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DePaul Jazz Ensembles

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"Renaissance Man" Stephen Croes Named New Music Technology Dean At Berklee College Of Music

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BOSTON, MA, October 11, 2002 -- Berklee students are lucky to have a veritable Renaissance man in their midst. Stephen Croes is just settling into his position as dean of the Music Technology division at Berklee College of Music as the fall semester at Berklee commences.

Croes' comprehensive career includes an eclectic and wide body of work in a variety of musical roles. These include mixing, engineering, producing, orchestrating, conducting, arranging, writing, programming, sound design, and performance on keyboards and ...

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Jazz in the Schools Tour - Fall 2002: "Arroz con Bebop"

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Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) will present Arturo O'Farrill and his Latin Jazz Quintet in its first installment of the 2002-03 Jazz in the Schools Tour entitled “Arroz con Bebop." The group will be visiting New York City metropolitan schools October 21 - November 1, 2002. The 50-minute program is designed to introduce Latin jazz to young people through participation, demonstration, and performance. Key topics include the common roots of jazz and Latin music, important stylistic characteristics, and historical and ...

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The Juilliard School Appoints Wynton Marsalis To Its Jazz Faculty

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CD Manufacturer and Distributor and Your Local CD Retailer May Rip off Young Inexperianced Independent Artists

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BEWARE! If you are an independent artist, producer of CD's,there is a conspiracy to rip you off bigtime! A chain of several well known retail stores that sell CD's to the public have an ongoing program to “invite independent artists" to have their CD's distributed nationwide to several chains of retail stores. Sounds good right! In order to get your CD into their stores they refer you to their website where they ask you to pay $99.00 to have your ...

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Vermont Jazz Center Summer Workshop Concerts

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As part of their Twenty Seventh annual workshop, the Vermont Jazz Center will hold two concerts: a Faculty Gala on Thursday August 15th and a Student Extravaganza on Friday August 16th, at the Loft at Cotton Mill Hill, in Brattleboro, Vermont.

FACULTY GALA: 8/15/02 at 8:00 PM at The Loft

The Summer Jazz Workshop Faculty Gala will take place on Thursday at 8:00 PM; the impressive roster of players performing in the concert includes Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Valery Ponomarev, ...

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Music Camp Grooms Tomorrow's Jazz And Rock Stars

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“Berklee in LA" Kicks Off its Thirteenth Year.

BOSTON, June 28, 2002 From over 400 applicants, 250 young musicians have been selected to participate in Berklee College of Music's Summer Performance Program in Los Angeles, an intense week of instrumental/vocal instruction, ensemble work, improvisation and harmony classes, performance opportunities, and faculty clinics. “Berklee in LA" takes place on the Claremont McKenna College campus in Claremont, California, from July 21 through 27. To be accepted in the program, students must be ...

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