David Browne, Rolling Stone Magazine (Click here for article)
"[Fernando] you are one in a million trying to get to the bottom of the barrel of the Blues.”
Buddy Guy (Click to see photo of the two)
Esmond's Blues Camp
Esmond's Blues Camp
![Esmond's Blues Camp](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DuxsxMUnODo/maxresdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DuxsxMUnODo/maxresdefault.jpg 2x)
![Blues Camp on Around Chicago at Esmond 2:23](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DuxsxMUnODo/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DuxsxMUnODo/maxresdefault.jpg 2x)
Blues Camp on Around Chicago at Esmond 2:23
![Blues Camp w/Ana Belaval at Esmond (1:13)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ANzxWUg4PLA/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ANzxWUg4PLA/maxresdefault.jpg 2x)
Blues Camp w/Ana Belaval at Esmond (1:13)
![Esmond School's Blues Camp Workshop: Terminology](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TL6UQ6Vx7aQ/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TL6UQ6Vx7aQ/maxresdefault.jpg 2x)
Esmond School's Blues Camp Workshop: Terminology
![Blues Camp International](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DuxsxMUnODo/maxresdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DuxsxMUnODo/maxresdefault.jpg 2x)
![Blues Camp on Around Chicago at Esmond 2:23](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DuxsxMUnODo/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DuxsxMUnODo/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Blues Camp on Around Chicago at Esmond 2:23
![Blues Camp w/Ana Belaval at Esmond (1:13)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ANzxWUg4PLA/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ANzxWUg4PLA/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Blues Camp w/Ana Belaval at Esmond (1:13)
![Blues Camp Florida](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FINDIUXoi4w/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FINDIUXoi4w/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Blues Camp Florida
![Blues Camp Florida Short News Clip](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WOIjKUz7QJU/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WOIjKUz7QJU/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Blues Camp Florida Short News Clip
![Fernando Jones & My Band!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ORuQnBfmHiM/maxresdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ORuQnBfmHiM/maxresdefault.jpg 2x)
![Fernando Jones & My Band! Feat. Felton Crews and Quincy Cochran.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ORuQnBfmHiM/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ORuQnBfmHiM/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Fernando Jones & My Band! Feat. Felton Crews and Quincy Cochran.
![Fernando Jones & My Band!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R5wkKVBzp2Y/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R5wkKVBzp2Y/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Fernando Jones & My Band!
![Fernando Jones' Silent Movie Promo](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nndKC-03LQY/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nndKC-03LQY/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Fernando Jones' Silent Movie Promo
![Fernando Jones & My Band!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cYuLNpimu4Q/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cYuLNpimu4Q/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Fernando Jones & My Band!
Assessment Measures
Click here for the Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge Standards that we use.
Assessment Measures
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Pre-Course Evaluation
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Oral and Written Quizzes
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Homework Assignments
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Class Participation
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Rehearsal Performance Prep
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Concert Performances Evaluation
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Final Presentation Project
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Exit Course Evaluation
Goals
• Keep Blues youthful and exciting, while preserving and building on the past.
• Provide Blues Kids with the basic skills (musically, socially, emotionally and linguistically) necessary to play proficiently and effectively in a music community.
• Introduce this indigenous American art form to new audiences.
• Use critical thinking skills, while collaborating with others.
• Apply practical skills learned in class in culminating activities on stage.
• Promote digital learning and embrace technology.
• Contributions to the future of the Blues musically, socially and culturally
• Present the next generation of musicians as scholars and proficient players.
• Introduce students to the art of live professional performance.
Objectives
• Introduce the history of American music through the lens of the Blues.
• Keep the Blues youthful and exciting, while preserving the past.
• Represent the next generation of Blues artist as scholars and proficient players + vocalists.
• Learn the importance of the Blues from a sociological and historical perspective focusing on the future.
• Use critical thinking skills and collaborate with others.
• Apply practical skills learned in class in a culminating activity on stage.