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Theater, Jazz Venues Officially Historic

Source: All About Jazz
December 30, 2008

A theater on Baronne Street, an eight-story former telephone company building on Poydras Street and a group of small commercial buildings on South Rampart Street -- structures without a lot in common except that they are New Orleans' newest officially designated landmarks. The Central Business District panel of the Historic District Landmarks Commission voted recently to designate as local landmarks the former Civic Theatre, a former BellSouth building and a group of buildings that played important roles in the early ...

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Victorville Scholar Brings Order to Dyslexia

Source: All About Jazz
December 30, 2008

When Eric Atkinson was growing up in Victorville, some of his teachers told him he was stupid. “You get told something so many times in so many ways and it starts to get to you," he said. “I almost didn't graduate from high school because of this, my low self-esteem." He is not stupid. Far from it. But he is dyslexic, living with an impairment in his brain's system of translating information that can strike people of any intelligence. Atkinson ...

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Musicians Give Back

Source: All About Jazz
December 28, 2008

We are very excited to share with you what Rhythmworkz was involved up in Reno last week. An opportunity was made available for Larry Washington, Joe Alessandro, Mike Sims and Kevin Flournoy to lead some clinics & classes, and perform at assemblies in two schools in the Washoe County School District in Reno.

The initial contact was developed by Traner Middle School Arts teacher Cynthia Ford, who arranged a meeting for us with the principals of both Traner and Hug ...

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Berklee to Hold Scholarship Auditions in Australia for the First Time

Source: All About Jazz
December 23, 2008

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].

Berklee’s unique audition ...

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Harrison Ford Helps Inner City Kids Fly Like Eagles

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2008

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

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

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

Source: All About Jazz
December 18, 2008

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

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 16, 2008

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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