Results for "Education"

Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony Concerts Announced

July 17, 2007

Stockton, CA - World-renowned trumpet player Marvin Stamm will share musical tips and ideas with some of the most talented teen-aged jazz players in the country this summer. He is one of 11 professional musicians who will participate in the Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony next month as a guest artist. At the conclusion of the ...

Student Musicians "Jam" in Youth @ Jazz

July 16, 2007

Bethel Woods to Sponsor Interactive Youth Education & Jazz Performance BETHEL, NY -- On August 4, 2007, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts will host Youth @ Jazz, a unique demonstration and interpretive “jam" session where area students will not only see and hear professional musicians, but also play with them. James Emery and the String ...

Mel Bay Music Instruction Series Marks 60th Anniversary

July 10, 2007

New York Violinist Bringing Suzuki Training Methods to Aspiring Iraqi Performers

July 6, 2007

This July, Musicians For Harmony Founder Allegra Klein will travel to Northern Iraq to participate in a landmark event -- The Iraqi Summer Performing Arts Academy. The free Academy -- the first project of its kind in the history of Iraq -- will deliver an American educational experience to over 300 of the country's aspiring performers. ...

Jazz Stars Shine in the Classroom

July 5, 2007

This is one summer school students are happy to attend The love of performing came naturally for piano player Angus Grundy. Less easy in coming was any sort of professional expertise to cement that love. “As an amateur, you soon realize that it's hard enough to play badly," he says. “If you want to play well, ...

Latin Jazz Music Camp Presents Free Family Concert in Cleveland, July 10-13

June 25, 2007

Cleveland, Ohio - The third annual Roberto Ocasio Latin Jazz Music Camp, will be held July 10-13, on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace College (Music Conservatory) in Berea, Ohio, near Cleveland. The three-day program will conclude with a free Latin Jazz concert at 7:00 p.m. on the B-W Campus' Kulas Music Building, Gamble Auditorium, 96 Front St., ...

Shelton G. Berg Named Frost School of Music Dean

June 24, 2007

The University of Miami has announced the appointment of Shelton G. Berg as the new dean of the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. Berg, the McCoy/Sample Endowed Professor of Jazz Studies in the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California will replace William Hipp, who has served as dean since 1983. ...

Acclaimed Musician, Composer and Educator Shelton G. Berg Named Frost School of Music Dean

June 22, 2007

CORAL GABLES, FL - The University of Miami has announced the appointment of Shelton G. Berg as the new dean of the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. Berg, the McCoy/Sample Endowed Professor of Jazz Studies in the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California (USC) will replace William Hipp, who has ...

Summer Jazz Film and Concert Series at Nopl

June 22, 2007

Looking At: Jazz, America's Art Form" video discussion and concert series starts at the Northern Onondaga Public Library at North Syracuse, NY WHAT: The Northern Onondaga Public Library, North Syracuse, NY will host a free six-part film viewing, discussion, and concert series called “Looking At: Jazz, America's Art Form." The series uses ...

AAJ and UArts Initiate Philadelphia Jazz History Project: Readers Invited to Participate

June 12, 2007

The University of the Arts School of Performing Arts, in cooperation with All About Jazz, is proud to honor the Philadelphia jazz legacy and musicians with a new project to document the history of jazz in the region from the inception to the present time. With such luminaries as Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Charlie Ventura, John ...