Education News

Musicians Guide to Making Small Talk

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2009

Make Small Talk

It's the junk food of conversation: quick, sugary, sickening in excess—and unavoidable. Thomas Farley, editor of etiquette guide Modern Manners, has these tips. Contents 1 Initiate 2 Think ahead 3 Three topics max 4 Close out

Initiate

Open with a wry observation phrased as a question: “Do these parties usually end in brawls? 'Cause I'm a little out of shape ..."

Of course, humor can be dicey. ...

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College's Lennon Center Expanding Its Offerings

Source: Michael Ricci
March 16, 2009

Martin Cohen is chairman of the John Lennon Center for Music and Technology at Five Towns College. IT would be tough to find a more intense concentration of fans, scholars and interpreters of the work of John Lennon than the one at Five Towns College here. In 2005, Yoko Ono, Lennon’s widow, came to the college to help dedicate its John Lennon Center for Music and Technology, which offers audio and video equipment for students, academic courses — including one ...

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Westchester Jazz Orchestra Conducts Clinic at New Rochelle High School

Source: All About Jazz
March 14, 2009

Westchester, NY The Westchester Jazz Orchestra is a world-class band well-known for their extraordinary concerts. This exceptional performing group also conducts educational workshops and is running a two-day clinic with jazz students from New Rochelle High School that began yesterday. Mike Holober, WJOs Artistic Director, is leading the workshops. One of the most important experiences a developing instrumentalist can have is interacting with stronger, more experienced musicians, he says. This clinic allows students to do exactly that as they spend ...

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Lake Tahoe Music Camp for Young Musicians

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2009

The University of Nevada, Reno's 53rd annual Lake Tahoe Music Camp invites student musicians ranging from middle school through high school to participate in an incredible week of music-making and fun in the beautiful setting of Lake Tahoe. Held July 26-Aug. 1, 2009, at the Nevada State 4-H Camp in Stateline, Nev., the overnight camp gives participants the opportunity to participate in concert bands, jazz bands and a variety of wind and percussion chamber ensembles during an action-packed week of ...

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KoSA Day in New York.. Latin Jazz Workshop March 29

Source: Writers House
March 9, 2009

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Gino Robair Presenting Free Workshop on Friday, March 6

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 5, 2009

While he's town to perform his improv opera “I, Norton" on Saturday night at St. Louis Community College - Forest Park, percussionist Gino Robair (pictured) also will lead a free workshop at the college from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6.The workshop, like Saturday's concert, will take place in the theater at the Mildred E. Bastian Performing Arts Center, 5600 Oakland Ave on the SLCC-FP campus. Here's the description sent out by New Music Circle, ...

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Summer Jazz Workshop 2009 in Amsterdam!

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2009

The Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Manhattan School of Music present: Summer Jazz Workshop 2009 co-hosted by Manhattan School of Music July 6 - 10, 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Study jazz in Amsterdam this summer! You now have the opportunity to study jazz in an outstanding international musical atmosphere. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Manhattan School of Music organize the successful Summer Jazz Workshop. The workshop will be open to jazz students (instrumentalists as well as vocalists) from all over ...

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Join Tisja 2009, the Ultimate Jazz Learning Experience This Summer in Taipei!

Source: All About Jazz
February 28, 2009

One of the premier summer jazz education programs in Asia, the annual Taipei International Summer Jazz Academy is planning for its 6th year and larger scale, recruiting even higher-level jazz sensations from all over Asia to participate, and had helped many talented local jazz musicians to develop more on their musical styles and musicianship. Learn with International Jazz Masters who are not only fantastic players but also great teachers without distance for Jazz Improvisation, Instrument & Vocal Techniques, Ensemble Playing, ...

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