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Brad Shepik Joins NEC Faculty
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All About Jazz
Jazz guitarist and composer Brad Shepik will join the New England Conservatory jazz guitar faculty at the beginning of the 2005-06 school year. The eclectic musical creator has been described by allaboutjazz.com as having the “mind of a pioneer. The rhythmic complexity of his compositions has few parallels in jazz—or any other genre, for that matter. With all his exotic influences, and all his different axes, he makes us rethink what it means to be a guitarist and a musician. ...
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Music L.A.! Citywide Music Education Program for Youth Launches Summer 2005
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All About Jazz
Los Angeles – The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs is honored to present the summer launch of its new citywide educational program Music L.A.!, a groundbreaking partnership between the City of Los Angeles, local music providers, and parents. Music L.A.! gives children and teens in Los Angeles a summer full of music, where creativity is engaged in fun, challenging, and exciting musical activities, and where discipline and focus is cultivated in the learning of new skills. All ...
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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces 2005 MJF County Bands
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All About Jazz
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2005 MJF COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR BAND MONTEREY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ STUDENTS TO TOUR JAPAN JULY 28-AUGUST 8, 2005 AND PERFORM AT MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY MCI, SEPTEMBER 16 – 18, 2005 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL INITIATES NEW MJF COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR BAND MJF COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR BAND TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: MJF County High School All-Star Band to perform at: • Nanao Jazz Festival, Japan, July 30 • The Jazz Villlage in Nanao, Japan, ...
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FREE Teacher workshop in New York - Music, Jazz and Voice
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All About Jazz
DON'T miss this workshop. It's geared towards Music, Jazz, and Voice Teachers and students on how to prepare for college auditions and a professional career. Saturday, May 21st from 9am - 12pm The Hit Factory, Gibson Showroom, 421 W 54th Street, New York City (between 9th and 10th ave) Visit our website for details. http://www.nfaa.org/gibson/New%20York%20City.htm Panel members include professors from Manhattan School of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, University of Wisconsin, and Colburn School of the Performing Arts. FREE. Call to ...
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Anita Baker, Ron Carter, And Kevin Eubanks Honored At 2005 Berklee College Of Music Commencement
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All About Jazz
Students perform exciting pre-commencement concert tribute to honorees; Guitarist Bryan Baker awarded Billboard Magazine Endowed Scholarship Seven hundred graduates received degrees today at Berklee College of Music's 2005 Commencement, held at Northeastern University’s Matthews Arena, in Boston. Honorary Doctor of Music Degrees were presented by Berklee President Roger Brown to Grammy-winning R&B vocalist Anita Baker, legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter, and Kevin Eubanks, a Berklee alumnus and music director of the Tonight Show Band. In front of more than 4,000 ...
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Online Guitar Courses Now Available at Berkleemusic
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All About Jazz
Boston, MA. – May 10, 2005 – Berkleemusic.com, the online extension school of Berklee College of Music, has added five new online guitar courses and five new college-credit guitar certificate programs to their online curriculum. Courses include Guitar Scales 101; Amps, Effects, and Getting Your Guitar Sound; Guitar Chords 101; Blues Guitar Workshop; and Recording and Producing for Guitarists. The online extension school has enrolled 3,000 students in more than 75 countries around the globe since it opened its online ...
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Romanian Jazz Education Summit
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All About Jazz
The first-ever Romanian Jazz Education Summit will begin June 26, and last until July 3, 2005. All jazz music educators in Romania will attend. The purpose of this summit is to provide intensive/detailed instruction of American jazz education techniques for Romanian educators through the assistance of dedicated American jazz educators. The approximately 100 educators and/or selected performers will meet at a beautiful retreat in the Western Carpathian Mountains, away from the numerous distractions of cities like Bucharest. It is the ...
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Terri Lyne Carrington Leads Summer Jazz Workshop at Berklee
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All About Jazz
Berklee Offers New Elite Summer Jazz Workshop During Five-Week Summer Performance Program, July 9-August 12, Artistic Director Terri Lyne Carrington to Lead Ensemble Boston, MA – Berklee College of Music has offered the Five-Week Summer Performance Program since 1987, giving high school students the opportunity to study jazz, pop, rock, funk, fusion, and R&B. This year the Five-Week Summer Performance Program is inaugurating the Berklee Summer Jazz Workshop, a special program for the best and brightest high school jazz players ...
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