Education News

2009 Residency Season at the Artists Enclave at I-Park

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2008

Application Deadline: January 5, 2009 (postmark date) I-Park announces its ninth season hosting The Artists Enclave. Artists residencies, self-directed/project oriented, will be offered from May through November 2009, with possible off-season sessions in April and December. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. Residencies will be offered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples will be evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $25 application processing ...

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Bill Wright's Guitar Studio News

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2008

Bill Wright's Guitar Studio located in Sparta NJ announces the recent addition of several instruments to their lineup, which now includes Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass, Drums, Piano, Vocals, Ukulele, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and also Music recording classes. In order to meet growing demand they have added an additional lesson room and have hired 3 new teachers. Bill Wright's Guitar Studio specializes in all Modern Styles of music including Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country, Heavy ...

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Jazz for Kids: Stix Hooper and Bobby Rodriguez

Source: All About Jazz
October 3, 2008

Jazz luminaries Stix Hooper and Bobby Rodriguez, fronting an ensemble of professional instrumentalists, opened the ears and minds of Santa Ynez Valley students Sept. 25 at Solvang School. More than 800 kids from local schools filled the bleachers and floor of the school’s gym as Rodriguez, Hooper and the band took them through the various forms of jazz. The students represented 11 area schools, grades three through twelve. The jazz professionals were in Solvang for the second annual Jazz Festival, ...

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Jackie Robinson and Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2008

By Eddie Becton, All About Jazz: Los Angeles Everyone knows the enduring legacy Jackie Robinson created on the baseball field in 1947, becoming the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. The very act of stepping to the plate on that historic day, April 15th, helped Robinson cement his name in the annals of world history. Recognizing the impact of that occurrence, Robinson went beyond the baseball field to address the pressing need for racial equality and civil ...

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Jazz Goes to School Returns to Eagle County Schools This Week

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2008

The Vail Jazz Foundation’s ‘Jazz Goes to School’ musical education program for fourth and fifth graders returns to Eagle County elementary schools today through Thursday. This innovative approach to teaching jazz music and social studies will reach over 1,000 students during the 2008/09 school year. The program, which is in its 11th year, is designed to educate students about America’s own music form — jazz — and its role in our country’s history, and to foster an appreciation of jazz ...

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New on JazzPianoOnline.com: Three Benny Green Licks

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2008

Three Benny Green Licks

Benny Green is a hard swinging and intense modern jazz pianist built from the hard bop mold. Influenced by Bud Powell, Phineas Newborn and Oscar Peterson, his solos are both technically challenging yet harmonically straightforward, adhering closely to the underlying chord progression. An overflowing font of bebop licks, his solos are an unending source of material for beginning and seasoned improvisors alike. Three such licks from his breakneck solo over the Bud Powell tune Celia, recorded ...

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New Age Piano Music Meets the Internet

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

If youre at all into the New Age Music scene, then the names George Winston and David Lanz are already well known. But now theres a new name on the horizon Edward Weiss. Hailing from beautiful San Diego in sunny California, this teacher, composer and published author does the seemingly impossible: Teaching anyone (and Edward stresses anyone) how to play and compose their very own New Age Style Music on the piano even if theyve never touched a musical keyboard ...

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DCA Announces Grand Opening of the Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center

Source: All About Jazz
September 16, 2008

Department of Cultural Affairs Announces Grand Opening of the Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center

Los Angeles, CA - A new art facility specifically dedicated to young people and named in honor of Charles Mingus will be inaugurated by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) on September 28, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. Program activities will begin with the grand opening of the Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center (CMYAC), located in the Watts Community. Additional performances and exhibitions ...

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