Education News

One Theater Geek's Summer at Stagedoor Manor

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2010

At age 31, Mickey Rapkin packed his bags and headed to summer camp. But it wasn't just any camp it was Stagedoor Manor, one of the nation's most prestigious theater camps, located in upstate New York.

This was where Robert Downey Jr. played Mr. Deusel in a 1976 production of The Dairy of Anne Frank, Natalie Portman performed Cabaret in 1996 and Zach Braff donned bejeweled leather pants in Godspell long before he ever wore scrubs. In Theater Geek, Rapkin, ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Summer Jazz Camp June 14 - 25, 2010 at Monterey Peninsula College

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
June 9, 2010

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Summer Jazz Camp June 14 - 25, 2010 at Monterey Peninsula College

Camp Instructors Include 2010 MJF Artist-In-Residence, Grammy-Winning Vocalist, Dianne Reeves

Eleven Nationally-Renowned Clinicians Teach Over 150 Monterey County Music Students

Free Concerts and Jam Sessions Slated for June 21 - 24 in Monterey and Pacific Grove

Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Jazz Camp June 14 - 25, 9 am - 5 pm Monterey ...

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Berklee Students the Jazz Tellers Give Concerts and Clinics in Hong Kong, China, and the U.S.

Source: Michael Ricci
June 10, 2010

The Jazz Tellers, a group comprised of Berklee College of Music scholarship students Nate Wong (drums), Clay Lyons (alto saxophone), Lee Dynes (guitar), and Robert Kang (guitar) embark on an ambitious summer tour of clubs, cultural arts centers, and music education institutions that includes 10 performances in Hong Kong, and Shenzhen, China; educational clinics; and concerts in Ohio, Wisconsin, and California. The tour began in the U.S. on May 10 with stops in each member's hometown - Dayton, Ohio; Madison, ...

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Latin Vocal Workshops with Sofia Rei Koutsovitis, Presented by New York Jazz Academy, Now Registering

Source: New York Jazz Academy Publicity
June 10, 2010

New York Jazz Academy, the fastest growing music school in New York City, is pleased to announce a new workshop offering for vocalists. Latin American Vocal Workshop, with instructor Sofia Rei Koutsovitis, is open to singers that wish to learn more about Latin American repertoire. The sessions will focus on the music and rhythms of Brazil, Cuba, Argentina and Peru. Learn how to sing in Spanish and Portuguese while developing your performance skills and your vocal technique. Expand your vision ...

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Guitar Legend Stochelo Rosenberg Starts Online Guitar School

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

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The Nuts & Bolts of Touring - Free Video Seminar from Jason Parker

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2010

Fresh on the heals of his highly successful tour with The Jason Parker Quartet, trumpeter Jason Parker gave a free touring seminar on Ustream yesterday. All sorts of wonderful musicians gathered to talk about what worked and what didn't.

With all the negative talk about the industry and the economy, Parker wanted to show that it can be done. He gave the seminar to share what he learned in the hopes that it can help you have a successful tour ...

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Bass Legend Jeff Berlin's Players School of Music to Host Its One Week Intensive Program for 2010

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 2, 2010

Clearwater, FL -- Musicians who want to learn how to play better will be pleased to hear that bass legend Jeff Berlin will hold a “One Week Intensive Music Program" from September 13 to 17, 2010. The event is widely regarded as one of the finest 5 days of music education available. Bass players, guitar players, drummers and keyboardists, beginners to advanced players will take private lessons everyday at their level to improve. Says Jeff, “I've said so many negative ...

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S.D. Teen a 'Jazz Piano Phenom' - Pianist Chase Morrin, 16, Leads Bands and Plays in Others, Composes, Teaches and Takes AP Courses

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

It's a good thing San Diego piano wiz Chase Morrin has the boundless energy of a teenager. Anyone with less drive and stamina might get tired just contemplating his nonstop schedule, let alone trying to pull it off. Morrin, 16, is the leader of his own jazz trio and his five-man Latin Connection. He is also the pianist in the Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, one of San Diego's longest lived big bands, and in the Palomar College ...

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