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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 ...
What NEC Means to Me – Alumni Speak Out
“Everything that I have done throughout my career has been based on the lessons that I learned at NEC. Studying in the Afro-American Music and Third Stream Music Departments (precursor of today's CI Dept.) I was taught the one-two combination of ear training and developing my own style. My teachers - Jaki Byard, Joe Maneri, Bob ...
New Online Jazz Improvisation Lesson Available: Transcribed Sonny Rollins Solos
A new scooby-sax.com lesson examines two transcribed solos of Sonny Rollins on “What Is This Thing Called Love." The lesson highlights similarities and differences among the master take and the alternate take. Additionally, it presents a method of extracting ideas from the solos and internalizing them while simultaneously memorizing the harmony of the tune. Finally, the ...
New on JazzPianoOnline.com: Improvising over Confirmation
Tommy Flanagan spins out a dizzyingly virtuosic solo (at quite a brisk tempo, needless to say) over this classic Charlie Parker standard on his 1977 Enja trio recording “Confirmation," with George Mraz on bass and Elvin Jones on drums. In this lesson, the tune is analyzed for harmonic content by deriving chordscales from the progression and ...
Free Trombone Shorty Workshop at the Jazz Academy in Columbus, OH on June 6
Faculty: Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews Date/Time: Saturday, June 6, 2:00pm Registration Deadline: Friday, June 5 Class Fee: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Join Trombone Shorty for an hour-long conversation about his life and music. Hailing from Treme, the most musical neighborhood in the most musical city--New Orleans--Troy “Trombone Shorty" ...
African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh - Jazz Appreciation Month 2009 Panel Discussion
African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh Jazz Appreciation Month 2009 Panel Discussion: State of Jazz in the Community: Past, Present, Future Location: The Union Project; 801 North Negley Avenue; Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009 Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm FREE Admission Panelists include: Kevin Amos: New Media / Technology ...
Trio Globo to Give Free Concerts, Workshops on April 23 and 24 at SLCC-Meramec
Trio Globo (pictured), the eclectic jazz/folk/classical/world music band that includes (from left) cellist Eugene Friesen, multi-instrumentalist Howard Levy, and percussionist Glen Velez, will be in St. Louis next week on Thursday, April 23 and Friday, April 24 for a residency at St. Louis Community College-Meramec.Levy, Friesen and Velez will take part in two days ...
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