Education News

Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps 2005

Source: All About Jazz
September 27, 2004

The ever-popular Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps will be held once again at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY June 26-July 1 and at Bjorklunden in Baileys Harbor, WI August 7-13, 2005.

Tritone camps offer adult (over 21) jazz players and singers of any ability the opportunity to learn jazz improvisation from some of the country's finest players and teachers, including renowned guitarist Gene Bertoncini, vocalist Janet Planet, and composer/arranger John Harmon. The week-long experience includes master classes, small-combo and big-band playing, ...

Continue Reading

Vocal Pro Track @ The Jazzschool in Berkeley, CA

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2004

On The Road To Becoming A Professional Singer

A 10-Week Course For Aspiring Professional Vocalists: From Art To Biz

Staff Includes: Tim Jackson, Artistic Director, Monterey Jazz Festival Peter Williams, Artistic Director, Yoshi's Bill Traut, Kurt Elling's Former Manager Jesse “Chuy" Varela, Program Director, Kcsm Radio Dave Ellis, Milestone Recording Artist Michael Bloom, Michael Bloom Media Relations Stacey Hoffman, Psychotherapist Paul Potyen, Pianist/Author “Extreme ...

Continue Reading

The Moses Avalon Confessions of a Record Producer Workshop Comes to New York October 16 & 17

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2004

How to Survive the Scams and Shams of the Music Business

“Not one single music business workshop in the last ten years comes to a close second. It's worth ten times what you pay and it won't last forever." - Dave Paton Booking Agent: Van Halen, Tom Petty, Twisted Sister, Crabby Appleton

How can songwriters, side-players, artists and producers protect their rights and their money?

In October of 1998, the book, Confessions of a Record Producer: How To Survive the ...

Continue Reading

Jazz Research Roundtable Fall/Winter 2004 Schedule

Source: All About Jazz
September 16, 2004

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Institute of Jazz Studies Dept. of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark JAZZ RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE Fall/Winter 2004 Schedule September 23: John Howland: Jazz Rhapsodies in Black and White: The Cultural Nexus of James P. Johnson's “Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody" October 14: Remembering Bix: The Legacy of Ralph Berton, hosted by Robert “Gabe" Gabrielsky November 18: Maxine Gordon: In-Dex: Dexter Gordon and the Business of Bebop ...

Continue Reading

Hal Galper's Forward Motion, From Bach to Bebop, a Corrective Approach to Jazz Phrasing

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2004

The World's First Play-Along Jazz Instruction E-book!! (Print version purchasers can also access the hidden web files) Hal Galper's Forward Motion, From Bach to Bebop, a Corrective Approach to Jazz Phrasing “Even glancing at this book will generate new ideas for improvisers at any level." ~ Dave Liebman. “I am loving your book. It is a great teaching tool. I am already incorporating it into my improv classes." ~ Bobby Watson, Director of Jazz Studies, UMKC Conservatory of ...

Continue Reading

The 2004 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition

Source: All About Jazz
September 13, 2004

XM 70 Real Jazz Will Air the 17th annual Jazz Competition and Gala Concert Monday September 13th at 7:30pm ET Live from The John F. Kennedy Center for the performing Arts, Eisenhour Theatre

The 2004 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition sponsored by General Motors Hosted by Herbie Hancock and Billy Dee Williams with Special Guest Quincy Jones

Plus Jazz All-Stars Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Georege Duke, Lonnie Plaxico, Carl Allen, Terence Blanchard, Thelonious Monk, Jr., Terence Blanchard, ...

Continue Reading

Dave Frank School of Jazz opening full time on Sept. 8th in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
September 10, 2004

Dave Frank School of Jazz opens in NYC

Renowned Berklee College of Music Piano Professor, jazz pianist Dave Frank has moved to NYC to direct the Dave Frank School of Jazz at 29 W 57th St., the premises of Frank and Camille's Fine Pianos on 57th. Located in the heart of Manhattan, the DFS of J will be a unique center for jazz education, focusing on developing the musical potential of piano/keyboard students at all levels of playing, and will ...

Continue Reading

Mason Gross School of the Arts to Present Faculty Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
September 8, 2004

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Mason Gross School of the Arts announces the Fall 2004 Faculty Concert Series. Four members of the Department of Music faculty will present concerts beginning on September 17, 2004 and ending October 3, 2004. Each will be joined by other members of the department as well as other guests.

The series begins with percussionist She-e Wu in concert with cellist Ole Eirik Ree. The two will perform many duets as well as solo works. Wu, one ...

Continue Reading