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The 2012 Pat Metheny Summer Music Workshop!

December 9, 2011

National Music Workshop Is Proud To Announce: The 2012 Pat Metheny Summer Music Workshop! For intermediate and advanced jazz musicians, all instruments (limited enrollment) Event to be held August 20-24, 2012, The Spa at Norwich Inn, Norwich, CT The National Music Workshop is proud to announce the 2012 Pat Metheny Summer Music Workshop. World-renowned guitarist, composer ...

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Billy Cobham Online Drum School Goes Live

December 9, 2011

California-based music education technology company ArtistWorks has opened the ArtistWorks Drum Academy today with the launch of online drum schools from two of the world's top drummers: world-renowned fusion and jazz drumming legend Billy Cobham and rock drumming superstar Thomas Lang. Both the Billy Cobham School of Drums and the Thomas Lang School of Drums utilize ...

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New Lesson on JazzPianoOnline.com: From Lead Sheet to Arrangement - The Safflower

December 6, 2011

At the heart of solo jazz piano playing lies the use of spread and rootless voicings. But to truly transform a simple lead sheet into a captivating piece of music involves digging deeper into the jazz player's bag of tricks and employing an array of arranging and reharmonization techniques to develop and intensify the underlying character ...

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Berklee College of Music Breaks Ground for 16 Story Tower in Boston

December 3, 2011

On Thursday, November 30, 2011, the Berklee College of Music broke ground for a 16-story, $100 million new dormitory and music center for the school's student population, located at 160 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. Attending the groundbreaking were Roger Brown, president of Berklee, Tom Menino, mayor of Boston, and a number of local public official, school ...

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Berklee Auditions Around the US for Lollapalooza Scholarship

November 26, 2011

Boston, MA: Berklee College of Music will be visiting 20 cities around the U.S. from November though March as part the Berklee World Tour, where the college conducts live auditions and interviews with students interested in pursuing their dream of studying at Berklee. The college's unique audition and interview process is designed to identify students who ...

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Berklee Auditions Around the US for Lollapalooza Scholarship

November 25, 2011

Berklee College of Music will be visiting 20 cities around the US from November though March as part the Berklee World Tour, where the college conducts live auditions and interviews with students interested in pursuing their dream of studying at Berklee. The college's unique audition and interview process is designed to identify students who are most ...

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Vijay Iyer Appointed Director, Banff Centre Jazz Program

November 22, 2011

One of the most critically acclaimed jazz musicians of the new century, pianist, composer, and bandleader Vijay Iyer has been appointed director of the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at The Banff Centre. Iyer will be at the 2012 Workshop (May 21 to June 9), and will officially take over the role in ...

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Piano for Thanksgiving? New YouTube Video Celebrates the Holiday!

November 20, 2011

Thanksgiving ... a time for reflection and gratitude. And piano music? “Why not" says pianist and composer Edward Weiss. Weiss, who owns and operates Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music has just released a YouTube video titled 'Thanksgiving.' This video runs a little over one minute and features piano music by Weiss set to a very reflective ...

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The New York Jazz Workshop announces the formation of several new classes!

November 18, 2011

From Bebop to Hard Bop with Mark Sherman (Intermediate/Advanced) Play in a jazz band under the direction of Mark Sherman, winner of “Rising Star Vibes" Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll 2007-2010. He will take you on a musical journey spanning three decades from Bebop to HardBop. You will play, among other things, the music of Charlie Parker, ...

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Young Artists Residency in Cleveland

November 18, 2011

Dominick Farinacci About 15 years ago my old friend, pianist-educator Eric Gould invited me to speak to his students at a Saturday morning music education program at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C). When I arrived the students were running down a chart, then they took a break before my talk. As they broke the kids were bouncing ...