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Harry Belafonte To Receive Honorary Doctorate Of Music Degree At Berklee Tribute Concert
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Berklee Media Relations
Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will present an honorary doctor of music degree to iconic musician, songwriter, and activist Harry Belafonte at a Berklee tribute concert, in recognition of Belafonte's inspiring musical and humanitarian achievements. Past recipients of Berklee's honorary doctorate include Duke Ellington (the first, in 1971), Dizzy Gillespie, Steven Tyler, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Juan Luis Guerra, David Bowie, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Bonnie Raitt, George Clinton, and Carole King. The Life and Music of ...
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SFJAZZ Collective Wins Outstanding Jazz Album at 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
The SFJAZZ Collective’s Album, Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder, won Outstanding Jazz Album at 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, CA on Friday, February 21, 2014. The 45th NAACP Image Awards is the nation’s premier multi-cultural awards show and celebrates the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors. The SFJAZZ Collective is the all-star award-winning jazz ensemble comprised of ...
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New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Student Andrew Schiller And Alumni Jeff Schneider And Christopher Zuar
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Receive 2014 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards New England Conservatory Jazz Studies student Andrew Schiller and alumni Jeff Schneider and Christopher Zuar have been selected to receive 2014 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. Schiller is a jazz bassist and composer working toward his Master of Music degree at NEC. Schneider is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance from NEC in 2009; this is his third Young Jazz Composers Award. Zuar, ...
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Stem Artist Lisa Young Commissioned For The Australian Voices
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Zzzing Agency
Following the success of Other Plans (Lisa Young's 2009 commission work for The Australian Voices), The Australian Voices Choir has commissioned a new work from Young for 2014. Young is working on a choral arrangement (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) of 'Misra Chappu', incorporating the melody of this work from newly released “The Eternal Pulse" album under STEM. 'Misra Chappu' is in a 7/4 meter, and incorporates the south Indian vocal percussion art-form of konnakol. Aside from the beautiful jazz ...
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Stem Artist Lisa Young - Artist In Residence - Commissioned To Write A Massed Choir Piece For Gondwana Voices
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Zzzing Agency
Gondwana Choirs commissioned Stem's Artist Lisa Young to write a massed choir piece for their national choral school. Lisa Young is Gondwana Voices 'Composer In Residence'. This piece was premiered at: Gondwana Choirs National Choral School Concerts, The Concourse, Chatswood, Australia on Saturday January 18th, 2014 during the “saturday concerts" The Saturday concerts were the culmination of two weeks of workshops in choral singing, conducting and composing, attended by hundreds of young musicians aged 10-25, drawn from around the nation. ...
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Chamber Music America Announces 2014 New Jazz Works Deadline
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Susan Dadian
Chamber Music America announces a March 7, 2014 application deadline for its 2014 New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development grant opportunity. New Jazz Works supports U.S. jazz ensembles (2-10 musicians) with the creation and performance of new works, and activities that extend the life of the work. To date, 171 projects have been funded through CMA's New Jazz Works. New Jazz Works is comprised of four components: the creation and two performances of a new work (Core); offers funding ...
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Grammy Winners 2014: The Full List
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HypeBot
Daft Punk's “Get Lucky" won record of the year and the duo's “Get Lucky" won the year's top album, at last night's 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Rising stars were rewarded as well, with Lorde, Kacey Musgraves and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis taking home key awards. Album of the Year Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (Julian Casablancas, DJ Falcon, Todd Edwards, Chilly Gonzales, Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams & Pharrell Williams, featured artists; Thomas Bangalter, Julian Casablancas, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, DJ ...
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Independent Music Wins 50% of 2014 Grammys
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HypeBot
Independent music took home 50 % of the awards at last nights 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, the highest percentage of wins since indie label trade group A2IM began tracking the awards in 2006. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won in four categories, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album, for their independently released album, The Heist. Accepting one of his Grammys, Macklemore said, “we made it independently and appreciate all the support." This year marked the sixth consecutive year that ...
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