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Jazz Artists Jane Monheit and Rick Montalbano Join Usdan Center Leadership Council
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Reva Cooper
Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist and Usdan alumna Jane Monheit and her husband, drummer Rick Montalbano, have joined the Leadership Council of Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned summer arts day camp. The Leadership Council is composed of prominent business and civic leaders. It is the Center's advocate in the philanthropic and business communities, providing support for student scholarships and program development. Jane, who treasures her student experience at Usdan, recently said: “My summers at the Center ...
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Dennis Owsley to Present Workshop on "Miles Davis: Jazzman"
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Radio host, photographer and jazz historian Dennis Owsley will present “Miles Davis: Jazzman," an educational workshop in three weekly sessions, beginning at 7:00 p.m. next Thursday, October 27 at the Ethical Society, 9001 Clayton Rd. The workshop “will examine the personality, influences, and career of one of the most restless, creative individuals ever to play music in the 20th century: Miles Davis." After the first meeting, two more sessions will take place on Thursday, November 3 and Thursday, November 10. ...
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Seventh annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition offers prizes, recognition for Missouri student composers
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Dean Minderman
Columbia, MO—From concert halls to Hollywood movies to TV, video games, commercials and more, every minute of music we hear starts with a composer—and every composer needs a start. Giving young composers their start is the purpose of the Mizzou New Music Initiative's Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P), an annual statewide competition now in its seventh year that recognizes Missouri students in grades K-12 who compose original music in a variety of styles. Sponsored by the University of Missouri School ...
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Anatomy of a Unique Jazz Camp
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Last July I had the distinct pleasure of traveling down to New Orleans on a JazzTimes assignment for their annual jazz education issue (published October 2011). The occasion was the Louis “Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, held typically the first 3 weeks of July on the campus of Loyola University. For those not familiar with the Loyola campus, it's located (along with next door neighbor Tulane University) in the Uptown section of New Orleans, right on picturesque St. Charles Avenue—long ...
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Theta Music Trainer Releases Five New Games for Ear Training and Music Theory Practice
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Steve Myers
Theta Music Technologies today released five new ear training games, two new training courses, and several new features for music teachers as part of a major update to Theta Music Trainer, its critically acclaimed service for online music training. The five new games train students in a wide range of musical skills, including aural recognition of equalizer settings, instrument sounds, chords and intervals. The new Music Theory Course offers games sessions devoted to scales, chords and other music theory concepts, ...
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Usdan Center (Jazz Program) Holds 10/23 Open House for 2012
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Reva Cooper
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, whose August 3 Gala featured the World Premiere of a jazz work by Richard DeRosa, will hold its first Open House for its 2012 season on Sunday October 23. The Open House, a chance to obtain information and tour the Center's beautiful 200-acre woodland campus, will be from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Center at 185 Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights (Huntington) Long Island. .The commissioned jazz work at ...
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Bassist Anthony Wellington to teach clinic and private lessons at Aguilar Factory in NY!
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Dale Titus
Anthony Wellington is one of today's most respected bass players, instructors and clinicians. On October 28th he will be teaching 1-hour private lessons at the Aguilar headquarters in New York City. The lessons are $80 each and are expected to sell out quickly—schedule yours today! This incredible day of private lessons will culminate with Anthony holding a free master class at Aguilar, which is scheduled to start at 7:00pm. Anthony's previous clinics at Aguilar were very successful, with many players ...
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Quiescence Music Releases Free Piano Sheet Music: 'October Air'
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Edward Weiss
You'd think sales of sheet music would go down with the advent of the Internet. And you'd be right. In fact, thanks to the world wide web, many are now buying their sheet music online. But the website Quiescence Music has an even better deal—simply visit their blog Free Piano Sheet Music and you'll get over a dozen pieces of free piano sheet music entirely free ... including a brand new one titled 'October Air.' The owner and creator of ...
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