Education News

NYU Presents Toots Thielemans, Jazz Masterclass Sunday March 19th--Free!

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

A very special masterclass with legendary jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans free to the public

NYU Presents harmonica legend Toots Thielemans Jazz Masterclass: March 19 PLEASE NOTE: location change to the Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Place across from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal

On Sunday March 19th, Toots will be the featured “master" in NYU's Jazz Masterclass, an ongoing series documenting the greatest living jazz legends interacting with aspiring jazz studies students. The free ...

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New Jazz Web Site: Jazz Lessons Online with Ed Byrne

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

It is now possible to learn jazz in real time, face to face, with jazz master Ed Byrne.

You can now take highly personalized jazz lessons as if you're in Ed's music studio without ever leaving your home using free internet software.

Ed has had many mentions in the press and in publications. He was nominated Best Trombone Soloist by Latin New York magazine.

His composition “Fenway Funk" was a Grammy Award Nominee, and he also played lead trombone on ...

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Jerry Tachoir clinic/concert tour

Source: All About Jazz
March 8, 2006

Some upcoming clinics by Vibist, Jerry Tachoir are:

March 20 at 3 PM - Bethune-Cookeman College in Daytona Beach Florida March 21 - Rollins College - Winter Park Florida - time to be determined March 30 - Nashville Convention Center, TN Music Educators - 2:30 PM April 11 - Truman State Univ., Kirksville, Missouri - time to be determined April 12 - Southwestern Illinois University, Belleville, Il - time to be determined. ...

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Online Jazz Lessons with Jazz Master Ed Byrne

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2006

Online jazz lessons are now available.

It is now possible to learn jazz in real time, face to face, with jazz master Ed Byrne.

You can now take highly personalized jazz lessons as if you're in Ed's music studio without ever leaving your home using free internet software.

Ed has had many mentions in the press and in publications. He was nominated Best Trombone Soloist by Latin New York magazine.

Ed has received numerous awards and honors:

His composition “Fenway ...

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Steve Waterman Contemporary Big Band Jazz Course 2006

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2006

STEVE WATERMAN CONTEMPORARY BIG BAND RESIDENTIAL JAZZ COURSE March 31st - April 2nd 2006 The Diplomat Hotel, Llanelli, South Wales SA15 3PJ

An opportunity to be part of a unique course focusing on contemporary big band music hosted by one of Europe's finest trumpet soloists, composers and educators. Steve Waterman will be covering ensemble, improvisation and sectional playing.

We are inviting intermediate to advanced adult players of. trumpet, trombone, saxophone, bass, piano, guitar, drums ...

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NYU Experiment takes Jazz Students to Perform in NYC Venues

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2006

NYU EXPERIMENT in Jazz Studies: NYU Pianist Kenny Werner Takes Jazz Studies Students to Perform at NYC Venues, Feb. 21

WHAT: NYU EXPERIMENT Pushing the boundaries of jazz education, Kenny Werner, New York University's world-renowned jazz pianist and faculty member in Jazz Studies within the Steinhardt School's Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, is donating his free time to find performance opportunities for his jazz studies students around New York City. Werner believes that in order to ...

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Monk Institute to visit New Orleans

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2006

IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NEW ORLEANS AND MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN JAZZ IN AMERICA EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND FREE PUBLIC CONCERTS

Washington, DC - With generous support from the Northrop Grumman Corporation and National Endowment for the Arts, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, a non-profit education organization, will introduce its Jazz in America: The National Jazz Curriculum to thousands of public school students in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi ...

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Attention Piano Teachers: Focus on Jazz Workshop

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2006

Piano Teacher Training Workshop - “Focus On Jazz"

Learn to incorporate jazz into studio piano teaching

July 8, 2006 * 9:00 - 5:00 Worthington, OH (Columbus suburb)

Every piano teacher knows the pattern. Around the age of 12 - 14, some students get bored with classical music and yearn to play something jazzy. Many teachers rely on written arrangements to try to keep such a student engaged but this doesn't satisfy their desire to improvise jazz, play by ...

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