Results for "Education"

Charlie Harrington Becomes Member of the Professional Drum Teachers Guild

July 27, 2009

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2009-2010 NEA Jazz Masters Live Grants

July 27, 2009

For the second year, the National Endowment for the Arts will bring outstanding jazz musicians, writers, producers, and scholars to communities across the nation through NEA Jazz Masters Live. For the 2009-10 season, 12 organizations will receive grants totaling $250,000 through the program to support multi-event, extended engagements, featuring many jazz greats who have received an ...

Bob Sheppard Sax Master Class Kicks Off New LA JAZZPRO Master Class Series on August 1, 2009 in Studio City, CA

July 27, 2009

Los Angeles JAZZPRO Master Class Series Studio City, CA August 1, 2009 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Looking for inspiration this summer? In an effort to join communities together by presenting local and international jazz artists that share themselves with students, young professionals and music aficionados,we offer this new and ...

Los Angeles Music Academy AA Degree Program

July 22, 2009

Los Angeles Music Academy To Offer Associates of Arts Degrees in Music Performance -- Degree Available for Drums, Guitar, Bass and Vocal Departments Pasadena, CA -- LA Music Academy announced today that it has met all requirements by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) to offer students a Professional Associates of Arts Degree in ...

Three Students Awarded Jazz Scholarships to Eastman

July 10, 2009

Gabe Condon of Penfield and brothers Jeffrey Krol and Matthew Krol of Painted Post will join Eastman School of Music's incoming freshman class in the fall as this year's recipients of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival /Eastman School of Music scholarship. The awards are sponsored by XRIJF producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona and funded ...

The New School and the Israel Conservatory of Music Announce Partnership

July 9, 2009

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music has announced it will partner with the Center for Jazz Studies at the Israel Conservatory of Music (ICM) in Tel-Aviv, Israel, to enable Israeli students to earn a degree in jazz on the college level. In this four-year program, which will launch this fall, students will begin their ...

Grand Finale at the Jazz Bakery

June 29, 2009

George Kahn and his Jazz Group gave a fonds farewell to the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles on its closing day, May 31, 2009. The concert featured George's Quintet with the Santa Monica High School Jazz Big Band. About 185 jazz fans and friends attended. The final performance at The Jazz Bakery was a smash. The ...

Jazz Education in New York City

June 26, 2009

The New York Jazz Workshop announces the creation of a new structure to provide affordable Jazz education in New York City. Starting with 3 jazz workshops in August 2009, the New York Jazz Workshop will offer ongoing classes for adults and young adults starting in September. The New York Jazz Workshop faculty is comprised of many ...

Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships

June 15, 2009

Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships Location: Kent School, Kent, CT Contact: 860-567-4162 Email: [email protected] Website: litchfieldjazzfest.com Kent. CT--Litchfield Jazz Camp, the 13-year-old teaching arm of the renowned Litchfield Jazz Festival, has made if first big move this summer-- to Kent School in Kent, CT, for a month-long ...

Berklee Returns to New Orleans Musicians' Village to Build Homes

June 15, 2009

Continuing Berklee's commitment of giving back to the birthplace of jazz, the college's Gracenotes Volunteer Committee is sponsoring its third annual trip to New Orleans. This year, the committee awarded sponsorships to four staff members and four faculty members. The group will travel to Louisiana with two Gracenotes administrators June 22– 28 to help build the ...