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Alaska Jazz Workshop
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All About Jazz
The Alaska Jazz Workshop is a non-profit organization designed to teach young people jazz. Based at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, professional jazz musicians take time to pass on their skills and knowledge to the next generation so that the heartbeat of jazz will will keep on beating and more young people will live fuller lives.
Summer 2010 Jazz Camp dates July 12-17th featuring AJW Instructors: John Damberg, Kerry Maule & Mark Manners
August 9-14th
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'Las Vegas Studio: Images from the Archives
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Michael Ricci
Exhibition review: 'Las Vegas Studio: Images From the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown' at MOCA-PDC
The photographs on display in “Las Vegas Studio: Images From the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown" have been rescued, in essence, from the cutting-room floor. It just happens to be one of the richest, most revelatory cutting-room floors in architectural history. The exhibition, at the Museum of Contemporary Art's branch at the Pacific Design Center through June 20, features ...
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Swing Central 2010 Finishes with Unprecedented Momentum for Fostering the Growth of Jazz Through High-Quality Mentorship
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Michael Ricci
Dillard Center for the Arts from Ft. Lauderdale Takes Home the First Place Faircloth Award
Savannah, Georgia -- On Friday, April 2nd, the 2010 edition of the Savannah Music Festival's (SMF) SWING CENTRAL High School Jazz Band Competition & Workshop, dubbed the “Pro Bowl of high school jazz bands" by the South Florida Sun Sentinel, wrapped up with a sold-out show featuring competition finalists on a bill alongside an original program performed by their mentors. The ...
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The Living Arts Apprenticeship Program 2010
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Michael Ricci
An innovative 12 day “live-on-the-land" / cross-disciplinary arts program, located in New York's Catskill Mountains Drum-set study with Amir Ziv Aikido study with Gadi Shorr Music composition & orchestration with Jordan McLean Join Amir, Gadi & Jordan in a converted cow-barn home on 7 acres in beautiful Catskills, NY for an intensive Drumming, Aikido & Music Composition/Orchestration cross-disciplinary program that will rejuvenate your soul and raise your skills to a new level This June, the Living Arts Apprenticeship is offering ...
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Beating the drum for Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum
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Michael Ricci
Former Target CEO Robert Ulrich wants to represent the musical culture of every country on the planet.
What has more impact on people's lives day in and day out than music? Robert Ulrich
Not long before Robert Ulrich stepped down from his long-held job as CEO of Target Stores upon reaching the company's mandatory retirement age of 65, he was on a trip through Europe indulging one of his extracurricular passions as a museum junkie. On the trip ...
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Nancy King Leads Improv and Duo Workshop in the Languedoc, August 28 to September 4, 2010
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Michael Ricci
Nancy King is one of the world's pre-eminent living jazz vocal improvisers. And she's incredibly fun to sing with. This summer 15 lucky people will be able to experience that in person as she leads a week-long jazz workshop for vocalists and duo artists in the wine-making village of Roujan, in Southern France.
The workshop, which runs August 28 to September 4, will be at La Maison Verte, a residential workshop facility about an hour away from Montpellier. Nancy will ...
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Eubanks to Head Jazz Program
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Michael Ricci
Kevin Eubanks, who is leaving next month as bandleader on “The Tonight Show," has been named artistic director of the Jazz in the Classroom program operated by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in conjunction with the Los Angeles Unified School District. Eubanks will work with musicians from middle and high schools in the L.A. district, teaching them not only about playing jazz but also the values it represents. He called on others to help in the fight to keep ...
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Berkeley's Jazzschool Announces Its Spring 2010 Classes and Programs
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Terri Hinte Publicity
With the Jazzschool's Spring 2010 Quarter just underway, and students in the Jazzschool Institute's Bachelor of Music degree program well into their Spring semester, Founder and Director Susan Muscarella is poised to shift gears. “I'm pleased to announce that Academic Program Administrator Rob Ewing has been promoted to the position of Director of the Jazzschool Community Music School," says Muscarella. “Passing this baton to Rob enables me to devote my time to running the Jazzschool Institute and fund-raising. I look ...
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