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International Songwriting Competition Awards Grand Prize to Jazz Trumpeter Shunzo Ohno
The International Songwriting Competition has awarded its 2014 Grand Prize to jazz trumpeter Shunzo Ohno. Ohno has been described as modest and seemingly shy, and he has overcome health challenges in his life that would have potentially ended any musician's career. Surviving both a serious car accident in which his teeth and lips were permanently damaged ...
Markus Gottschlich Receives Official Designation As A Steinway & Sons Artist
Paying homage to an elite class of pianos, Steinway & Sons, the Austrian-born pianist and composer Markus Gottschlich, has, through his work, joined the coveted roster of Steinway Artists. Such a designation not only signifies his preference for the brand, in which his entire sophomore album, Of Places Between, was performed on a Steinway & Sons ...
New England Conservatory Announces 13 Winners In 37th Annual Downbeat Student Music Awards
Winners include Incoming and Current Students and Awards from Programs run by NEC Alumni New England Conservatory announces 13 winners from the 37th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. The awards, considered one of the top student music competitions in the world, feature categories for junior high, high school and university music students and bands. The 2014 ...
Berklee Senior Clifton Williams Wins Apollo Theater Theme Song Contest
Boston, MA – Berklee College of Music senior Clifton Williams was named winner of the Apollo Theater Amateur Night Song Competition last night after his composition, “A Legacy Fulfilled: Welcome to the Apollo," was performed in front of a live audience at the famed Harlem venue. Williams, a Berklee Presidential Scholar who graduates on May 10, ...
New England Conservatory Jazz Alumna Matana Roberts Receives Doris Duke Impact Award
Program will give awards to 100 artists over the next five years New England Conservatory jazz alumna Matana Roberts '03 M.M. is one of 20 individuals in the first class of Doris Duke Impact Awards, presented by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Roberts will receive an unrestricted cash grant of as much as $80,000. The Impact ...
Mwalim Daphunkee Professor Wins "Best Male Jazz" In The 2014 New England Urban Music Awards
Third win in even year cycle for 'NDN Jazz' artist. Competition particularly stiff this year. BOSTON, MA - The Hibernian Hall auditorium erupted with applause as Mwalim *7) - DaPhunkee Professor (Morgan James Peters) took to the stage to accept his “Best Male Jazz" award at the 9th Annual Urban Music Awards, followed by a performance ...
Jazz Heroes 2014
The Jazz Journalists Association has named 24 Jazz Heroes, recognizing them as “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz.” Among them is Jim Wilke, whose Sunday Jazz Northwest program we at Rifftides sometimes tell you about. It airs today at 2:00 pm PDT on KPLU-FM, 88.5 in Seattle and streams here on the internet. Jim ...
Mwalim “Best Male Jazz” Nominee In The New England Urban Music Awards! Cast Your Vote!
The 8th Annual New England Urban Music Awards (NEUMA) are upon us, releasing this past Tuesday the list of official nominees. Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor is a nominee for the “Best Male Jazz Artist” category, for his latest album “Awakened By A Noon Day Sun” (LMMGM/ Spirit Wind Records). Cast your vote for Mwalim and other nominees ...
SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Win Next Generation Festival Award Celebrate With SFJAZZ Center Concert April 26
The SFJAZZ High School All-Stars, under the direction of Paul Contos, won the Conglomerate Big Band Division Award for the second time in a row at the 2014 Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey, CA. In addition to winning the Conglomerate Big Band Division, four of the All-Stars earned Outstanding Soloist Awards: Matt Wong (piano), Benjamin ...
Chicago Jazz Musician Wins Religion Award
Chicago bassist, guitarist and composer Karl E. H. Seigfried has been awarded Best Religion Weblog 2014 for his website, The Norse Mythology Blog. This is the third straight year his blog has won the top spot in the international Weblog Awards. Karl is the only religion writer to have a triple win, and his site is ...
