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Augusta Read Thomas, Daniel Kellogg Named As Guest Composers For The 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival

October 1, 2012

Columbia, MO – Continuing its emerging tradition of pairing an acknowledged master and a rising star, the Mizzou New Music Initiative has named Augusta Read Thomas and Daniel Kellogg as guest composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Formerly known as the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, the MICF will be held from Monday, ...

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Berkleemusic Joins Coursera Education Revolution with Free Online Music Classes

September 21, 2012

Higher education is experiencing disruptive changes that are still very much in the early stages. Berkleemusic, the online division of Berklee College of Music, is joining in that disruption by offering a group of free music classes on Coursera, a company that also offers classes from such leading institutions as Columbia, Johns Hopkins and UC Berkeley. ...

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inDepth Jazz Clinic And Concert Celebrate Brazilian Samba in Rockville, Maryland

September 17, 2012

In celebration of America’s 50-year love affair with Brazilian jazz, five venerated jazz artists will teach and perform Samba music in the first inDepth Jazz Clinic and Concert of the season. The eight-year-old series near the nation’s capital serves gifted amateur and semi- pro musicians and jazz lovers with half a dozen programs annually. Last season’s ...

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Berklee Celebrate Its New Campus In Valencia, Spain, With The Launch Of The College’s First-ever Master’s Degrees

September 13, 2012

On September 17, Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will give the welcome speech at the college's new campus in Valencia, Spain, to launch Berklee’s first-ever graduate programs, offering degrees in Contemporary Performance; Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games; and Global Entertainment and Music Business. This event represents the successful culmination of an ...

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Saxophonist Sam Newsome and Pianist Ethan Iverson Perform in the Sound It out Series at Greenwich House Music School, September 15, 2012.

September 5, 2012

Sam Newsome will play an intro set of incantatory solo soprano saxophone - including famous Coltrane and Ellington pieces - before being joined by Iverson, pianist of The Bad Plus, for a full duo performance. The Sound It Out series presents saxophonist Sam Newsome and pianist Ethan Iverson in performance at the Greenwich House Music School ...

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Improvisation For Piano: "New Age" Method Gets Adults Playing Right Away

August 20, 2012

The piano. So many people would love to play this amazing instrument. But for most, it’s just a faraway dream. But according to pianist and online piano teacher Edward Weiss, this dream may be closer than you think. Weiss has come up with a ‘New Age’ method that promises to show even a complete beginner how ...

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Kevin Hays NYC Workshop on Sunday, August 19th

August 8, 2012

Master pianist Kevin Hays will be conducting another in a series of workshops for pianists (and other instrumentalists interested in developing their harmony, line playing, improvisation, piano skills, etc.) on Sunday August 19th at the Church St School for Music & Art, NYC from 1-4:00pm. These are small, intimate classes (ten person max) with an opportunity ...

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First West Coast Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute At UCLA Held August 7-11; Culminates With Wild Up Concert On August 11

July 31, 2012

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University (CJS), in cooperation with The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, and EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discovery Network, will present the second Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) from August 7-11, 2012 for the first time on the West Coast at UCLA. JCOI ...

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Jazz Arts Group's Jazz In Schools Partners With A+ Children's Academy For Inaugural Music Festival

July 28, 2012

Columbus, OH – In partnership with the Jazz Arts Group’s Jazz in Schools program, A+ Children’s Academy Community School (ACAC) is hosting the first annual A+ Community Music Festival on July 28, 2012 from 11 AM to 3 PM on the school grounds at 100 Obetz Road. Admission is free. The inaugural event for the A+ ...

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National Guitar Workshop Closes Its Doors; Litchfield Jazz Camp Offers Places At 50% Off.

July 20, 2012

Kent. CT: On Monday, July 9 Litchfield Jazz Camp learned of the impending bankruptcy of the National Guitar Workshop, a three-decades-old program that at the height of its activities served up to 6000 students annually, according to David Smolover, its owner and founder. Litchfield Jazz Camp’s artistic director, Don Braden, and its founder and executive director, ...