Education News

Charlie Harrington Signs with Vic Firth, Inc. Educational Team

Source: Michael Ricci
October 29, 2009

The award-winning jazz drummer, Charlie Harrington, has signed with VIC FIRTH, INC., as an endorser and special education consultant. He will perform exclusively with Vic Firth sticks, brushes, and mallets and will conduct educational clinics with the company's sponsorship. Charlie's commitment to excellence both as a recording and touring artist as well as a highly respected educator no doubt played a significant role in VIC FIRTH, INC. collaborating with him. More information on the Vic Firth Educational Team can be ...

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Berklee Holds Scholarship Auditions in Istanbul for the First Time

Source: Michael Ricci
October 28, 2009

Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview events (A&I) in Turkey for the first time as part of the college's World Scholarship Tour, offering talented musicians the chance to be awarded a scholarship to attend the college. The events, hosted by Modern Mzik Akademisi (MMA) in Istanbul, November 22 to 26, will include clinics, lectures, an information session, a jam session, and a music educator's forum. The ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Festival Now Accepting Applications from Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
October 27, 2009

Monterey Jazz Festivals Next Generation Festival Now Accepting Applications From Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians

Next Generation Festival Jazz Competition Open To Middle School, High School, Conglomerate School, And College Level Musicians And Vocalists

Country's Top Young Players Compete For Performance Opportunities At 53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 17 - 19, 2010

Next Generation Festival Includes Free Concerts, Clinics, Workshops, And Jazz Competition, April 9 - 11, 2010 In Historic Downtown Monterey

Four-Time Grammy Winning ...

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Class Will Study "The Great Jazz Soloists" Beginning Thursday, November 5

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 27, 2009

Author, photographer and radio host Dennis Owsley will teach another series of jazz history classes beginning at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 5 at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd.Owsley's topic this time is “The Great Jazz Soloists," and the course will cover the work of jazz greats including Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Keith Jarrett, Joe Lovano and more.

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Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music Launches Condensed Music Program Lama Jams

Source: Tellem Worldwide
October 26, 2009

Private Lessons and Band Workshops For Students of All Ages and Skill Levels Pasadena, CA - LA Music Academy College of Music today announced its creation of LAMA Jams, a music program serving guitar, bass, drum, vocals, keyboard, brass and woodwinds students. Ongoing weekly private lessons coincide with band workshops where students create and perform original music or cover songs. LA Music Academy, founded in 1996 by professional musicians and recording studio greats, is known worldwide for offering the best ...

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New on jazzpianoonline.com: Improvisation Drill Approach Patterns Part 2

Source: Michael Ricci
October 21, 2009

Barry Harris' solo over the changes to Tadd Dameron's Good Bait on Warne Marsh's 1986 quartet recording Back Home, is the basis for the series of improvisation drills introduced in this lesson. Six drills are derived from his use of approach patterns in the solo and presented over Rhythm Changes. Print and play the drills to help you assimilate these patterns into your own melodic vocabulary. The third installment in the Improv Drill series of lessons, this lesson builds on ...

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Larry Goldings Piano/Organ Master Class & Workshop Upstairs at Vitellos

Source: All About Jazz
October 18, 2009

THE LA JAZZ PRO CONNECTION will present FIVE HOURS with LARRY GOLDINGS - Piano and Organ(SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT)The schedule will be 11a-1:00p Master Class & Improv all instruments welcome 1p-2p Networking lunch 2-4 Master Class & Playing with the PRO"S. Beginners, young professionals and working Pro's, Music fans and aficionados...

“I am pleased that the LA JazzPro Connection is giving me this opportunity to conduct a piano/organ master class. I will address a host of ...

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At USC's Thornton School of Music, Moving Way Beyond the Canon

Source: Michael Ricci
October 11, 2009

The school, celebrating its 125th anniversary, is noted for its faculty, alumni and practical approach.

Among notables who were part of the faculty in the Thornton School of Music were William Primrose, Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky. They all began teaching at USC in 1962.

Visitors have been known to get lost at USC, a 226-acre scholastic oasis in the middle of a sprawling city. This year the university has added some helpful signposts, like the huge banners trumpeting the ...

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