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Berklee to Hold Scholarship Auditions in Nairobi, Kenya
Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview (A&I) events in Kenya as part of its Africa Scholars Program, offering talented musicians the chance to be awarded scholarships to attend the college. The college inaugurated the Africa Scholars Program with A&I events in Accra ...
Notes from the Net: More on Kind of Blue's 50th Anniversary; Quincy Jones Speaks out on Music Education; Plus News, Reviews, and More
Here's this week's compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* Starting, as we usually do, with news of the St. Louis area's most famous ...
Thousands of Kansas City Students Participate in Thelonious Monk Institute Programs May 18-22
Thousands of Kansas City Public School Students Participate in Peer-to-Peer Blues and Jazz Education Programs May 18- 22 Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Artists Bobby Watson and Lisa Henry Week-Long Series of Events Includes Concert Open to the Public At The Blue Room on May 21 Washington, D.C. – The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will ...
Seattle Times: 3 Seattle-Area Schools Intend to Prove Their Essentially Ellington Prowess This Weekend
Essentially Ellington, the nation’s premier high-school jazz band competition, begins in New York City today, and once again, Seattle-area schools are there. The 2009 field includes Seattle’s Garfield and Roosevelt high schools, plus Bellevue’s Newport High School. Roosevelt won the 2008 contest, with Garfield finishing second, showing Seattle’s continued dominance of the competition. Seattle-area schools have ...
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Brings Peer-to-Peer Jazz Education Program to Pittsburgh Public Schools May 11-16
Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Artists Antonio Hart & Lisa Henry Weeklong Series of Events Concludes with Concerts Open to the Public at Little E’s Jazz Club May 15-16 Washington, D.C. – The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will introduce its “Peer-to-Peer” jazz education program in the Pittsburgh public schools on May 11-16. Combining performance with information, ...
Richie Garcia Joins L.A. Music Academy Drum Department
Drummer, Percussionist and Clinician Richie Gajate Garcia Joins Los Angeles Music Academy's Drum Faculty “Percussion for Vocalists" Added to Curriculum Pasadena, CA -- LA Music Academy (http://www.lamusicacademy.edu), fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, announced today that the renowned Richie Gajate Garcia will teach the school's hand percussion classes, effective immediately. Garcia was ...
Academy of Music Opens in OK Lips, Allen and More to Teach
THE ACADEMY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. MUSIC STUDENTS WITH THE OPENING OF ACM@UCO THE FLAMING LIPS, LILY ALLEN & MORE TO TEACH MASTER CLASSES The Flaming Lips The Academy of Contemporary Music, a trailblazing music school, is set to create a new model for music education as ...
New York Jazz Academy, New Jazz School for Kids and Adults, Opens on Manhattan's Upper West Side
New York Jazz Academy, New Jazz School for Kids and Adults, Opens on Manhattan's Upper West Side NEW YORK, NY -- The New York Jazz Academy, the Upper West Side's newest music school, will soon be opening its doors, and is now accepting summer and fall 2009 registration inquiries from all interested parents and students. This ...
NEC Announces Appointments of Pianist-Composer Fred Hersch and Saxophonist Miguel Zenon to the Jazz Studies Faculty
Hersch ’77 a Three-Time Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim Fellow Zenon a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant Recipient at 32 As it looks forward to celebrating 40 Years of Jazz at NEC in 2009/10, New England Conservatory has announced the appointment of two outstanding musicians to its jazz studies faculty: pianist–composer Fred Hersch, an alumnus of the Class ...
Jazz at New England Conservatory: A Timeline of Significant Events
1969 NEC President Gunther Schuller hires saxophonist Carl Atkins to head Department of African-American Music and Jazz Studies, the first such program at a classical conservatory. Composer George Russell and pianist Jaki Byard on Atkins' faculty. 1974 Pianist Ran Blake forms Third Stream Department. Pianist Jaki Byard, trombonist Phil Wilson, and composer/arranger Ernie Wilkins chair jazz ...
