Education News

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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Thelonious Monk Institute's "Jazz in the Classroom" Students Participate in White House Music Series on June 15

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2009

Institute students from six cities across the nation to attend workshops with jazz masters and Duke Ellington Jazz Festival concert honoring Ellis Marsalis (Washington, DC -- The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz is honored to participate with Mrs. Michelle Obama in the launching of the White House Music Series. The program will shine a national spotlight on music education, highlighting the important role music plays in the creativity and innovation that make this country great. Talented music students who receive ...

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Berklee Returns to New Orleans Musicians' Village to Build Homes

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 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 ...

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Trumpet and Trombone Auditions for York College Summer Jazz Program This Friday, 6/12 @ 3-6 P.M.

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2009

Calling all NYC public high school trumpet and trombone players! The York College Summer Jazz Program still needs brass!!! If you are a NYC public high schooler who plays trumpet or trombone, consider earning 5-college credits this summer studying jazz performance at York College. This is a scholarship program where students study with professional musicians and give several concerts. The dates are Mondays- Thursdays, June 29 - August 6. Brass auditions will be THIS FRIDAY, 6/12 @ 3-6 p.m. at ...

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