the Bronx, Salsa in Harlem, folk, rock & punk in the Villages, dance, electronic & indie in Brooklyn & more!

• Visit Times Square, Broadway & Central Park, and experience a show at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem

• Develop your skills with guitar, drums or keys, and grow as a member of a band

• Explore the sites & sounds of rock on the Sunset Strip, R&B & rap in South LA & Long Beach, Latin, electronic, Indigenous & Western!

• Learn the art of beat-making & DJing

• Work with local musicians & recording engineers to create and record your own songs in NY & LA

• Participate in a lyric-writing, rapping & recording workshop @ World Famous VIP Records!

Musical Skills

• Structure, theory, play & improvisation

• Songwriting & storytelling

• Intro to guitar, harmonica, piano, drums & vocals

• Electronic instruments & beat-making

• Recording, mixing & producing music

Genres & History

• Jazz & Blues

• Spirituals & Gospel

• Folk & Country

• Rock 'n' Roll & Rock

• Soul & R&B

• Latin & Salsa

• Electronic & Dance

• Pop & Punk

• Hip-Hop & Rap

• And more!

Musical Connections

• The power of music in our lives & world

• The impact of immigration, geography, social & political history

• Connecting through dance & movement

• The business of music

• Post-secondary programs and careers in music