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Berkleemusic Joins Coursera Education Revolution with Free Online Music Classes
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HypeBot
Higher education is experiencing disruptive changes that are still very much in the early stages. Berkleemusic, the online division of Berklee College of Music, is joining in that disruption by offering a group of free music classes on Coursera, a company that also offers classes from such leading institutions as Columbia, Johns Hopkins and UC Berkeley. Though Berkleemusic's courses are introductory and do not beging till Spring of 2013, they will offer musicians a chance to check out something new ...
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inDepth Jazz Clinic And Concert Celebrate Brazilian Samba in Rockville, Maryland
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The Phillips Agency
In celebration of America’s 50-year love affair with Brazilian jazz, five venerated jazz artists will teach and perform Samba music in the first inDepth Jazz Clinic and Concert of the season. The eight-year-old series near the nation’s capital serves gifted amateur and semi- pro musicians and jazz lovers with half a dozen programs annually. Last season’s Brazilian workshop was the most successful in the history of the series; many musicians and fans had to be turned away. This year’s super-charged ...
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Berklee Celebrate Its New Campus In Valencia, Spain, With The Launch Of The College’s First-ever Master’s Degrees
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Berklee Media Relations
On September 17, Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will give the welcome speech at the college's new campus in Valencia, Spain, to launch Berklee’s first-ever graduate programs, offering degrees in Contemporary Performance; Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games; and Global Entertainment and Music Business. This event represents the successful culmination of an ambitious and challenging project, and confirms the commitment the college made to launch a new international campus with its own curriculum. The master’s programs ...
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Saxophonist Sam Newsome and Pianist Ethan Iverson Perform in the Sound It out Series at Greenwich House Music School, September 15, 2012.
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Two for the Show Media
Sam Newsome will play an intro set of incantatory solo soprano saxophone - including famous Coltrane and Ellington pieces - before being joined by Iverson, pianist of The Bad Plus, for a full duo performance. The Sound It Out series presents saxophonist Sam Newsome and pianist Ethan Iverson in performance at the Greenwich House Music School in New York City's West Village at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 15, 2012. Newsome is renowned for his incantatory solo soprano saxophone performances, ...
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Improvisation For Piano: "New Age" Method Gets Adults Playing Right Away
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Edward Weiss
The piano. So many people would love to play this amazing instrument. But for most, it’s just a faraway dream. But according to pianist and online piano teacher Edward Weiss, this dream may be closer than you think. Weiss has come up with a ‘New Age’ method that promises to show even a complete beginner how to create their own unique improvisations for piano. Here's what this “new age" piano teacher has to say about it: “I show students how ...
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Kevin Hays NYC Workshop on Sunday, August 19th
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Damian Sim
Master pianist Kevin Hays will be conducting another in a series of workshops for pianists (and other instrumentalists interested in developing their harmony, line playing, improvisation, piano skills, etc.) on Sunday August 19th at the Church St School for Music & Art, NYC from 1-4:00pm. These are small, intimate classes (ten person max) with an opportunity to play, ask questions, problem solve at the piano and discuss whatever issues students wish to bring forward. Topics will include: Harmonic Development on ...
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First West Coast Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute At UCLA Held August 7-11; Culminates With Wild Up Concert On August 11
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Jensen Artists
The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University (CJS), in cooperation with The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, and EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discovery Network, will present the second Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) from August 7-11, 2012 for the first time on the West Coast at UCLA. JCOI brings together 38 jazz composers at various stages in their careers chosen from a national pool of applicants, to explore the challenges of writing ...
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Jazz Arts Group's Jazz In Schools Partners With A+ Children's Academy For Inaugural Music Festival
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH – In partnership with the Jazz Arts Group’s Jazz in Schools program, A+ Children’s Academy Community School (ACAC) is hosting the first annual A+ Community Music Festival on July 28, 2012 from 11 AM to 3 PM on the school grounds at 100 Obetz Road. Admission is free. The inaugural event for the A+ Children’s Academy will be a festive prelude to what is anticipated as the most innovative public elementary school program in central Ohio. The theme ...
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