Education News

Stanford Jazz Workshop's 2010 Workshop Program Registration Now Open!

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2010

Study & Play with the Best in Jazz Each summer, Stanford Jazz Workshop's education programs create a lively and supportive community of jazz artists, educators, students and enthusiasts on the beautiful campus of Stanford University. A unique learning opportunity for adults and youth ages 12 and up, SJW offers the chance to work alongside faculty including Joshua Redman, Larry Grenadier, Dave Douglas, and other jazz artists. Program Dates

Jazz Camp Week 1: July 18-23 Jazz Camp Week 2: ...

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Kennedy Center Selects Purchases Nir Naaman for Top Jazz Residency Program

Source: Michael Ricci
March 11, 2010

Purchase College's Nir Naaman has been selected by the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC as one of the international artists under 30 who will participate in the 2010 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Residency Program. He is a graduate student in the Purchase College School of the Arts Music Conservatory and is an alto saxophonist.

From March 15th through the 28th, Mr. Naaman will be in Washington, DC, participating in daily workshops and rehearsals with established jazz artists. Called the Betty ...

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Berklee Teaching Jazz in Dublin, Ireland in April 2010

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
March 10, 2010

Boston's Berklee College of Music is returning to Dublin, Ireland, April 5-11, to conduct improvisation workshops and to hold auditions for aspiring student musicians seeking scholarships to the prestigious university.The program, now in its second year, is taking place at the Newpark Music Centre in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. Students must apply online for the workshop by March 19.Participating Berklee faculty members include Greg Badolato, Jim Kelly, John McGann, and Ken Zambello, along with Ronan Guilfoyle, artistic ...

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A Musician's Legal Toolkit with Brian Goldstein, Esq.

Source: Michael Ricci
March 8, 2010

Entertainment law expert, Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq., will lead Chamber Music Americas next First Tuesdays free professional development workshop, A Musicians Legal Toolkit. To avoid conflict with the spring holidays, this First Tuesday seminar will take place on Monday, April 12, 2010, 3:00-5:00 P.M., at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street in Manhattan.

The seminarpresented in collaboration with St. Peters Church and the Midtown Arts Commonis designed for professional jazz and classical musicians, as well as presenters ...

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Stax Music Academy Summer Program Auditions Held March 13

Source: Stax Museum of American Soul Music
March 5, 2010

Calling all highs school musicians and singers! Auditions for the upcoming Stax Music Academy Summer Music Experience will be held Saturday, March 13th from 1-5 p.m. Open to all rising 9th - 12th graders.

This year's Summer Music Experience will take place June 1st through June 26th, Monday-Friday, from 9AM to 5PM. The Experience will include music lessons, workshops, music theory, great performance opportunities, and more. Students must have previous experience playing an instrument or singing. A hot lunch and ...

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Musician's Dictionary

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2010

AGENT: a character who resents performers getting 90% of his salary.

ARRANGER: a guy who writes to support a drinking habit.

BALLET: an art form for people with eating disorders

BANDSTAND: the area furthest away from an electrical outlet

BIG BAND: nowadays, an aggregation consisting of two musicians.

BROADWAY PIT JOB: a prison sentence disguised as a gig.

CABARET: a venue where singers do songs from shows that closed out of town.

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: god's way of telling you ...

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Manring, Carrothers, Goldsby for Sligo Jazz Project 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
March 3, 2010

Sligo Jazz Project (SJP) announces its 2010 Sligo International Jazz Summer School Faculty. SJP 2010, which takes place in Sligo, Ireland from the 20-25 July, features six days of workshops, masterclasses and concerts. The quality of tuition on offer this year is world class, with some very experienced educators, including electric bass legend Michael Manring, respected US pianist Bill Carrothers, two veteran educators of Jamey Aebersold summer schools, including John Goldsby and more than a hint of youth and vigour ...

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Quiescence Music Celebrates 10 Years Online

Source: Michael Ricci
March 2, 2010

The year was 2000, the cusp of a new millennium. The Internet was big and about to get a whole lot bigger. And composer-teacher Edward Weiss had an insight: I constantly saw business after business starting up online stores and selling products. But the same technology that could sell books and software could also be used to help people learn new skills. Playing the piano was one of them. And so Quiescence Music was born an online academy of music ...

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