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Berklee College Of Music Group Travels To Kenya For Cultural Exchange
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Berklee Media Relations
A group of Berklee College of Music students, faculty and staff will participate in a cultural exchange program in Kenya from June 18 to July 7, where they will teach and perform Western music; and learn about traditional Kenyan music, instruments, dance, and culture. This is the third annual volunteer trip to Kenya sponsored by local organization Global Youth Groove (GYG), whose mission is to transform the lives of youth through music. The program is spearheaded by Berklee staff member ...
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Berklee and High School Students Teach Music in Kenya, Donate Instruments and Laptops
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Berklee Public Relations
A group of Berklee College of Music students and alumni, and Newton North and Needham, MA, High School students are using the summer break as an educational opportunity. The students will participate in a cultural exchange program in Kenya (June 25-July 15) through local organization Global Youth Groove (GYG), whose mission is to transform the lives of youth through music, where they will teach, perform, study Swahili, learn about traditional Kenyan music, instruments and dance, and be immersed in Kenyan ...
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Berklee Visits Kenya for Scholarship Auditions and Music Education Events
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Michael Ricci
Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will visit Kenya for the second straight year to hold events that include auditions and interviews (A&I) for scholarship opportunities, music education outreach, workshops, and clinics for area musicians and educators. The programs will be conducted by a team comprised of faculty members Dan Moretti and Ron Reid of the Contemporary Writing and Production Department, Michael Shaver from Admissions, Sam Skau from International Programs, and student ...
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Berklee to Hold Scholarship Auditions in Nairobi, Kenya
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All About Jazz
Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview (A&I) events in Kenya as part of its Africa Scholars Program, offering talented musicians the chance to be awarded scholarships to attend the college. The college inaugurated the Africa Scholars Program with A&I events in Accra Ghana, and Durban, South Africa in the summer of 2008. Those resulted in $1.4 million in scholarships being awarded to 26 musicians, including a ...
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Bobby Sanabria & the Manhattan School of Music Release Kenya Revisited Live!!!
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All About Jazz
Kenya Revisited “Live” Featuring Bobby Sanabria & Candido
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Two for the Show Media
THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC & JAZZHEADS RECORDS RELEASE KENYA REVISITED “LIVE” FEATURING BOBBY SANABRIA CONDUCTING THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH SPECIAL GUEST CANDIDO – (NEA JAZZ MASTER) -AN INCREDIBLE RE-WORKING OF AN AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ MASTERPIECE- THIS RECORDING MARKS THE FIRST RELEASE IN A SERIES OF FOUR THAT JOIN FORCES BETWEEN THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND JAZZHEADS RECORDS. Kenya Revisited ”Live” captures an extraordinary night of music performed by The Manhattan School of Music’s Afro-Cuban ...
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Kenya Revisited - 50th Anniversary Concert
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All About Jazz
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA directed by BOBBY SANABRIA with special guest, NEA Jazz Master, CANDIDO CAMERO on congas Recorded in December of 1957 by The Machito Afro-Cubans and released in 1958 featuring alto saxophone titan Cannonball Adderley, as well as trumpet legend Joe Nuemann, and conga virtuoso Candido, the music of this legendary recording has never been performed in its entirety. KENYA has been hailed by the critics and cognoscenti alike as the ...
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