Education News

Miraflores Academi Presents Spring Student Concerts

Source: imajinnWEST
May 5, 2007

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!

Source: Margaret Davis Grimes
May 4, 2007

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

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2007

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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Global Music Foundation Jazz Seminars 2007

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2007

Tuscany International Jazz Summer School & Arts Festival Certaldo, Italy, 20 to 25 August 2007 An intuitive approach to making music and the opportunity to enjoy the experience of life in the heart of the Tuscany Principal Aims of the course To offer high quality, inspiring tuition for instrumentalists and vocalists from all backgrounds. To provide a creative environment where musicians can share ideas and learn from each other. To develop overall musicianship - with particular emphasis on ...

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Tuscany Jazz Vocal Summer School

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2007

Certaldo, Italy, 12 to 17 August 2007 Study, Work and Perform with Some of the top singers and instrumentalists in Europe, led by Tina May. “Considered one of the finest jazz vocalist's the UK has ever produced" --All Music Guide Teachers/Performers Tina May Tina has released 8 albums on 33 Records and 1 on Linn Records . She has recently recorded and performed in New York with the legendary pianist Ray Bryant ( who has played with Betty Carter , ...

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Primitivism in Modernism: The Ugo Di Portanova Lecture Series at the University of Houston

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2007

The Ugo di Portanova Lecture Series at the University of Houston presents Primitivism in Modernism Open-class lectures concurrent to the “Frames of Modernity" course taught by Professor Alessandro Carrera, World Cultures and Literatures Program, Department of Modern and Classical Languages Pier Paolo Pasolini in / and New York Prof. Luigi Fontanella (Italian, SUNY at Stony Brook) THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007, 4:00 PM AGNES ARNOLD HALL, ROOM 322 Carlo Levi: From the Southern ...

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Thelonious Monk Institute Announces Major Commitment to New Orleans

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2007

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Kicking off National Jazz Appreciation Month with a major call to action, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz today announced its “Commitment to New Orleans" initiative which includes the relocation of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance to the campus of Loyola University New Orleans from Los Angeles.

The Institute's “Commitment to New Orleans" also includes ongoing school and community jazz education programs to help strengthen the school system, provide employment for New Orleans musicians, ...

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Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz to Announce Major Jazz Education Program in New Orleans

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2007

Jazz Legends Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk Jr., Terence Blanchard, and Wayne Shorter will Join Local and National Political Dignitaries to Celebrate the Announcement NEW ORLEANS, LA - On Monday, April 2, 2007, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will formally announce the relocation of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance graduate-level college program from Los Angeles to the campus of Loyola University New Orleans. The program, which kicks off National Jazz Appreciation Month and is part of the Institute's ...

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