Education News

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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Jazz Bass Great Dave Holland Returns to NEC for Spring Residency

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2006

Visiting Artist-in-residence Dave Holland will return to New England Conservatory for his spring residency, February 14--16, 2006. The jazz bassist will conduct two masterclasses with NEC jazz students and coach a performance of his works. His visit is sponsored by bassist and NEC Board of Visitors member Jimmy Earl '81. The masterclasses and performance are free and open to the public.

Biographical background In July 1968, Miles Davis happened to listen in on a performance by jazz bassist ...

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The Tuscany Project: Voice & Song Workshop in Italy

Source: All About Jazz
January 25, 2006

The Tuscany Project: Voice & Song 14th Annual International Intensive Voice Workshop in Italy June 26 - July 7, 2006 The Tuscany Project is a unique and extraordinary workshop held each summer in Italy. The project mixes group and individual work focusing on each person's growing edge in the areas of vocal exploration, movement, stage presence, and work on individual and group songs. The workshop offers an opportunity for participants to explore in depth one's personal ...

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Making a Living in Music Wellness: A Workshop for Professional Performers

Source: All About Jazz
January 23, 2006

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

I'm happy to announce that on February 13, from 7-9pm, I will be giving my first Music Wellness workshop, under the auspices of the International Women in Jazz, at St. Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th St. in New York City.

The class is designed to teach professional jazz musicians how to book themselves into healthcare and senior facilities, and to design successful entertainment programs that will allow them to take advantage of the opportunities ...

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Museum to Celebrate the Birthday of Langston Hughes with Children's Read-In

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2006

NEWTONVILLE, NJ - The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey (AAHMSNJ) in conjunction with Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Professor, and Langston Hughes Scholar, Dr. David Roessel, will be throwing a birthday party for Langston Hughes along with a children's read-in on Thursday, February 2, 2006 from 4pm to 6pm. The selections for the read-in will come from the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes, an amazing text which was illustrated by the legendary African American ...

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National Endowment For The Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center Partner to Create NEA Jazz in the Schools

Source: All About Jazz
January 11, 2006

The National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center have announced that their ambitious new educational resource, NEA Jazz in the Schools, is now entering classrooms nationwide. To date, more than 2,000 high-school teachers have received this comprehensive, web-based curriculum.

To help introduce NEA Jazz in the Schools, the Arts Endowment and Jazz at Lincoln Center will jointly present the curriculum at a workshop on January 14 at the annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education ...

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