Education News

Ars Nova Workshop Hosts Two Series with Fieldwork & ICP Orchestra

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 3, 2011

Ars Nova Workshop Hosts Two Special Creative Music Series

Composer Portrait: Fieldwork, March 11 -13 featuring Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey and Steven Lehman; Instant Composers Pool Orchestra, April 1ש

Ars Nova Workshop, Philadelphia's leading nonprofit jazz and experimental music presenter, announces two special weekend concert series in Spring 2011. Featuring the work of Fieldwork and Instant Composers Pool Orchestra, the concerts take an in-depth look at the work of two important groups of composers and musicians representing both today's most ...

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Paramount Pictures Works with Berklee Students on Film Music Project

Source: Berklee Public Relations
February 2, 2011

Paramount Pictures is working with a team of 40 student interns from Boston's Berklee College of Music to create the first full-function database of its immense archive of film music. The online music library database will make it easier for filmmakers and others to access music and obtain rights to music from the Paramount catalog for use across a range of media platforms. Students will conduct an in-depth analysis and interpretation of audio clips from a number of films (totaling ...

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Jazz saxophonist Chris Potter inspires Drake students to pursue musical innovation

Source: AAJ Staff
February 2, 2011

By Lisa Lacher Drake University recently played host to a master class and concert by Chris Potter, a Grammy nominee and renowned jazz saxophonist and composer. Both events were well attended by Drake students and faculty, as well as members of the Des Moines community and music enthusiasts from across the state. The master class, which was free and open to the public, was held in the newly constructed home for Drake's acclaimed jazz program—the Patty and Fred Turner Jazz ...

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Lecture on Bob Dylan February 23 at University of the Pacific

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
January 30, 2011

Bob Dylan Expert to Discuss Folk Icon's Connection to the Blues

During his nearly 50 years in the music business, Bob Dylan has been labeled the “voice of a generation and “America's Troubadour." He often is described as a genius, a music sensation who seemed to appear nearly out of thin air after being selected by a Greek muse to write lyrics that will be discussed and studied for generations. And he is always labeled as a “folk" artist.

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It's Official: First Master Degree in Beatles Awarded

Source: HypeBot
January 29, 2011

Back in 2009, Liverpool Hope University launched a Master Of Arts course, titled The Beatles—Popular Music and Society. A Canadian woman has become the first person to graduate with the degree. In the course, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy told the BBC that she studied, “how The Beatles came to be. What the political and social climate was and the cultural aspects that helped to facilitate an environment where The Beatles' could happen." The course also entailed learning the history of British music ...

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Aguilar Amplification announces Bass Master Class with Anthony Wellington (Victor Wooten band)

Source: Marco Passarelli
January 28, 2011

Anthony Wellington (Victor Wooten band) will be returning to NYC for a second Aguilar Artist Series Master Class. Attendees will also get to play through the new Tone Hammer 500 amp and the SL 112 and SL 410 cabinets, which made a successful launch at this year's winter NAMM show. The class, to be held on Tuesday February 8th, 2011 at 7 pm, will feature Wellington in an intimate setting, sharing the knowledge that has made him one of the ...

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Jazz Arts Group's PBJ & Jazz Series Welcomes Columbus Vocal Treasure Mary McClendon

Source: Michael Ricci
January 27, 2011

Columbus vocal treasure Mary McClendon and friends bring their talent to the Lincoln Theatre ballroom on Saturday, February 12 for a Valentine's Day-themed PBJ & Jazz concert presented by the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) and Bob Evans Farms. Mary McClendon has been a regular on the central Ohio jazz scene since the late 1970s. Her smooth vocals and scat singing have made her an audience favorite as she has shared the stage with many jazz greats including Benny ...

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Irish Musicians and Poets Performing at Berklee College in Boston on January 27

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
January 26, 2011

A line-up of great Irish traditional musicians are performing at the David Friend Recital Hall at Berklee College of Music in Boston on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Berklee instructor and champion mandolin player John McGann leads an all star line-up that includes Sean Gannon, All-Ireland champion on the button accordion. Born and raised in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, Sean learned his music from his father John, who comes from Connemara, Galway. Joining McGann and Gannon ...

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