Education News

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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Shelton G. Berg Named Frost School of Music Dean

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2007

The University of Miami has announced the appointment of Shelton G. Berg as the new dean of the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. Berg, the McCoy/Sample Endowed Professor of Jazz Studies in the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California will replace William Hipp, who has served as dean since 1983. He is an internationally recognized pianist, composer, arranger, and educator and is widely acclaimed for his energetic and innovative approaches to jazz performance, composition, ...

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Acclaimed Musician, Composer and Educator Shelton G. Berg Named Frost School of Music Dean

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2007

CORAL GABLES, FL - The University of Miami has announced the appointment of Shelton G. Berg as the new dean of the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. Berg, the McCoy/Sample Endowed Professor of Jazz Studies in the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California (USC) will replace William Hipp, who has served as dean since 1983. He is an internationally recognized pianist, composer, arranger, and educator and is widely acclaimed for his energetic and innovative ...

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Summer Jazz Film and Concert Series at Nopl

Source: Jessica Fagan
June 22, 2007

Looking At: Jazz, America's Art Form" video discussion and concert series starts at the Northern Onondaga Public Library at North Syracuse, NY WHAT: The Northern Onondaga Public Library, North Syracuse, NY will host a free six-part film viewing, discussion, and concert series called “Looking At: Jazz, America's Art Form." The series uses documentary films and text to engage the public in a discussion of the cultural and social history of jazz as it developed as an ...

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