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200 Jazz Compositions Inspired By Don Quixote As Research Identifies
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All About Jazz
In its December 2022 issue, the academic journal Anales Cervantinos, edited by the Spanish National Research Council CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), includes an article that reveals the formidable influence that Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece Don Quixote has had in jazz history. In the study entitled “Don Quixote's Adventures in the World of Jazz: 200 Examples and a Few Remarks“, Comparative Literature scholar Hans Christian Hagedorn of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) shows that the musical influence of ...
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Donner Supports Music Education With Special Concert & Symposium At Berklee School Of Music
Source:
Michael Ricci
Donner, leading manufacturer of innovative and feature-rich musical instruments, hosted an afternoon-long event in Boston on November 17 that featured a concert and symposium on Musicianship & Technology with Berklee College of Music faculty. The free, pop-up event started with a concert/jam session before heading into a symposium on Musicianship & Technology, featuring several Berklee School of Music faculty, including drummer Mark Walker, bassist Oscar Stagnaro, pianist Nando Michelin, multi-instrumentalist Yuki Kanesaka, producer John Escobar and guitarist Claudio Ragazzi. Followed ...
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Jazz For Teens Education Program Celebrates 25 Years Of Impacting Thousands Of Young Musicians
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AMT Public Relations
Spring semester January 21-May 13, 2023, every Saturday @ 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Special 25th anniversary performance May 13, 2023. The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) ,the state’s anchor cultural institution, celebrates 25 years of offering thousands of high schoolers from Newark and beyond music lessons and performance experiences through its popular TD Jazz for Teensprogram. One of the first of many arts education institutions at NJPAC, it has grown into a nationally recognized and revered program producing stellar alumni ...
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Eastman School of Music Appoints Christine Jensen as Assistant Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Media
Source:
Michael Ricci
The Eastman School of Music has recently announced Christine Jensen as Assistant Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Media. Saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen has been described as “an original voice on the international jazz scene… [and] one of Canada’s most compelling composers,” by Mark Miller of the Globe and Mail. Christine will make the move from Montreal to Rochester, joining nine other new full-time faculty at Eastman. “I am excited to be working, teaching, and learning with colleagues and students ...
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New England Conservatory’s Pioneering Jazz Studies Department Announces 2022-2023 Season
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies Department announces its 2022-2023 season with an array of concerts featuring NEC students performing with faculty and guest artists. Highlights include NEC’s visiting artist-in-residence, bassist/composer and NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland in a concert with students; a residency concert by vocalist Michael Mayo featuring live vocal looping; and other residencies to be announced. The NEC Jazz Orchestra will present four concerts: one with guest clarinetist Don Byron, one focusing on music for voice, ...
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Learn About More Jazz Giants this fall online at Rutgers Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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Sanford Josephson
Course: More Giants of Jazz Wednesdays, September 7 through October 12 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. No class is scheduled for October 5. Course code: RV42 Class Size: Medium Member: $50 / Non-Member: $75 This course includes all new jazz giants! Each class will focus on jazz legends, someone who made a difference in the development of America’s original art form. We will discuss biographical information with an emphasis on personal stories and ...
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A Revolution In Music Education: Contemporary Musical Arts At New England Conservatory, Celebrating 50 Years Of Training The Complete Musician
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Since 1972, the Contemporary Musical Arts (formerly CI/Contemporary Improvisation) program at New England Conservatory has been at the forefront of creative musical expression. The department marks five decades of crossing boundaries, pushing limits, and training creative contemporary musicians and artists with a year- long celebration featuring faculty, students and alumni in a full season of cutting-edge musical events. During the 2022-2023 fiftieth anniversary season, the CMA program celebrates alumni with residencies featuring cross-genre improviser Satoko Fujii, singer- songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, ...
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Opens Registration For The Annual Geri Allen Jazz Summer Camp Led By Regina Carter
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AMT Public Relations
Four workshops take place July 11 & 14 and August 18 & 22 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. EST. How: Via Zoom (link provided upon registration) Students ages 14-26 who identify as female or non-binary Register: $200 per workshop or $600 for all four workshops. Registration is required and financial aid is available. Registration closes July 11. For more information, visit NJPAC.org or call 973.353.7058. The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the state’s anchor cultural institution, today announced that its seventh ...
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