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Mellon Jazz Scholarship Available at Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2007

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New School Jazz 20th Anniversary Programs--Spring 2007

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2007

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music 20th Anniversary Programs SPRING 2007 PUBLIC PROGRAM CALENDAR NEW YORK, February 5, 2007--This spring, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music continues its 20th anniversary celebration with exciting concerts and special events, including faculty member Charles Tolliver leading the New School Jazz Orchestra and an Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers Repertory Ensemble at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (April 30). This year's Jazz Presents series highlights notable alumni and faculty from ...

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AAJ Seminar for Musicians at Chris' Jazz Cafe, February 26, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
February 2, 2007

Tonight's seminar has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. Details concerning the new date will be posted shortly.

Musicians are invited to attend the free All About Jazz Seminar at Chris' Jazz Cafe from 7pm to 9pm on Monday, February 26th. Michael Ricci, All About Jazz's Founder and Publisher, will discuss the various musician services AAJ has to offer and demonstrate how musicians can use AAJ to sell their music, promote their live events, and drive traffic to their website. ...

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New England Conservatory to Appoint Anthony Woodcock as President

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2007

Minnesota Orchestra President and CEO Switches Gears to Direct Top Music School Woodcock, Known as Orchestra Doctor, to Take Office June 4 Anthony ("Tony") Woodcock, the British-born President and CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra, will be appointed President of New England Conservatory after an extensive search. The announcement was made yesterday by NEC Chairman of the Board Jack Vernon, who also chaired the search committee. Woodcock will assume his new duties June 4, taking over from Interim CEO and President ...

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Jazz Performances and Workshops at the Gordon Theater at Rutgers-Camden (NJ) Campus, January 27-March 31

Source: Graziella PR
January 29, 2007

FREE JAZZ PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON TROUGHOUT FEBRUARY AND MARCH WITH RENOWNED DELAWARE VALLEY ARTISTS @ THE GORDON THEATER RUTGERS-CAMDEN, 3RD & PEARL STREET

Camden, NJ - Beginning today, January 27th and running through February and March, the Gordon Theater, Stedman Gallery will host FREE jazz performances and workshops led by some of the Delaware Valley's most renowned artists. Every Saturday afternoon from 1 pm to 4 pm people of ...

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Kiss My Jazz, After the Storm, & Play This Song for Me Now in Print!

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2007

Jazz pianist and composer Stuart H. Tresser and the Tresser Printing Office have published three new tunes and they are also posted to the website under the sheet music section for anybody to download FREE as “artist copies". Jazzbone Records is planning to produce these and other tunes on a new CD that is going to feature The Hank Johnson Trio and jazz vocalist (t.b.a.). It has been the mission of Stuart H. Tresser to write and create new tunes ...

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Tuscany Project: Voice & Song Workshop in Italy

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2007

Tuscany Project: Voice & Song 15th Annual Intensive Voice Workshop in Italy June 25 - July 6, 2007 The Tuscany Project is an extraordinary workshop held each summer in Italy. The project blends group and individual work focusing on each person's growing edge in the areas of song interpretation and performance, performing presence, vocal exploration, movement, and individual and group songs. The 2007 program also includes a Gospel music component. The workshop offers an opportunity for ...

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New England Conservatory Presents Jazz Great Dave Douglas in Masterclasses, Concert Jan. 30--Feb.1

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2007

Residency Sponsored by Bruce Hauben and the Helen G. Hauben Foundation Jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas, widely recognized as one of the most important and original American musicians to emerge from the improvised music scene of the last decades, will work with New England Conservatory students and perform with them in concert during a residency, January 30--February 1. He will conduct two public workshops, Jan. 30 and 31 at 1 p.m. in St. Botolph Hall, 241 St. Botolph St. Boston. His ...

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