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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Grant to Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.
Percussionist Dafnis Prieto Commissioned to Write New Composition to Debut at 2012 Newport Jazz Festival NEWPORT, RI, November 16, 2011—The Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. has been awarded a 29-month Arts Program grant in the amount of $50, 000 from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) to support presentations by DDCF grantees at the Newport Jazz Festival® during ...
MCG Jazz, Paquito D’Rivera and "Panamericana Suite" Receives Two Latin Grammy Awards
Pittsburgh, PA: MCG Jazz, the independent record label housed at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild on the North Side, has again produced a CD that has won two Latin GRAMMY® Awards. The awards were announced today during the pre-telecast awards show at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Congratulations go out to Paquito D'Rivera on his ...
2011 Thelonious Monk Piano Competition
By Gene Seymour, EYE ON THE ARTS, NY WASHINGTON, D.C.—For its 25th anniversary edition, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz's international competition returned to its roots by featuring its namesake's instrument. And though the event has yielded terrific finds in category winners from singing (Teri Thornton) to saxophones (Joshua Redman), the Monk piano contests have discovered ...
La Maison Française Honored with DCJF Jazz Advocacy Award
The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) honored La Maison Française and The Embassy of France as the recipient of the 2011 John Conyers Jr. Jazz Advocacy Award for its devotion and commitment to jazz. The Jazz Advocacy Award is presented each year to an individual or organization that has actively supported jazz and the DCJF. The award, ...
NEA Jazz Masters Program Still Hanging In...
NEA Jazz Masters Program Finds New Support for Federal Funding The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Appropriations recently insisted on the continuation of the 29-year-old Jazz Masters fellowship, which was recommended to be cut earlier in the year by the National Endowment of the Arts. The 2012 appropriations bill submitted by the Department of the ...
Michael E. Anderson wins 2012 Sinquefield Composition Prize
Columbia, MO: The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are pleased to announce that Michael E. Anderson is the winner of the 2012 Sinquefield Composition Prize. Anderson, a Mizzou senior, submitted his piece “At the Mercy of the Forest" to the competition and was selected for the prize by a ...
2011 Americana Music Association Award Winners
Americana music is hard to define, and no where want that more obvious than at last night's 2011 Americana Music Association Awards where winners ranged from Jerry Douglas to Gregg Allman. A list of 2011 Americana Music Award Winners: ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Band Of Joy, Robert Plant ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Buddy Miller INSTRUMENTALIST OF ...
Chris Greco - Nominee - Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011
Official Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011 November 17, 2011, Hollywood, California Chris Greco Jazz “Merope" About Chris Greco Multi-instrumentalist Greco free lanced, recorded, explored small, medium, and large group formats and was a significant contributor to the jazz culture of Los Angeles during the 1980's and the 1990's. His jazz recordings from ...
Grammy Award-Nominated Greats, Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau Take the Stage in a One-Night Collaboration as the Annenberg Center Kicks Off Its 40th Anniversary Season
Philadelphia, PA: The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents a night jam-packed with jazz, as prodigious tenor saxophonist, Joshua Redman and internationally-acclaimed jazz pianist, Brad Mehldau join forces for one unforgettable duo performance, October 14, 2011 at 7:30 PM. Melding their two adventurous, yet distinctive artistic voices, Redman and Mehldau's duo cuts the extraneous and ...
Thirteen Berklee Alumni Nominated for Latin Grammy Awards
Thirteen Berklee alumni working in one of the most vital segments of the music industry have been nominated for Latin Grammy Awards. The majority of nominees are Music Production and Engineering (MP&E) alumni, 10 in all, some of whom are competing against each other in the Record and Album of the Year categories. Others appear in ...
