Education News

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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Larry Goldings Rare 5 Hour Event Upstairs at Vitellos Jazz Room Studio City Nov 1, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2009

THE LA JAZZ PRO CONNECTION will present FIVE HOURS with LARRY GOLDINGS - Piano and Organ (SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT)on Sunday 11a-4p November 1, 2009 Upstairs at Vitellos.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 ...

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Edward Weiss Joins Roster of Steinway Piano Teachers

Source: All About Jazz
September 27, 2009

It's one thing to teach piano its quite another being among those talented enough listed on the prestigious Steinway & Sons compilation of professional teachers.

Edward Weiss is proud to have achieved this benchmark in his career.

Steinway & Sons has been known or over a century and a half for creating the finest pianos available. When a teacher is accepted on their site, you know they are a cut above the rest.

For over 15 years, Edward has been ...

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Stanford Jazz Workshop Video Clips

Source: Michael Ricci
September 23, 2009

LEADING JAZZ EDUCATOR STANFORD JAZZ WORKSHOP DEBUTS WORKSHOP VIDEO CLIPS STANFORD, CA: Stanford Jazz Workshop (SJW), the jazz education non-profit founded in 1972 at Stanford University, has produced six educational video clips which have just gone live on its website, StanfordJazz.org. These videos, which were filmed at the Workshop’s flagship Jazz Camp & Jazz Residency summer programs, represent the organization’s first foray into video content for the web, and were facilitated in part by an “Arts Enhance” grant awarded by ...

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Jazz Education Network to Hold First Conference Next May in St. Louis

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 22, 2009

The Jazz Education Network (JEN) has announced that the organization will hold its first-ever conference from May 20-22, 2010 at the University of Missouri - St. Louis (UMSL).JEN is a not-for-profit organization of music teachers, musicians, students and others formed in 2008 not long after the collapse of the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE). Their Web site says the group is “dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance and developing new audiences." ...

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Dom Minasi Online Guitar Lessons

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
September 17, 2009

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