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U.S.-Japan Innovators Project Symposium: Improvisation, Creativity, Collaboration: Fueling Innovation in the 21st Century
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Thursday, May 24 - 6 pm
*centennial event* symposium improvisation, creativity,collaboration: fueling innovation in the 21st century thursday, may 24 at 6 pm Japan Society - 333 East 47th Street - New York, NY 10017
The first public symposium of the U.S.-Japan Innovators Project, this event explores what jazz and “right brain" qualities like empathy and playfulness teach about improvisation, collaboration and innovation. Multidisciplinary leaders from business and the arts, as well ...
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Bringing Music to the War Zone in Iraq -- Cultural Diplomacy is Embodied by the Remarkable Efforts of "American Voices"
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Seth Cohen PR
Summer Performing Arts Academy to Provide a Creative Haven for Young Iraqi Talent; Free Educational Curriculum Set for July The first project of its kind in the history of Iraq Young Iraqi artists will soon have an opportunity to shine their talents through the fog of war, as American Voices brings an extraordinary, free program of music, dance and theater to Northern Iraq this July. The Iraq Summer Performing and Visual Arts Academy--the first project of its kind in the ...
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Dr. Billy Taylor to Open USDAN Center's 40th Anniversary Season on June 25
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Reva Cooper
The Distinguished Musician and Educator, Performing With His Trio, Returns to America's Largest Summer Arts Day Camp, Where He Created and Directed the Jazz Studies Department Dr. Billy Taylor, the world-famous jazz musician and music educator, will open the 40th Anniversary Season of Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts in Huntington, Long Island, on Monday June 25th at 12:00 Noon. Performing with his Trio, Dr. Taylor will inaugurate the Center's annual Festival Concerts, the daily educational performances for ...
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Summer Jazz Workshop 2007 in Amsterdam!!
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All About Jazz
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Manhattan School of Music present:
Summer Jazz Workshop 2006 co-hosted by Manhattan School of Music July 9 - 13, 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Study jazz in Amsterdam this summer! You now have the opportunity to study jazz in an outstanding international musical atmosphere. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Manhattan School of Music organize the successful Summer Jazz Workshop. The workshop will be open to jazz students (instrumentalists as well as vocalists) from all over ...
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Miraflores Academi Presents Spring Student Concerts
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imajinnWEST
MUSIC STUDENTS TO PERFORM AT CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER Sunday May 6, 2007 Marcia Migt's Miraflores Music Academie will perform their Spring concerts at Church of the Redeemer 123 Knight Dr. San Rafael. Beginning at 1:15 pm, 3:00 and 5 pm the three student concerts will feature Saxophone and Flute Ensembles as well as solo Piano performances in both jazz and classical musical forms. Based in the Bay Area, Miraflores Academi is a preeminent private school that has been the ...
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David Pleasant, Fulbright Percussionist, Presents Free Workshop Series in Midtown!
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Margaret Davis Grimes
Master percussionist and Fulbright Senior Specialist David Pleasant presents an ongoing free weekly evening series of polyrhythm workshops based on his new percussion manual, “African American Root Rhythms." The series takes place once a week in the evening (irregularly scheduled, usually Wednesdays) at St. Peter's Lutheran Church ("the Jazz Church"), 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th St. (entrance on East 54th St. betw. Lexington & 3rd Ave's), New York City, 212-935-22OO, www.saintpeters.org. Take the E or V train to Lexington Ave., ...
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Music Network Invites Applications for Young Musicwide Award 2007, Deadline June 15
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All About Jazz
Music Network, the national music development agency, invites young jazz musicians to apply for the Young Musicwide award 2007. Young Musicwide is a unique professional development scheme designed to assist a selected group of Ireland's brightest young musicians at the beginning of their professional career. The award this year is open to jazz ensembles of any instrumentation up to a maximum of five people. The closing date for completed applications is Friday 15th June 2007. Through an audition process in ...
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