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Berklee Auditions Around the US for Lollapalooza Scholarship
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 ...
Berklee Auditions Around the US for Lollapalooza Scholarship
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 ...
Vijay Iyer Appointed Director, Banff Centre Jazz Program
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 ...
Piano for Thanksgiving? New YouTube Video Celebrates the Holiday!
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 ...
The New York Jazz Workshop announces the formation of several new classes!
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, ...
Young Artists Residency in Cleveland
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 ...
Billy Cobham Announces Online Drum School
California-based music education company ArtistWorks will premiere the ArtistWorks Drum Academy (ADA) with the debut of online schools from three of the world's most accomplished, respected and talented drummers: world-renowned jazz and drumming legend Billy Cobham, drumming superstar/producer Thomas Lang, and latin percussion Icon Luis Conte. Launching on December 8th, both the Billy Cobham Drum School ...
Bob Reynolds to Present Free Master Class This Saturday, November 12 at Saxquest
Saxophonist Bob Reynolds (pictured), known for his association with hit-making singer/songwriter John Mayer, will be in St. Louis to present a free master class at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday, November 12 at Saxquest, 2114 Cherokee St. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Reynolds also has performed or recorded with other well-known musicians such as Michael ...
Jazz Arts Group Awarded $85,000 from JPMorgan Chase for Jazz Academy's Creative Communities
Columbus, OH: The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) will continue its partnership with the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to serve the greater Columbus and Weinland Park areas through its Jazz Academy community and school programs. With its recent $85,000 award to the “Creative Communities" project, JPMorgan Chase has invested nearly a quarter million dollars in this ...
Missouri Composers Orchestra Project seeks recent works for performance in March
Columbia, MO: The Columbia Civic Orchestra (CCO) and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are looking for recent orchestral compositions written by Missouri residents to perform at a concert in March, 2012. To inaugurate the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project, a new program sponsored by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, the CCO will present a concert of six recent ...
