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"Global Circulation of Jazz" International Conference set for June 27-28, 2013 in Paris

Source: Susheel Kurien
June 1, 2013

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Thursday 27 & Friday 28 of June 2013 2:00-9:00 & 9:30 - 7:00 Salle de cinéma Free entrance An international conference entitled “Global Circulations of Jazz" will be held on June 27-28, 2013, at the musée du quai Branly. Bringing together specialists, anthropologists, historians, musicologists, sociologists, the dissemination of jazz outside of its places of birth will be explored. We will look at this ‘other jazz’, whose history is little ...

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A New Look And Vibe For This Year’s Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet

Source: Keith Michaud
May 20, 2013

The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet for 2013-14 is taking on a whole new look and a whole new vibe. For the first time since the group comprising some of the nation’s top young jazz musicians was formed, there is a female member, and no pianist. And, for very nearly for the first time, there is a completely new set of musicians. “This is an interesting group – a significant one since we have five new spots opening this year,” said ...

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Jazz Arts Group Announces 2013 Winner Of The Hank Marr High School Jazz Award

Source: Scott Vezdos
May 20, 2013

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) has announced its winner of the 2013 Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. This award demonstrates excellence in musicianship and performance amongst central Ohio's young students of jazz. Eight extremely talented high school students auditioned for the $500 cash award and the chance to perform with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and Artistic Director Byron Stripling at the July 19th JazZoo! at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. First round adjudicators were ...

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SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Win Numerous Awards; Upcoming Auditions & Performances

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
May 16, 2013

SFJAZZ, the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast, today announced the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars received three major awards including DownBeat Magazines’ Student Music Awards, the coveted Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival Award for Best Conglomerate Big Band Performance, and Best Big Band and Best Combo at the 5th Annual Charles Mingus High School Festival and Competition in February in New York. At the Mingus Awards, flutist Elena Pinderhughes and bassists Logan Kane and Kanoa Mendenhall, who played ...

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Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet Named Tops -- Twice

Source: Keith Michaud
May 3, 2013

University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet this week garnered top honors—twice—from a national jazz magazine. DownBeat magazine in its 36th annual Student Music Awards poll named two separate Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintets the best in the category that covers undergraduate college jazz groups. It is the first time two different Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintets have won the honor in the same year, and the sixth and seventh times overall in the Brubeck Institute’s 12-year history that the magazine ...

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Usdan Center, with expanded Jazz Program, Holds 5/19 Final Open House For 2013 Season

Source: Reva Cooper
April 29, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned Long Island summer arts day camp, will hold its final, free Open House for its 46th, 2013 season on Sunday May 19 from 11 AM to 2 PM. Families may obtain information on the Center’s programs and tour the 200-acre woodland campus, at 185 Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights (Huntington). For Open House information, contact the Center at (631) 643-7900, or (212) 772-6060, visit usdan.com http://www.usdan.com , or ...

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New York Jazz Workshop Set For Annual Summer Sessions

Source: Marco Chelo
April 28, 2013

NEW YORK, NY: More than beach and barbeques, for jazz musicians around the world summer is the time to take their playing to the next level in the world capital of jazz, as the New York Jazz Workshop School of Music (NYJW) will again offer focused four-day workshops, July 25 through August 18, with sessions for all ages. Expertly led by leading jazz educators and performers, the Summer Summit Series for adults includes workshops on improvisation, jazz guitar, singing, rhythm, ...

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Jazz Arts Group Announces 2013 Pbj & Jazz Summer Concert Series

Source: Scott Vezdos
April 17, 2013

Columbus, OH - The PBJ & Jazz summer series is pleased to return to the Topiary Park downtown for its fifth season of free outdoor concerts. PBJ & Jazz at the Topiary Park: Jazz for Kids and Families is a collaborative effort between the Jazz Arts Group, Friends of the Topiary Park, Friends of the Library, and the Columbus Museum of Art. The summer series kicks off on Saturday, June 8 with the Dan White Sextet. Other series highlights include ...

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