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Creating Original Music Project Rewards Student Composers From Across Missouri

April 6, 2012

Columbia, MO: From “Windswept Dreams” to “Madness,” the winning entries in the seventh annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition demonstrate the passion and commitment of the young composers who brought them to life. For 2012, a total of 22 elementary, middle school and high school students from across Missouri have been awarded prizes in the ...

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Jazz From J-Z: American Voices Jazz Program In Kuwait

April 5, 2012

American Voices and the U.S. Embassy to Kuwait are partnering to conduct a series of jazz concerts and educational programs in Kuwait as part of Jazz Appreciation Month. To promote cultural engagement, the Jazz From J-Z program will feature jazz musicians CoCo York and Mike del Ferro conducting a series of workshops and performances in Kuwait ...

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Sligo Jazz Summer School And Festival 24-29 July 2012

April 2, 2012

The best value summer school in Europe! Sligo Jazz Project, an organization run by musicians for musicians ensures all funds raised go towards keeping its annual main event— a six day intensive summer school and full blown jazz festival—as inclusive as possible and open to all musicians from all backgrounds! Sligo Jazz Project's stellar 2012 faculty ...

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Jazz For Young People Family Concert: What Is New Orleans Jazz?

April 1, 2012

JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE® FAMILY CONCERT EXPLORES “WHAT IS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ?" SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST AT 1 AND 3 PM In this exciting interactive concert, jazz drummer and educator Alvin Atkinson and friends invite families to join the Second Line parade and express their own personal style through movement and song as they learn the language ...

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15 High School Jazz Band Finalists Announced For 17th Annual Essentially Ellington

April 1, 2012

15 HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 17TH ANNUAL ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND COMPETITION & FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY MAY 4-6, 2012 Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the 15 finalist bands and one winning community band for its prestigious 17th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. The bands ...

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Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Announces First Youth Education Initiative

March 22, 2012

Initiative Supports Expansion of Music Program at Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County NEWPORT, RI: In keeping with its mission to present programs to educate young people about folk music, George Wein and the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. today announced its first youth education initiative, which will support the expansion of the music program of ...

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Jazz Arts Group Announces the 10th Annual Hank Marr High School Jazz Award Competition

March 15, 2012

Columbus, OH The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is looking for Ohio's finest young musicians to participate in the tenth annual Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. This award demonstrates excellence in musicianship and performance amongst central Ohio's young students of jazz. “This competition is extremely important in these times where music and arts are ...

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Honoring Its Steadfast Commitment To Building New Audiences For Jazz, National Nonprofit JazzReach Has Served Over A Quarter Million Young People Nationwide Since Inception

March 12, 2012

AIMS TO SERVE MORE THAN 30,000 THIS YEAR ALONE EXTENSIVE NATIONAL TOURING & OUTREACH CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, REACHING YOUNG PEOPLE IN OVER 17 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES LATEST ALBUM AND LIVE MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM BIG DRUM/SMALL WORLD CELEBRATES INCREASINGLY GLOBAL NATURE OF JAZZ WITH COMMISSIONED WORKS BY SOME OF TODAY'S MOST ACCLAIMED COMPOSERS “With music this compelling and ...

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New Music Seminar 2012 Unveils High Powered Speakers List Including Bob Pittman and Sean Parker

March 6, 2012

The New Music Seminar (NMS), set to take place in New York City June 17 to 19, announced an impressive speakers list. They include SoundExchange President, Michael Huppe; Pandora CEO/President, Joe Kennedy; Clear Channel Entertainment President, John Sykes; BMI CEO/President, Del Bryant; Violator Management CEO, Chris Lighty; Nile Rodgers Productions Founder/Owner, Nile Rodgers; Reverb Nation CEO/Founder, ...

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Jazz Arts Group PBJ & Jazz Season Finale with Michael Cox - March 10

February 28, 2012

Columbus, OH The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) and Bob Evans Farms present the PBJ & Jazz season finale featuring Columbus Jazz Orchestra saxophonist Michael Cox at the Lincoln Theatre ballroom on March 10, 2012. Due to popular demand, this year's season has been expanded to include two performance times per concert, beginning at 10:00 ...