Education News

Bob Sheppard Sax Master Class Kicks Off New LA JAZZPRO Master Class Series on August 1, 2009 in Studio City, CA

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2009

Los Angeles JAZZPRO Master Class Series Studio City, CA August 1, 2009 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Looking for inspiration this summer? In an effort to join communities together by presenting local and international jazz artists that share themselves with students, young professionals and music aficionados,we offer this new and exciting jazz workshop concept. The Series features world-class performer/clinicians in an intimate setting. Master Classes and Workshops are geared toward intermediate and advanced students. ...

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Los Angeles Music Academy AA Degree Program

Source: Michael Ricci
July 22, 2009

Los Angeles Music Academy To Offer Associates of Arts Degrees in Music Performance -- Degree Available for Drums, Guitar, Bass and Vocal Departments

Pasadena, CA -- LA Music Academy announced today that it has met all requirements by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) to offer students a Professional Associates of Arts Degree in Music Performance. Beginning in Fall 2009, students will be able to select a Music Performance Major in drums, guitar, bass or vocals.

“We are ...

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Three Students Awarded Jazz Scholarships to Eastman

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2009

Gabe Condon of Penfield and brothers Jeffrey Krol and Matthew Krol of Painted Post will join Eastman School of Music's incoming freshman class in the fall as this year's recipients of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival /Eastman School of Music scholarship. The awards are sponsored by XRIJF producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona and funded by proceeds from the Festival. The scholarships support continued jazz education at the Eastman School of Music for area high school students who have ...

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The New School and the Israel Conservatory of Music Announce Partnership

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2009

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music has announced it will partner with the Center for Jazz Studies at the Israel Conservatory of Music (ICM) in Tel-Aviv, Israel, to enable Israeli students to earn a degree in jazz on the college level.

In this four-year program, which will launch this fall, students will begin their first two years of study at the Center for Jazz Studies in Israel and complete the final two years at The New School, allowing ...

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Grand Finale at the Jazz Bakery

Source: Imaginary Friends
June 29, 2009

George Kahn and his Jazz Group gave a fonds farewell to the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles on its closing day, May 31, 2009. The concert featured George's Quintet with the Santa Monica High School Jazz Big Band. About 185 jazz fans and friends attended. The final performance at The Jazz Bakery was a smash. The concert, which was held as a benefit to raise money for the Santa Monica High School Jazz Band, was so well attended that additional ...

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Jazz Education in New York City

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2009

The New York Jazz Workshop announces the creation of a new structure to provide affordable Jazz education in New York City. Starting with 3 jazz workshops in August 2009, the New York Jazz Workshop will offer ongoing classes for adults and young adults starting in September. The New York Jazz Workshop faculty is comprised of many well know jazz musicians such as the leader of the group Global Motion, tenor sax player and composer Marc Mommas, drummer Tony Moreno, Guitarists ...

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Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2009

Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships Location: Kent School, Kent, CT Contact: 860-567-4162 Email: [email protected] Website: litchfieldjazzfest.com Kent. CT--Litchfield Jazz Camp, the 13-year-old teaching arm of the renowned Litchfield Jazz Festival, has made if first big move this summer-- to Kent School in Kent, CT, for a month-long program July 5 August 2. The move was much welcomed by the Kent Community and has allowed the program to enroll a record number ...

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Berklee Returns to New Orleans Musicians' Village to Build Homes

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2009

Continuing Berklee's commitment of giving back to the birthplace of jazz, the college's Gracenotes Volunteer Committee is sponsoring its third annual trip to New Orleans. This year, the committee awarded sponsorships to four staff members and four faculty members. The group will travel to Louisiana with two Gracenotes administrators June 22– 28 to help build the New Orleans Musicians' Village, an ongoing Habitat for Humanity project to create new and affordable homes in the city's Upper Ninth Ward for musicians ...

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