Education News

Ninth Annual Essentially Ellington Finalists Announced

Source: All About Jazz
March 5, 2004

New York, NY, March 4, 2004 Today, Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) announced the 15 finalist bands for its prestigious Ninth Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. These bands will compete for over $11,000 in cash awards at the competition finals, produced by JALC, in New York City on May 22, 23 & 24, 2004. This year, a total number of 6,840 newly-transcribed Ellington scores and educational materials were sent to 1,140 high school jazz bands ...

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Berklee's New Student-Run Label, Jazz Revelation Records Presents CD Release Concert

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2004

BOSTON -- Berklee College of Music student-run label, Jazz Revelation Records, is proud to announce the release of its first compilation album entitled Rebirth, featuring eleven of Berklee's most talented and innovative student artists working in the jazz medium. Most of the performers on the CD will perform on Wednesday, February 18th, 2004, at the JR Records Jazz Showcase at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, in Boston. The concert begins at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $5, $2 for ...

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Clinic Crafters Workshops at the Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
February 11, 2004

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Nicholas Payton: Blue Note Master Class (Saturday, 2/14)

Source: All About Jazz
February 11, 2004

THE BLUE NOTE PRESENTS The Jazz Education & Enrichment Program

BLUE NOTE MASTER CLASS

Saturday, February 14, 2004 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Trumpeter NICHOLAS PAYTON

At the Blue Note Master Class, today's most seminal Jazz artists share their knowledge and expertise in a casual and intimate setting of a jazz club. A class consists of a lecture and demonstrations followed by a question and answer session. It is a rare opportunity for aspiring musicians and ...

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Berklee Names Roger H. Brown New President

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2004

Entrepreneur And Early Childhood Educator Named President Of Berklee College Of Music

Roger H. Brown, Founder and Executive Chairman Of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Succeeds Lee Berk, For 25 Years Head Of College Bearing His Name

Brown, Also a Musician, Is First Non-Member of Berk Family To Lead World's Premier Music College

Boston, MA, February 6, 2004 - Berklee College of Music, the world's largest independent music college and premier learning lab for contemporary music, named today as its new ...

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Clinic Crafters is Back with New Exciting Workshop with Percussion Master Giovanni Hidalgo Feb. 21

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2004

From the audience, a great performance comes across like a seamless miracle. If you could get the performer's commentary on what he does, though, you'd learn that each combines theory, technique and tricks of the trade with his talent in a totally individual way - and that's what students and fans have the opportunity to discover in an intimate series of workshops scheduled at Iridium, 1650 Broadway at 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan. “We have percussionists Giovanni Hidalgo and Candido, ...

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IAJE To Host World's Largest Jazz Gathering Jazz To The Core In New York City January 21-24, 2004

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2004

The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) returns to New York City for its 31st Annual Conference from January 21 - 24, 2004. The New York Hilton and Sheraton Hotels will host the world's largest gathering of the global jazz community, with over 7,000 educators, musicians, students and industry representatives from 35 countries expected to attend. The IAJE conference was last held in New York three years ago, and has made a long-term commitment to the city with scheduled returns ...

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NYU

Source: All About Jazz
January 19, 2004

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