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Berklee to Hold Scholarship Auditions in Australia for the First Time
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All About Jazz
Berklee College of Music, the world's premier college of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview (A&I) events in Australia for the first time as part of the college’s World Scholarship Tour. Berklee’s A&I events offer talented musicians the chance to be awarded scholarships to attend the college. Auditions will be held in Melbourne on January 6, 2009, and in Sydney on January 13, 2009. For more information or to apply, visit berklee.edu/wst or email [email protected].
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Harrison Ford Helps Inner City Kids Fly Like Eagles
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Michael Ricci
Harrison Ford chairman of the Young Eagles encourages young middle school students soar like young eagles
Since 1992, more than 1.4 million young people in the United States and Canada have participated in Young Eagles, the largest aviation program for children in the country. The South Bay chapter, which held the Torrance event, has flown about 6,000 participants, most of them referred to the program by schools, advertising, youth groups or word of mouth. “The kids get to see someone ...
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Launch of Giant Steps Jazz Course - Mini Course
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All About Jazz
Launch of Giant Steps Jazz Course - mini course Three residential weekends and four self-study weeks Starting 28th February 2009 At the De Vere Uplands, High Wycombe, Bucks
Thought to be the first course of its kind, the Giant Steps Jazz Course combines the best features of a weekend workshop, a residential course and a full-time music education. Open to players of all jazz instruments, the course comprises three residential weekend modules, interspersed with ...
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Brenda Carol Master Class: Choosing Repertoire for Auditions
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All About Jazz
A JAZZ MASTER CLASS WILL BE PRESENTED BY ACCLAIMED VOCALIST BRENDA CAROL ON JANUARY 31, 2009 Jon Long of Long & McQuade and Brenda Carol Vocal Lessons along with the generous support of the Beaches Jazz Festival Youth Initiatives are pleased to present a Free jazz/rock master class with internationally acclaimed singer Brenda Carol. This master class lecture is funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Ms. Carol will be highlighting the choices of repertoire as it applies to admissions programs ...
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Lucas School House to Close at the End of the Month
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The Soulard music venue Lucas School House will close after a final show on New Year's Eve. The RFT's Annie Zaleski broke the story in a blog post last Friday, and the Post's Kevin Johnson also has an item on his blog today. Over the last two and half years, Lucas School House featured a variety of musical genres, emphasizing rock, Americana and singer-songwriters, but also hosting jam bands, monthly events from Cafe Soul shows and the occasional ...
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Warner Music Pitches ISP License to Universities
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HypeBot
Warner Music Group's Jim Griffen, who has been a vocal proponent of blanket music licensing at the ISP level, is out pitching the idea to some of America's top universities. Columbia, Stanford, University of Chicago, University of Washington, MIT, University of Colorado, University of Michigan, Cornell, Penn State, University of California at Berkeley and University of Virginia have expressed interest and talks are under way according to TechDirt who also dubbed the plan “pay-us-not-to-sue".
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Jazzpianoonline.com has two Arrangements of O Little Town of Bethlehem
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All About Jazz
Duo Camp with Brian Jones and J.C. Kuhl
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RVAjazz
The following notice comes from Brian Jones. Email [email protected] if interested.j.c. kuhl (saxophones) and brian jones (drum set) will be teaching a workshop on duo playing this january. though the day and time are still up in the air, it will definitely be one day during the week of monday 1/5/2009-sunday 1/11/2009. the workshop will last 4 hours and cost $100. we are still working on securing the location, but it will be somewhere in the city ...
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