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Jazz Vocal Veteran Lenora Zenzalai Helm Launches Web Programs "Vocal Jazz Online" And "The Vocal Musicianship Academy" For Serious Singers In Search Of A Career In Music
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Inque Public Relations
Former U.S. Jazz Ambassador and Berklee College of Music Grad Shares Her Passion of Singing with Up and Coming Artists “Lenora Zenzalai Helm possesses an astonishing voice…she improvises harmonic changes with undeniable ingenuity..." —Geoffrey Himes, the Washington Post Lenora Zenzalai Helm is making it possible for people that say they want to be a “singer” to take a giant step further and become a Vocal Musician through two accessible and affordable on-line programs: Vocal Jazz Online and its offshoot The ...
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Usdan Center with full Jazz Program, Open House For 2014 Season
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Reva Cooper
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the nationally acclaimed Long Island summer arts day camp which has just finished its 46th successful season, announces the first of its Open Houses for the 2014 season. It will take place on Sunday October 27 from 11AM to 2PM. Usdan is attended by students ages 6 to 18 from New York City and throughout the Tri-State area, transported by air-conditioned buses. About a third of students attend on scholarship. Usdan's ...
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Renowned Trumpeter Ralph Alessi And Saxophonist Brian Levy Join New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Faculty
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department has hired two renowned musicians to join the faculty: jazz trumpeter/composer Ralph Alessi who will teach trumpet and improvisation and jazz saxophonist Brian Levy who will teach both saxophone and music history and musicology. “I’m thrilled that Ralph Alessi has agreed to join our faculty,” said Ken Schaphorst, Chair of NEC’s Jazz Studies Department. His experience, both as an artist and as an educator, will provide a tremendous resource for our students.” Schaphorst is ...
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Berklee College Of Music Will Offer Degrees Online: Affordable Degree Option Designed To Reach Music Students Around The World
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Berklee Media Relations
Boston, MA: Berklee College of Music is the first non-profit music institution to offer accredited bachelor degrees online. The college's award-winning online division, Berklee Online, will offer 120-credit bachelor of professional studies degrees in music business and music production. The music business degree offers courses on licensing, management, marketing, and touring, with a focus on mobile music, streaming, funding, and developing revenue sources. The music production degree provides an extensive background in Berklee's approach to music production, with courses on ...
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Berklee Celebrates Achievements Of Largest Global Network In Contemporary Music Education With Free Concert Featuring Alumni And Students On October 16
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Berklee Media Relations
Berklee College of Music hosts 19 educational partners from contemporary music schools, colleges and universities around the world for a two-day summit to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Berklee International Network (BIN). The BIN was established to promote and ensure that the best in modern and contemporary music education is available and accessible to all across the globe. The BIN Summit culminates with a concert featuring alumni and former BIN students. Under the direction of Ron Savage, chair of ...
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Berklee Online Adds First Bachelors Degrees in Music Production and Music Business
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HypeBot
Berklee Online has long offered online courses in music, business and production. They even recently partnered with Southern New Hampshire University to offer an online music biz MBA. Now they're offering their first undergraduate degrees online, a Bachelor of Professional Studies with two areas of focus, Music Business and Music Production. Berklee Online's current online offerings range from individual courses to certificate programs in specific specialties. They've also experimented with free classes and even recently released a BitTorrent bundle of ...
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Pacific's Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet In Washington, D.C., Salute To Jazz Diplomacy
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Keith Michaud
University of the Pacific, in partnership with American University’s Initiative for Russian Culture and the Open World Leadership Center, will host an evening that spotlights jazz diplomacy, especially the special cultural relationship that exists through jazz between Russia and the United States. Five Pacific students, all University of the Pacific Brubeck Fellows who make up the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet, will join Open World alumni musicians to form the first–ever U.S.-Russia Rising Stars Jazz Band. The band will reprise works ...
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Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus Announces Placement Of 2013-14 Youth Jazz Program
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH: The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to announce the placement of 48 students in its 2013-14 Youth Jazz program, part of JAG's Jazz Academy community programs. At this year's September auditions, 63 students, from 32 individual middle and high schools in 23 school districts in five counties, auditioned for placement in one of three ensembles: the Columbus Youth Jazz Workshop (CYJW); the Columbus Youth Jazz Studio Ensemble (CYJSE); and the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra (CYJO). ...
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