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Jazz Arts Group's Jazz Academy Workshop Opportunities with Bobby Sanabria, Ali Ryerson & Steve Rudolph

Source: Michael Ricci
April 20, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) offers a stellar line-up of music making opportunities to engage all ages and interests with workshops and clinics at the Jazz Academy community instructional space in the Lincoln Theatre complex. With nearly 5,000 square feet, the Jazz Academy is a premier facility for multi-generational and recreational music making, ensemble playing, after-school programs, technology instruction and lectures with world-class musicians. Join jazz and Latin-jazz artist Bobby Sanabria Thursday, April 28 at 7:00 PM as ...

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Fun for Fossils: New Age Piano Course Helps Seniors Get Creative

Source: Edward Weiss
April 18, 2011

Getting older doesn't mean creativity and fun have to stop. At least that's according to piano teacher Edward Weiss. Weiss teaches a style of piano known as 'new age.' And for those of you who have never heard a George Winston CD or the music of David Lanz, you're probably too young to appreciate this music. But for those of us nearing or passed retirement age, New Age music is nothing new. For most, it's a way to relax and ...

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Call for Artists: Summer Jazz Master Classes "SIM at Zatoka Sztuki" in Sopot, Poland

Source: MCKA Zatoka Sztuki
April 15, 2011

Summer jazz master classes “SIM at Zatoka Sztuki" August 21-27 2011 Sopot, Poland Multidisciplinary Centre of Culture and Arts MCKA “Zatoka Sztuki" in Sopot, Poland announces a call for summer jazz workshop led by the faculty from renown School of Improvisational Music in Brooklyn, New York: Ralph Alessi (trumpet) Ravi Coltrane (sax) Mark Helias (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) The workshop is open to apply for all jazz musicians and students who are willing to ...

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Summer Jazz Workshop 2011: Amsterdam

Source: Sofia
April 14, 2011

Are you a young Jazz professional or student and serious about improving your skills? Take this opportunity for networking and developing your skills by following an advanced jazz course in the heart of the lively Jazz community in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Come and play with Jazz students from around the world in our beautiful new building. Under guidance of the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam: Justin DiCioccio, John Riley, Luis Bonilla, Maarten van ...

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Dean Brown releases ear-training app for Apple iPad/iPhone

Source: Dean Brown
April 9, 2011

Dean Brown has released an iPhone/iPad app called “Pickup Tunes." Dean says: “There are two versions available: Pickup Tunes Free (This is an introduction to the game that is basically the first few levels of the full game) and Pickup Tunes (the full version which has five stages and includes the “Final Challenge"). The idea was to base a game on the ear training techniques that I use in teaching. We developed it to look and feel more like a ...

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Wynton Marsalis to Launch Lecture Series at Harvard University

Source: Dan Tracy
April 8, 2011

Will Teach a Master Class at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Harvard University announced today that Wynton Marsalis will launch a two-year performance and lecture series on April 28, with an appearance at Sanders Theatre. Currently the Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Marsalis is an accomplished musician, composer, bandleader and educator who has made the promotion of jazz and cultural literacy his hallmark causes. “Wynton Marsalis is both an internationally acclaimed musician and a leader in educating people ...

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Jazz Masterclasses / Workshops Near Nice (South Of France) August 2011

Source: COARTJAZZ
April 6, 2011

COARTJAZZ in Coaraze (06) a typical and charming perched village from Provence near Nice, France. Master classes and Workshops for 5 days from 20th to 24th August 2011: Five hours per day, 6/7 students per class Mornings: Learning with Pros (Improvisation, theory) Afternoons: small ensembles coordinated by binomes of pros Evenings: Jam sessions / Concerts Level: amateurs or professionals jazz players are welcome. The goal is to learn, exchange ideas and music in a ...

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Passing It On

Source: RJ on Jazz by R.J. DeLuke
April 6, 2011

Colleges are among the major supporters of jazz across the country, not just because there are many schools now where musicians can study jazz. Major, and not-so-major, jazz musicians supplement their income teaching. But colleges are also routine sites for jazz concerts—good gigs. And very often when someone comes to play, they put on some kind of clinic or workshop for musicians. Those can be as valuable to the musicians in school as the courses they're taking. Once upon a ...

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