Education News

Riddimic Studies Workshop

Source: All About Jazz
September 8, 2008

If you are interested in the possibilities of rhythm and movement beyond “groove” then, come and join Us*. Percussionist David Pleasant presents a weekly study and practice of peculiar polyrhythmic forms. The class is challenging for musicians and non-musicians alike. It centers on the drum/rhythm as an intent-focused, semantic music: the drum is a voice rather than a time piece, framework, or marker. Gullah-Geechee folklorist Bessie Jones called it the DRUMFOLK. The whole person engages multiple metric, rhythmic, and time ...

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Community Works NYC Announces New Theater Season

Source: All About Jazz
September 8, 2008

Community Works, a trailblazer in arts education, announces its 2008-2009 Theater Connections calendar of events. Its eighteenth year of arts programming will present a spectacular line-up of over 130 events featuring multi-cultural dance companies, musical artists, poets and performers at 13 sites citywide. All performances are low cost, and average seven dollars per person. Performing sites include: Symphony Space; Merkin Concert Hall; Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University; Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts in Brooklyn; Hostos ...

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Music Festival Jazzes up Recycling Efforts

Source: DeBlaze & Associates
September 6, 2008

Music Festival Jazzes Up Recycling Efforts Turning Green is easier with three simple ways to recycle, includes six economic & environmental benefits

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - September 6, 2008 -- Jazz and blues fans struggling to see the benefits of recycling can learn how to make a difference with “Three Simple Ways to Recycle" later this month during the Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, September 20, 2008.

Three Ways to Recycle Proactive music festivals that ...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center's "Swing University" Program this Fall

Source: All About Jazz
September 5, 2008

Learn about jazz from the musicians who make it and the scholars who study it though Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Swing University” program this fall. The program offers the opportunity to hear your favorite music anew as professionals such as Phil Schaap and Lewis Nash share their insights, expertise and tall tales. The program offers several different types of classes, which are held once a week in 4 and 8 week sessions, and is a great way to expand your ...

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Jazz St. Louis Looking For School Groups, Student Musicians to Take Part in Educational Programs

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 4, 2008

With the start of another school year, Jazz St. Louis' various education programs are getting underway, too: * JSL is accepting applications for its JazzU program through this Friday, September 5. JazzU is “a series of weekly workshops geared towards middle and high school students who have a desire to become better jazz musicians. JazzU focuses heavily on the jazz language, improvisation, ensemble playing, feel, the blues and basic music theory concepts in order to get students to ...

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New on JazzPianoOnline.com: The Jazz Blues Progression

Source: All About Jazz
September 2, 2008

The Jazz Blues Progression When the blues is played in a jazz context the chord progression is more sophisticated in the number and types of chords used. In addition to the basic I, IV, V chords, jazz blues incorporates major and minor ii-V progressions, substitute dominants, related ii chords and more. In keeping with the improvisatory nature of the music, jazz players vary the progression from chorus to chorus to keep the short 12 bar form fresh and spontaneous. Watch ...

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Ray Vega Joins UVM Faculty, Helps Build Burlington's Reputation as 'Jazz Capital of New England'

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2008

Ray Vega is multi-tasking. He sat for a chat Wednesday in the University of Vermont Recital Hall, in the same building where the newest faculty member in UVM's jazz-studies program is rushing to set up his new office in time for Tuesday's start of the school year. While in the Recital Hall he fielded a few calls on his cell phone -- two from his wife, Miriam, about work a contractor is doing on the home they're trying to sell ...

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Jazz Library a High Note for UNT

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2008

A lone horn's wail echoes in the hallway of the music building at the University of North Texas as a music student shuffles down the hall carrying her instrument. The student may not know it, but she's one step closer to a jazz music legend. A moving van delivered the 400-piece Maynard Ferguson library to the UNT campus last week. The library, provided by a consortium of donors, spans Ferguson's career from the mid-1950s to his death in 2006. “This ...

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