Education News

The Jazz Museum In Harlem Announces Free Jazz Courses: Jazz For Curious Listeners

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 24, 2006

The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/

THE JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM ANNOUNCES FREE JAZZ COURSES:

JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS

The Jazz Museum in Harlem proudly announces its new, free jazz course, JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS. Classes will be held at the Museum's offices (104 East 126th Street, accessible by the 2/3/4/5/6 trains, the M60, 101, Bx15 buses and Metro-North) TUESDAYS, 7 p.m. ...

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Berklee College Awards Scholarships Worth One Million Dollars to Urban Boston Youth

Source: All About Jazz
August 10, 2006

Ten young musicians from urban Boston neighborhoods accepted full scholarships to attend Berklee College of Music starting this fall at an emotional presentation at the Berklee Performance Center on Tuesday, August 8.

Berklee President Roger Brown and Assistant Vice President for Community and Governmental Affairs J. Curtis Warner, Jr., along with Boston Public Schools Senior Program Director for the Arts Kathy Tosolini, handed out Berklee City Music Continuing Scholarships to 10 students who have been participants in Berklee City Music ...

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Jazz Camp Teaches Musicians of All Ages

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2006

Jazz Camp Teaches Musicians of All Ages

Who: Beginner to advanced music students age 13 and older -including adults- with a minimum of one year of study on their instrument What: University of Missouri - St. Louis College of Fine Arts & Communication Presents 4th Annual Jazz Combo / Improv / Jazz Vocal Camp When: Sunday, July 16 - Friday, July 21 Where: University ...

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NEC President Emeritus Laurence Lesser Assumes Interim Leadership Responsibilities

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2006

New England Conservatory President Emeritus Laurence Lesser has been named Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Conservatory for the 2006-07 academic year (or until a new President can take office at an earlier date). The announcement, which takes effect immediately, was made Monday by Jack H. Vernon, Chair of the Board of Trustees. Lesser, who served as President from 1983-1996 and who has been a member of the cello faculty since his arrival at NEC in 1974, will carry out ...

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JazzAmerica Swings into Summer

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

JazzAmerica, the LA-based, tuition-free jazz education organization co-founded by Buddy Collette in 1994, heads into summertime with gusto.

Fresh from exciting performances the first half of 2006--including the Newport Beach Jazz Festival, the South Bay New Orleans Jazz Club, Catalina Bar & Grill and the world-renowned Watts Towers--JazzAmerica invites new jazz students between the ages of 11 and 20 to come study sight-reading, ensemble playing, soloing and music theory.

JazzAmerica conducts a series of Saturday morning “WorkChops," taught by some ...

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Berklee College to celebrate 21st year of jazz education at Umbria Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

As they have for each summer since 1985, young musicians will travel from Europe, Africa, and as far away as Australia to study American jazz, improvisation, and gospel singing with U.S. music professors, and compete for thousands of scholarship dollars at Perugia, Italy. Berklee College of Music in July will celebrate its 21st season of jazz education at the Umbria Jazz Festival, in Perugia, Italy, July 4 - 16, 2006, with the Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz Clinics, held ...

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Jazz Mentors Program July 11th-14th with Lew Tabackin, Phil Woods, Maynard Ferguson, the Woody Herman Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2006

Is this Carnegie Hall?

No. But it could be, due to the illustrious and legendary jazz greats that The Jazz Mentors Program continues to bring to the area, in order to pass the torch to our kids, and to those young at heart.

Legends in Jazz--Maynard Ferguson, Phil Woods, John Coates Jr., Lew Tabackin, The Woody Herman Orchestra under the direction of Frank Tiberi, Billy Hart, and the Rutgers Music professors Mike Richmond and Stanley Cowell--are all headed to the ...

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New Book for Beginning Jazz Piano Students

Source: All About Jazz
May 29, 2006

Beginning jazz piano students--How many times have you picked up a jazz piano educational book only to find content that was over your head by page three? The Next Step is a fun and creative approach to piano playing for beginner to intermediate pianists in which increased knowledge of chords, scales and rhythms leads you to greater personal expression. How much previous experience do you need to benefit from this book? If you know how to construct a C, F ...

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