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Over 1,000 Jazz Guitarists Sign Up For Free Online Guitar Lessons
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James Taylor
Online lessons are changing the way people learn music, including how to play jazz guitar. Martin Taylor, the world's most popular online solo jazz guitar teacher, is joining in that disruption by offering a free jazz guitar course. Over 1,000 guitarists signed up to this free course within the first three days. Though Martin Taylor's course is introductory, it offers guitarists a chance to check out some of the online lessons from his online guitar school that covers concepts including: ...
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Piano Teacher Gives Away Amazon Bestseller "Free To Be Creative At The Piano"
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Edward Weiss
The piano. Everyone at one time or another has wanted to play it. But for many, it’s just too hard. Which is why pianist and online piano teacher Edward Weiss decided to give his 342 page Amazon.com bestseller ‘Free to be Creative at the Piano' away at his website. The book was an impressive #1 for many categories on Amazon it’s first week in print and has received many favorable reviews - and some not so favorable. Weiss comments: “This ...
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Missouri Composer David Witter Wins 2013 Sinquefield Composition Prize
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Dean Minderman
Columbia, MO - The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are pleased to announce that David Witter is the winner of the 2013 Sinquefield Composition Prize. Witter, who holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in composition from Mizzou, submitted his piece “Garden Music" to the competition and was selected for the prize by a panel of independent judges. The adjudicators for the 2013 competition were: Mara Gibson, director of the Community Music and Dance ...
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Usdan Center, Expanding Jazz Program, Holds 10/28 Free Open House For 2013 Season
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Reva Cooper
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned summer arts day camp whose Jazz Department was created by Dr. Billy Taylor, announces its first free Open House for its 2013 summer season on Sunday October 28 from 11 AM to 2 PM. Artists including Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, Arturo O'Farrill, Randy Brecker, Marian McPartland and Jane Monheit have performed and taught at the Center. Usdan, on a magnificent 200- acre woodland campus on Long Island, is attended by ...
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Matt Warnock Launches Jazz Guitar Teaching App For iPhone and iPad
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Matthew Warnock
Jazz guitarist and educator Matt Warnock has recently launched a new jazz guitar learning tool for the iPad and iPhone, the “251 Chord App and Chord Dictionary.“ The App has two main features, the first being a 251 chord generator that teaches you how to play countless variations of 251 chords in all inversions and string sets, all with proper voice leading. From the Website: “The Matt Warnock Guitar 251 Chord App lets you build custom 251 chord progressions in ...
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Jazz Arts Group Announces 2012-13 PBJ & Jazz Family Concert Series
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH - The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to return to the Lincoln Theatre for the 2012-2013 season of the Jazz Academy's PBJ & Jazz concert series presented by Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this year's season will continue to include two performance times per concert, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The season kicks off on Saturday, October 13 featuring jazz “daddies" in a “PBJ & Jazz Jam" led by Jon Eshelman ...
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Sinquefield Charitable Foundation Commissions New Works From Mizzou Composers To Celebrate The Sheldon's 100th Anniversary
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Dean Minderman
Columbia, MO: The famous German composer Robert Schumann once said, “In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of." While that may be true, getting that new composition performed and heard once it is written can be another matter entirely. For an emerging composer writing music inspired by the classical tradition, performance opportunities can be few and far between. To give some of those composers a chance to be heard, ...
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Augusta Read Thomas, Daniel Kellogg Named As Guest Composers For The 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival
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Dean Minderman
Columbia, MO – Continuing its emerging tradition of pairing an acknowledged master and a rising star, the Mizzou New Music Initiative has named Augusta Read Thomas and Daniel Kellogg as guest composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Formerly known as the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, the MICF will be held from Monday, July 22, 2013 through Saturday, July 27 on the campus of the University of Missouri. As in the past, the 2013 Festival will feature ...
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