12/19/2025
COTA Camp Jazz
COTA Campjazz is a week long jazz camp held in Delaware Water Gap PA the last week in June (June 24t
Faculty:
Sam Burtis - Brass
Matt Vashlishan - Saxophone
Skip Wilkins - Piano
Paul Rostock- Bass
Spencer Reed - Guitar
Bill Goodwin - Drums
Kent Heckman - Red Rock Recording Studio
COTA Camp Jazz embraces all instrumental and vocal learners age 12 and up. Applicants can apply at the beginner, intermediate, or advanced level. Every day, campers will receive focused instruction as they rehearse in
12/19/2025
09/04/2024
We are conquering Lehigh University next!!!!!!!! Look out !!!!!!!!
07/10/2024
July is Brush-Up Month!
If you're new to brush playing my weekly tips are for you!
Today's lesson is about Double Strokes.
https://youtu.be/UwbPpdR8_Gc
If you'd like an in person or Zoom lesson, email or PM me to schedule a time. For more free lessons, subscribe to my YouTube Channel and go to my Educational Quick Tip Playlist.
Beginner Brush Tip #2 - Double Strokes Experiment by using the same double-stroke technique you use with sticks. To get that unique, legato, idiomatic brush character, apply the "swish or sweep"...
07/06/2024
I LOVE to PLAY and TEACH DRUM SET and beginning in August, I'll be offering lessons at my home studio in East Stroudsburg, PA for intermediate to advanced players.
From July 8 - 12 you can sign up for a free 30min session to see if we're a good fit. PM or email for a date/time.
Learn more about me https://www.sherriemaricle.com and on FB, Insta, TikTok, LinkedIn and X.
Check out some free video lessons here:
https://sherriemaricle.com/education/
https://www.youtube.com/c/SherrieMaricleMusic (Education Quick Tips)
My teaching focuses on:
1. Technique (Foundational)
2. Time (Groove and Feel)
3. Independence (Interdependence)
4. Stylistic Interpretation (Genres)
5. Reading (Kicks, Fills and Set β Ups)
6. Soloing (Creativity, Spontaneity, Improvisation)
7. Listening & Transcribing (Recordings and "Live")
8. Playing (Play with other βLiveβ Musicians)
06/25/2024
Wow, the time has come. We put a lot of work into this album with seven guest artists contributing their invaluable playing. Please check us out on Bandcamp, Spotify and all sorts of streaming venues. The official release DATE is June 28. The Spencer Reed group plus special guest Nancy Reed will be at the Deer Head Inn the same day with CDs for sale. BUT... our official release PARTY will be August 2 also at the historic Deer Head Inn. We couldn't have done this without the production help of Richard Dunning. And special thanks to Lydia Liebman Promotions for helping us get the word out there. Hope you dig it.
For more visit reedjazz.com and for lots of videos please check out our youtube channel
Nancy Reed and Spencer Reed
05/21/2024
So looking forward to playing at Derailed Taphouse in East Stroudsburg, Pa. I will be joined by two of my favorite cats, Tyler Dempsey on drums and Joe Michaels on bass. First set at 8.
03/29/2024
Where we love to play and hangout!
03/11/2024
Happy Birthday to my best friend and life partner Carol.
02/26/2024
Hey West Chester, PA Drummers and Friends of Drummers...
This is going to be FUN, FUN, FUN!
Come hear what a drum can become π
Friends of all persuasions:
I am having Facebook trouble. Maybe one of you might have a solution:
Here it is:
I have been on Facebook for many years under the name "Sam Burtis". I also belong to a group called "COTA Camp Jazz"i. Recently my ID on Facebook changed to "COTA Camp Jazz" instead of "Sam Burtis". Facebook has been of no help in changing it back to"Sam Burtis". If any of you good tech people have any info about rectifying this problem, please get in touch with me. Thanks.
I do not want to be "Cota Camp Jazz". Can some free me from this mistake?
I am not "COTA CAMP JAZZ." I am Sam Burtis. I don't know how this happened and I don't know what to do about it. Nothing against COTA CAMP JAZZ...I taught there several siummers. But I know no way to return to my list of many friends who get my posts. It's part of something called "Meta Business Suite." If anybody has a clue, please get in touch with me somehow. Thank you.
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