Education News

Fostering Communities That Support Creativity

Source: HypeBot
October 30, 2010

This weekend, I had a chance to make a trip back home. Much of what I believe in doesn't exist there. When I tell people, some of which I've known for my whole life, that I write for a blog on the web and get paid for it, I am greeted with a blank stare. To them, this isn't something that they consider possible. The web is a place where they retrieve emails and weather updates—not a platform for publishing. ...

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New Lesson Just Released: Improvise Over In Your Own Sweet Way

Source: Bill Rinehart
October 27, 2010

Improvising Over In Your Own Sweet Way The Dave Brubeck standard, In Your Own Sweet Way, presents a challenge to improvisors: how to solo over a progression that spans a wide range of keys at a fast tempo. It starts in G minor, moves to Bb, Gb, D, C and then Db in it's thirty-two bars. Kirk Lightsey sheds some light on this problem in his recording of the tune on his 2004 Sunnyside release, The Night's of Bradley's. Watch ...

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Bill Bruford announces U.S. lecture dates in December

Source: Lori Hehr Public Relations
October 27, 2010

Summerfold Records in conjunction with Tama Drums and Jawbone Press is pleased to announce dates for drummer, band-leader, author Bill Bruford's upcoming US lectures:

December 1 Guitar Center, Manhattan, NYC, NY December 2 Drummers Collective, NYC, NY December 3 Manhattan School of Music, NYC, NY December 6 U.Arts Philadelphia, PA (private-students only) December 7 The Drum Shop, Memphis, TN December 8 Borders Bookstore, King of Prussia, PA

Bill will deliver a 90 minute audio-visual talk loosely entitled “The Creative Musician ...

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Theta Music Trainer Offers New Online Games for Music Learning

Source: Steve Myers
October 26, 2010

Theta Music Trainer opened today, providing a complete set of online games designed to teach the fundamental skills of music. Using the latest developments in music learning techniques, Theta Music Trainer is designed for musicians of all levels who want to deepen their understanding of music and improve their ability to play music by ear. Musicians of almost every level and style share a common desire: they would like to have a better ear for the music they play. Musicians ...

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Dave Peck Improv Clinic This Wednesday - Free!

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
October 26, 2010

Pianist Dave Peck will be presenting a free improvisation clinic at The Seattle Drum School this Wednesday, October 27 at 7:30pm. The clinic will include discussions of the use of musical vocabulary in jazz improvisation, visualization as a learning technique for acquiring vocabulary and muscle memory, and theme and development in improvisation. Players of all melodic instruments are welcome. Peck will also be performing solo on Friday at The Chapel Performance Space. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL ...

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Concert Review - Pat Metheny at Binghamton University (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 21, 2010

By Mark Saleski Oh dear, I was this close to feeling disappointed. I loved the Orchestrion concept and music so much that tickets were procured and a trip was planned (across southern New Hampshire, Vermont, and all the way out past Albany to Binghamton, NY) to see what Pat Metheny would do with his creation in a live setting. Disappointed? Well OK, see...the stage was set up with a pair of marimbas, a pair of guitar bots, and the little ...

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Jazz Arts Group Welcomes Wycliffe Gordon for in-School Residency and Premiere of "East High Pride"

Source: Michael Ricci
October 20, 2010

This week, the Jazz Arts Group's Jazz in Schools program welcomes acclaimed trombonist and composer Wycliffe Gordon back to Columbus for a two-day in-school residency, punctuated by an on-field appearance with the East High School Mighty Marching Tiger Band to premiere “East High Pride" on Friday, October 22. Mr. Gordon will be joining the band on East High's Senior Night as they present their legacy piece, written by Gordon, for the community of the King-Lincoln District. He will also conduct ...

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Savannah Music Festival Launches Free Jazz Education Website

Source: Michael Ricci
October 20, 2010

SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL LAUNCHES FREE WEB-BASED LEARNING CENTER FOR ASPIRING JAZZ MUSICIANS AT SWINGCENTRALJAZZ.ORG Savannah, Georgia—Recently praised as the “Pro Bowl of high school jazz band competitions" by the South Florida Sun Sentinel, SWING CENTRAL JAZZ (SCJ) has become a year-round jazz education program with the launch of its multimedia web-based learning center at swingcentraljazz.org. The new site includes video lessons from SCJ's esteemed clinicians focused on elements of practice, rehearsal, performance and inspiration, and also serves as a companion ...

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