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APAP 2012 JazzConnect Session: Building Jazz Culture--Local to Global @ Hilton New York: January 6
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Michael Ricci
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters features jazz—its leaders, masters and music—at annual performing arts industry conference in New York City. Topic Building Jazz Culture—Local to Global Where Hilton New York Sutton South New York, NY 212-586-7000 When Fri, January 6, 2012 9 AM-Noon Admission Free About the event How do you build and support a thriving cultural community? What are the possibilities using ...
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10 Tips to Advance Your Music Business Career [best of Hypebot 2011]
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HypeBot
No matter where you are in your career, it's important to look back at the basics. It allows you to think like a beginner again; back to when you could visualize the most possibilities. The following ten tips, taken from a NARIP event in San Francisco, will help move forward your career in the music business—however far along you may be. 1. Have a Plan Write it down—on a piece of paper. Studies have shown that physically writing things down not ...
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Little Known D.I.Y. Artist Linda Chorney Networks Her Way to Grammy Nomination
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HypeBot
Though the Skrillex path to getting 5 Grammy nominations seems powered by building a huge, enthusiastic fanbase and making the underground accessible to the masses, Linda Chorney's path is quite different. This relatively unknown 52 year old singer/songwriter received a Grammy nomination in Americana with almost indiscernible record sales and mostly limited YouTube views. How did she do it? She networked on GRAMMY365. Linda Chorney has a modest social footprint with just over 2000 fans on Facebook and only one ...
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Molly Ringwald Joins Gail Boyd Artist Management
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Michael Ricci
Gail Boyd Artist Management is very pleased to announce the addition of singer/songwriter/actress Molly Ringwald to it's roster. Molly Ringwald has always surrounded herself with a love of culture and good taste. A true renaissance woman, she has been surrounded by music, theater, film, and literary pursuits her whole life. She was introduced to jazz by her father, a jazz pianist in Northern California. In fact, she sang on an album that he produced when she was three years old. ...
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2012 Artists in Residence Program at I-Park for Music Composers
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I-Park Foundation
Application Deadline: January 30, 2012 The I-Park Foundation, Inc., a 450-acre natural woodland retreat in East Haddam, CT (U.S), announces its twelfth season hosting its multi-disciplinary residency program. Self-directed artists' residencies will be offered from May through November 2012, with off-season sessions in April and December. Most residencies are four weeks in duration. Residencies are offered to creative individuals working in the following disciplines: Visual (including Environmental) Art, Music Composition/Sound Sculpture/Design, Moving Image, Creative Writing and Landscape/Garden Design. Work samples ...
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Jazz Face: Jason Moran, Jazz Advisor to Kennedy Center
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Only 36, pianist Jason Moran has been appointed Artistic Advisor for Jazz for Kennedy Center, a post held by NEA Jazz Master Dr. Billy Taylor until his death this past year at age 89. Despite his youth, Moran's appointment is hardly from left field as the Texas native has held numerous residencies including through the Walker Art Center; his numerous projects have included compositions based on paintings and a reworking of Thelonious Monk's famed Town Hall concert. Moran's duties at ...
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts names Jason Moran Artistic Advisor for Jazz
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Michael Ricci
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today named Jason Moran as its Artistic Advisor for Jazz effective immediately. Mr. Moran is the second person to hold the position, and is preceded by Dr. Billy Taylor, who served in the same capacity from 1994 until his death in 2010. As Artistic Advisor for Jazz, Mr. Moran will assist staff in developing programming and curating artists for one of the largest jazz programs in the United States. Additionally, ...
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Monterey Jazz Festival Names Paul Contos as Director of Education
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Monterey Jazz Festival
The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce that saxophonist, jazz educator, and director Paul Contos has been named as the Festival's Director of Education. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Paul Contos has been an essential part of the Monterey Jazz Festival's Jazz Education Programs since their inception in 1984, and is active as a saxophone clinician, educator, and performer at various educational festivals, clinics, concerts, and workshops in ...
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