Education News

Learn to Play Jazz Piano on the Internet at Jazz Piano Online

Source: All About Jazz
August 14, 2007

Watch Watch high-quality streaming video lessons on topics that matter most to you: jazz theory & composition, improvisation & licks, chords & voicings, arranging, styles and more. A new lesson is added every week. Interact Interaction is the key to learning. Moments after a topic is presented on screen you have the opportunity to participate in active learning through multiple engaging interactive elements. Take an interactive quiz with immediate feedback; look up any technical term in the hyperlinked glossary or ...

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Savannah Music Festival Calls High School Jazz Bands Countrywide to Enter Swing Central 2008 for Cash Awards

Source: All About Jazz
August 7, 2007

The 2008 Savannah Music Festival (SMF) brings the launch of an ambitious effort: SWING CENTRAL High School Jazz Band Competition and Workshop. After two successful years of bringing regional high school jazz band musicians together with renowned jazz artists and educators, SMF is fusing its high-quality workshop and mentorship program with a new national jazz band competition. The SWING CENTRAL application process is open to bands from across the country.

CALL FOR ENTRY DETAILS FOR SWING CENTRAL 2008: APRIL 3rd ...

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Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony Concerts Announced

Source: All About Jazz
July 17, 2007

Stockton, CA - World-renowned trumpet player Marvin Stamm will share musical tips and ideas with some of the most talented teen-aged jazz players in the country this summer. He is one of 11 professional musicians who will participate in the Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony next month as a guest artist.

At the conclusion of the week-long educational program, Stamm, other guest artists and the students will perform for the community. The artists will play at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. ...

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Student Musicians "Jam" in Youth @ Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2007

Bethel Woods to Sponsor Interactive Youth Education & Jazz Performance BETHEL, NY -- On August 4, 2007, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts will host Youth @ Jazz, a unique demonstration and interpretive “jam" session where area students will not only see and hear professional musicians, but also play with them. James Emery and the String Trio of New York will conduct a multi-faceted lecture, demonstration and discussion about their music, their origins, touring, and recording. The Liberty High School ...

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Mel Bay Music Instruction Series Marks 60th Anniversary

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2007

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New York Violinist Bringing Suzuki Training Methods to Aspiring Iraqi Performers

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 6, 2007

This July, Musicians For Harmony Founder Allegra Klein will travel to Northern Iraq to participate in a landmark event -- The Iraqi Summer Performing Arts Academy. The free Academy -- the first project of its kind in the history of Iraq -- will deliver an American educational experience to over 300 of the country's aspiring performers.

Klein -- a violinist, educator and arts administrator -- will represent Musicians For Harmony (and New York) by providing instruction in Strings and Chamber ...

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Jazz Stars Shine in the Classroom

Source: All About Jazz
July 5, 2007

This is one summer school students are happy to attend The love of performing came naturally for piano player Angus Grundy. Less easy in coming was any sort of professional expertise to cement that love. “As an amateur, you soon realize that it's hard enough to play badly," he says. “If you want to play well, you need to commit some serious time. Having a full-time job, I didn't make much progress for several years." Amateur musicians like Grundy will ...

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Latin Jazz Music Camp Presents Free Family Concert in Cleveland, July 10-13

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2007

Cleveland, Ohio - The third annual Roberto Ocasio Latin Jazz Music Camp, will be held July 10-13, on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace College (Music Conservatory) in Berea, Ohio, near Cleveland. The three-day program will conclude with a free Latin Jazz concert at 7:00 p.m. on the B-W Campus' Kulas Music Building, Gamble Auditorium, 96 Front St., Berea, OH. The evening will feature multi-Grammy-Award nominee and camp Artist-in-Residence, Bobby Sanabria and student musicians representing Beachwood, Solon, Pepper Pike, Cleveland Heights, Rocky ...

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