On Sunday, February 12th from 3 to 5 pm, the Creative Music Workshop (CMW) will hold their debut concert and fundraiser at the Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan. The event will feature students and faculty from this new music program for high school and college students. CMW was created and is led by a partnership of five professional NYC jazz musicians: Bob Bowen, Brian Drye, Mike McGinnis, Jacob Sacks, and Khabu Doug Young.
Launched in 2006, CMW is an innovative program, intended for serious students of creative music that focuses primarily on the creative process as it springs from the jazz tradition and the avant-garde. Students work and perform with the faculty, and a heavy emphasis is place on learning how to collaborate within ensembles of various sizes. While much of the program is concerned with individual and group improvisation, students also learn techniques for rendering their own compositions and for composing in groups.
Funds are needed to endow start-up operating expenses and tuition scholarships. Admission is by suggested donation. All contributions are tax-deductible.
WHEN:
Sunday, February 12th 2006, from 3 pm to 5 pm
LOCATION:
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery @ Bleecker
New York, NY 10014
Train: F Train to 2nd Ave. / 6 Train to Bleecker.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
