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Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Festival Now Accepting Applications
The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce the 5th Annual Next Generation Festival, featuring the nations most talented middle school, high school, conglomerate, and college jazz musicians and vocalists. The Next Generation Festival, which includes MJF's Next Generation Festival Jazz Competition, will take place in ...
Building the Music School of the Future
Valencia, Spain will soon be home to a $145 million school of rock (and pop and jazz) from the Boston-based Berklee College of Music, which hopes to extend its successful contemporary music training program to European shores. “ARTeria Valencia" will be a state-of-the-art, 25-story building (see artist's renderings) featuring faculty and student housing, a high-speed data ...
Richmond Jazz Society Guest Educators Series Presents Bungalo 6
Trumpeter/Flugelhornist Mark Ingraham has quickly become one of the most versatile young lions on the Richmond Jazz scene. In 2006 this Virginia-based composer founded Bungalo 6, nine talented musicians, many of whom recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University's renowned jazz program. Their debut album, “Radio Ready", features sassy vocals backed by powerful dance grooves ...
Emeryville Taiko Director Susan Horn Made a Dream Come True
Emeryville Taiko Announces workshops and concert series for November in the Bay area Emeryville CA location is closed; classes temporarily canceled Sadly, we are unable to continue using our Emeryville location for classes and workshops due to occupancy permit issues. Until we find an alternate space we have reluctantly suspended our classes and lecture/demo sessions. See ...
Essay in D: The Critics Cogitation About Titles
Perhaps the notion of giving a work a title makes composers feel awkward. During an interview segment of a Making Music concert at Zankel Hall last week the composer George Crumb was asked whether the titles of the first and last movements of his Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) Vocalise (... for the Beginning of ...
Jazz St. Louis Seeks Student Saxophonist to Perform with Greg Osby and Willie Akins
Jazz St. Louis is looking for a young saxophonist who may be “St. Louis' next rising star of jazz" to perform with saxophonists Greg Osby (pictured) and Willie Akins on April 10 and 11 at Jazz at the Bistro.The concert is dubbed “St. Louis Shoes," after Osby's CD of the same name; the competition ...
George Benson's Breezin' Lounge Now Accepting Students
After many months of development, jazz guitarists who would like to learn directly from jazz great George Benson will get their opportunity. The Breezin' Lounge launched on WorkshopLive.com last week and the website accepts students on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis. Students and fans alike will experience a no-holds-barred look at Mr. Bensons musical ideas, ...
Page McConnell's Senior Study:The Art of Improvisation
Page McConnell's Senior Study “The Art of Improvisation" Rediscovered Phish Throughout the years, Phish fans have searched for keyboardist Page McConnell's senior study. Entitled “The Art of Improvisation," the work was completed at Goddard College and has just now surfaced. To check out Page's thoughts on improvisation, go here. Many of you may recall that Trey ...
Linear Jazz Improvisation: Books Now in Hard Copy
Trombonist and composer Ed Byrne announces the release in HARD COPY of new editions of all 42 Linear Jazz Improvisation books: 12 Books for All Instruments and Voices: Concert, Bass Clef, Bb, and Eb. They are now available in spiral-bound hard copy through LuLu.com for easy reading on the piano or music stand with new color ...
Dave Liebman to Give Master Class, Lecture on November 13 at Washington University
While he's in St. Louis to perform a free concert for Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series on the evening of Thursday, November 14, saxophonist Dave Liebman (pictured) also will give a master class and a lecture on the Wash U. campus.On Wednesday, November 13, Liebman will host a performance/master class at 3:00 p.m., ...
