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National Guitar Workshop Closes Its Doors; Litchfield Jazz Camp Offers Places At 50% Off.
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Lindsey Turner
Kent. CT: On Monday, July 9 Litchfield Jazz Camp learned of the impending bankruptcy of the National Guitar Workshop, a three-decades-old program that at the height of its activities served up to 6000 students annually, according to David Smolover, its owner and founder. Litchfield Jazz Camp’s artistic director, Don Braden, and its founder and executive director, Vita Muir, met with Smolover on Monday and offered their help so some of the 400+ students who found themselves out their tuition and ...
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The Litchfield Jazz Festival Returns To Goshen, CT And The Great Outdoors
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Lindsey Turner
GOSHEN, CT — At the request of its many fans, Litchfield Jazz Festival returns to its roots at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen CT. The site features many things jazz fans have come to love, chief among them the best in jazz under an airy Mainstage tent and from acres of lawn. Along with these, the Fest offers excellent food and drink, arts and crafts, activities for kids, artist talks and music by the talented students of Litchfield Jazz Camp ...
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Litchfield Jazz Festival Announces 2012 Artist-in-residence, Baritone Saxophonist Gary Smulyan
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Lindsey Turner
Goshen, CT — Litchfield Jazz Festival announces the 2012 Artist-in-Residence for the 17th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. The honor goes to baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan. Known as a master of bebop, Smulyan is one of the major voices on his instrument today. Winner of six Grammy Awards, his latest honors include winner of the 2009 and 2010 Jazz Journalist Award for Baritone Saxophonist of the Year, the 2009 Down Beat Critics Poll for Baritone Saxophone, and the 2011 Down Beat ...
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Money Raised For Litchfield Jazz Camp Scholarships At An Afternoon Of Jazz & Friends
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Lindsey Turner
Litchfield Performing Arts, the not-for-profit producer of The Litchfield Jazz Festival and its teaching arm, Litchfield Jazz Camp, held a successful fundraiser on April 29 at the home of its board president Bob Lenz and his wife Carol. The afternoon was designed to show off the talents of outstanding campers and to introduce a debuting artist at Litchfield Jazz Festival this August at the Goshen Fairgrounds. Under the direction of saxophonist/composer and Operations Director of Litchfield Jazz Camp, Albert Rivera ...
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Litchfield Jazz Camp Announces Two New Courses And Select Places Still Available
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Lindsey Turner
Kent, CT: Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997) is excited to announce new course offerings for 2012. Guitarist and Camp Teaching Artist Doug Munro will offer a College Prep Seminar during sessions three (7/22-7/27), four (7/29-8/3), and five (8/5-8/10). Doug, who is a Professor of Music at SUNY Purchase and founder of their Jazz Program, will offer an insider’s perspective on what to expect from a college-level program. This seminar will prepare students for higher education, whether at a conservatory or ...
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“Christmas Tree-O: A Holiday Concert” by Litchfield Jazz Festival Artist-in-Residence Matt Wilson
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Lindsey Turner
Kent, CT—The Litchfield Jazz Festival is pleased to announce “Christmas Tree-O: A Holiday Concert" featuring Artist-in-Residence, drummer, Matt Wilson. The concert will be held at St. Andrew's Church in Kent on Saturday, December 11th at 3:00 PM featuring festive jazzy tunes from Matt's latest release, “Christmas Tree-O," out now on Palmetto Records. Matt Wilson kicked-off his stint as the Festival's first Artist-in-Residence last August, when he taught at Litchfield Jazz Camp, led Artist Talks with Dave Brubeck and Mario Pavone, ...
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Litchfield Jazz Festival Performances Air on NPR’s JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater
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Lindsey Turner
On Saturday, August 7, 2010, National Public Radio's JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater came to the Litchfield Jazz Festival to record bassist Mario Pavone's live performance of a new work with his group Orange Double Tenor. The Festival, which celebrated its 15th Anniversary that weekend in Kent, CT, was honored to present Pavone's commission from Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development Program with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Each year in a peer-reviewed process, ...
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Litchfield Jazz Camp Presents the 3rd Annual Jazz College Fair Night July 28th
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Lindsey Turner
Kent, CT--Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997) is a total jazz immersion where students ages 13 through adult learn and play in a non-competitive environment on the campus of Kent School in Kent, CT. Students rehearse in combos with others at their level 15 hours a week, study music theory, perform and jam, learn from guest artists and listen to the camp's elite faculty led by Music Director Don Braden. Litchfield Jazz Camp runs in one-to--four week sessions which began on ...
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