Education News

Piano Lessons Online a Low Cost Win-Win for Students and Their Piano Teacher

Source: All About Jazz
January 16, 2009

Its tough trying to maintain an active lifestyle and wanting to learn piano at the same time. Not only that, but piano lessons with good teachers are expensive and its often really difficult to schedule lessons. So to fit it all in to a filled-to-the-gills schedule more and more students have turned to taking their piano lessons on the Internet. Theyve proven that not only is it doable, but that they have the brains and musical ability to improve and ...

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Emeryville Taiko Announces Classes Events

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2009

Happy New Year from Emeryville Taiko! Susan Horn and all the Emeryville Taiko students wish you a joyous 2009!

We are starting the year energized and ready to drum! Whether your new year's resolution is to get more exercise, make new friends, develop your musical side, or have more fun, taiko may be just what you are looking for. We hope you will join us!

January Classes Sensei Susan Horn is back from her Italian adventures and has ...

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All-Star Jazz Lineup Draws Nation's Top High School Jazz Bands to Savannah for Swing Central 2009

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2009

Aspiring young musicians to perform and study with esteemed clinicians including Associate Artistic Director Marcus Roberts, Wycliffe Gordon, John Clayton, James Ketch and Terell Stafford Savannah, Georgia - Savannah Music Festival (SMF) has selected twelve outstanding high school jazz bands from eight states across the nation to participate in the fourth annual SWING CENTRAL High School Jazz Band Competition & Workshop between March 25 and 27, 2009. This year, the nationally recognized three-day workshop features some of the country’s finest ...

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Ballet Studio Transports Urban Kids to Another World

Source: Michael Ricci
January 8, 2009

The City of Angels Ballet offers free classical ballet training to hundreds of children from some of Los Angeles' toughest neighborhoods.

The Sugarplum Fairy, sweat glistening on her brow, performed the same sequence of steps over and over across the polished wood floor, looking by turns euphoric and miserable. Sprawled next to the piano stretching their legs, the Garcia sisters watched and waited for their chance to dance. The four girls, ages 6 to 15, make the long car trek ...

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Daily D.I.Y. - Be a Student of the Music Business

Source: HypeBot
January 6, 2009

This new daily Hypebot feature will be 90% practical and less than 10% philosophical. Enough people have already told you as artists, indie label staffers and new music industry professionals that “it's time for a new paradigm" and “remember the fan is king".

This five day a week column will profile free and affordable artist services, offer actionable suggestions and solve problems suggested by readers. But this first installment is a bit philosophical and yet infinitely practical. It's a philosophy ...

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A Destination, Never an Arrival: Essay by Steve Khan

Source: All About Jazz
January 5, 2009

A few days ago, I had just finished saying “Adios!" to my houseguests, who came to visit for a night in New York. During their time here, we had a wonderful and long conversation that embraced so many areas of life. As we three are all musicians, of course, the conversation, at some point, turned to musical issues. But more than that, we spoke of the philosophical notions related to having and maintaining a creative life in the arts.

I ...

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Hollywood's Musicians Institute Teaches the Endangered Art of A & R

Source: Michael Ricci
January 5, 2009

In the troubled music industry, many labels have cut or eliminated their artists-and- repertoire staff. But instructors at MI are determined to teach the skill of making a musical connection.

Once upon a time, A&R were the sexiest letters in the music industry's alphabet.

Executives in the artists-and-repertoire division of every major record label were charged with discovering and nurturing new acts, setting them on the path toward gold and platinum albums and Grammy Awards. These high-powered talent brokers would ...

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"The Jazz Pianists: Eighty Years in Review" at Mira Costa High School (Manhattan Beach) in January and February

Source: All About Jazz
January 4, 2009

A Multimedia Educational/Entertainment Experience of the South Bay Adult School Robert Bragonier, MD, PhD Retired Physician Educator and Administrator Jazz Reviewer and Educator--Lifelong Jazz Enthusiast Mira Costa High School 701 S. Peck Ave. Manhattan Beach, CA (Peck Ave. at Artesia Blvd.) Room 41 Five Tuesday Evening Sessions: January 6, 13, 20, 27 February 3, 2009, 7-9:30 PM $74 Special Off-Site Opportunity on ...

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