Education News

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Festival Now Accepting Applications

Source: All About Jazz
November 11, 2008

The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce the 5th Annual Next Generation Festival, featuring the nations most talented middle school, high school, conglomerate, and college jazz musicians and vocalists. The Next Generation Festival, which includes MJF's Next Generation Festival Jazz Competition, will take place in historic downtown Monterey from April 3 - 5, 2009.

The Next Generation Festival is accepting applications from middle school, high school, conglomerate, and college ...

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Building the Music School of the Future

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2008

Valencia, Spain will soon be home to a $145 million school of rock (and pop and jazz) from the Boston-based Berklee College of Music, which hopes to extend its successful contemporary music training program to European shores.

“ARTeria Valencia" will be a state-of-the-art, 25-story building (see artist's renderings) featuring faculty and student housing, a high-speed data network, a 1,000-seat outdoor amphitheater and several smaller performance spaces. Construction will be largely bankrolled by the SGAE Spanish performing rights organization, which is ...

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Richmond Jazz Society Guest Educators Series Presents Bungalo 6

Source: RVAjazz
November 9, 2008

Trumpeter/Flugelhornist Mark Ingraham has quickly become one of the most versatile young lions on the Richmond Jazz scene. In 2006 this Virginia-based composer founded Bungalo 6, nine talented musicians, many of whom recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University's renowned jazz program. Their debut album, “Radio Ready", features sassy vocals backed by powerful dance grooves and funky horn lines. The twelve original tracks not only showcase the talents of the individual players, but also the band's versatility as a ...

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Emeryville Taiko Director Susan Horn Made a Dream Come True

Source: All About Jazz
November 7, 2008

Emeryville Taiko Announces workshops and concert series for November in the Bay area

Emeryville CA location is closed; classes temporarily canceled Sadly, we are unable to continue using our Emeryville location for classes and workshops due to occupancy permit issues. Until we find an alternate space we have reluctantly suspended our classes and lecture/demo sessions. See below for details and please check our website for updates on our situation.

November workshop We haven't quit drumming entirely. We will ...

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Essay in D: The Critics Cogitation About Titles

Source: Michael Ricci
November 6, 2008

Perhaps the notion of giving a work a title makes composers feel awkward.

During an interview segment of a Making Music concert at Zankel Hall last week the composer George Crumb was asked whether the titles of the first and last movements of his Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) Vocalise (... for the Beginning of Time) and Sea-Nocturne (... for the End of Time) were meant to be as ominous as they sounded.

They're just poetic titles. Sometimes people ...

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Jazz St. Louis Seeks Student Saxophonist to Perform with Greg Osby and Willie Akins

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 5, 2008

Jazz St. Louis is looking for a young saxophonist who may be “St. Louis' next rising star of jazz" to perform with saxophonists Greg Osby (pictured) and Willie Akins on April 10 and 11 at Jazz at the Bistro.The concert is dubbed “St. Louis Shoes," after Osby's CD of the same name; the competition is open to all saxophonists in high school or college in the St. Louis area, including both Missouri and Illinois. Applicants will be asked ...

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George Benson's Breezin' Lounge Now Accepting Students

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2008

After many months of development, jazz guitarists who would like to learn directly from jazz great George Benson will get their opportunity. The Breezin' Lounge launched on WorkshopLive.com last week and the website accepts students on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis. Students and fans alike will experience a no-holds-barred look at Mr. Bensons musical ideas, playing techniques, formative years and the inspiration which has made him one of the best jazz guitarists and performers in the world.

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Page McConnell's Senior Study:The Art of Improvisation

Source: JamBase
October 31, 2008

Page McConnell's Senior Study “The Art of Improvisation" Rediscovered

Phish Throughout the years, Phish fans have searched for keyboardist Page McConnell's senior study. Entitled “The Art of Improvisation," the work was completed at Goddard College and has just now surfaced.

To check out Page's thoughts on improvisation, go here.

Many of you may recall that Trey Anastasio also went to Goddard where he completed his senior study, “The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday." For more on Trey's “TMWSIY" go here. ...

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