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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Members of the 2008 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Members Of The 2008 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra 21 High School Musicians From 11 States Comprise MJF's Renowned National Big Band NGJO Performs At North Sea Jazz Festival In Rotterdam, The Netherlands, July 9 - 11 NGJO Performs At Berklee College Of Music, July 15 Next Generation Composition ...
Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute Shatters Enrollment Projections, Introduces Proprietary Technology
Strong worldwide demand drives an unprecedented success of the very popular online learning institute, the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute. Through video interchanges, students in 40 countries are converging on one site to learn jazz around the world. This leading edge video technology combined with full accessibility to a veteran jazz master signals a breakthrough in learning ...
Bill Cole Non-Western Wind Instruments Workshop, April 25, 2008
Bill Cole will lead this workshop featuring his specialty: non-western wind instruments. He'll cover the Ghanaian atenteben, Chinese sona, Korean hojok and piri, South Indian nagaswaram, North Indian shenai, Tibetan trumpet and Australian didjeridu. Bill Cole is a musician, composer, educator and writer. Since its inception, Dr. Cole has led The Untempered Ensemble. He has performed ...
The IAJE Collapses
It turns out that rumors of the imminent death of the IAJE were accurate. Following its financially disastrous 2008 conference in Toronto, the International Association of Jazz Education has canceled its 2009 conference and is about to file for bankruptcy. The huge meeting of musicians, educators, producers, record company executives and others from every precinct of ...
IAJE Cancels Seattle Conference, Declares Bankruptcy
The International Association of Jazz Education, a 40-year-old organization whose annual meetings have drawn thousands of artists, teachers, and industry people from around the world, has called off its 2009 Seattle conference and is going into Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to Paul de Barros' article in the Seattle Times. Rumors and reports of the IAJE's troubles ...
IAJE News: American Jazz Gathering, Planned for Seattle, is Canceled
By Paul de Barros The most important American jazz gathering of the year, scheduled to take place in Seattle in January, has been canceled because its presenter is declaring bankruptcy. In what is being described as a “perfect storm" of bad luck, unchecked growth, fundraising and management failures, the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) - ...
Three Outstanding Jazz Bands Receive Cash Awards in Savannah Music Festival's 2008 Swing Central Competition
Ten talented high school jazz bands from across the nation competed for $12,000 in cash awards in Savannah Music Festival's (SMF) SWING CENTRAL High School Jazz Band Competition & Workshop. The three-day jazz intensive included improvisation sessions, and breakout instrumental and performance clinics with many of the world's finest jazz educators during SMF's closing weekend from ...
National Endowment for the Arts Announces NEA Jazz Masters Live
Washington, DC - Building on the National Endowment for the Arts's (NEA) highly successful NEA Jazz Masters on Tour initiative, the NEA announces NEA Jazz Masters Live, a series of multiple event, extended engagements in selected communities, featuring NEA Jazz Masters. Managed by Arts Midwest, the NEA Jazz Masters Live initiative will bring more than 25 ...
Learn the Theory of Music By Understanding The Basics!
Have you ever struggled with playing the guitar, the piano, or the flute? Maybe you thought you had no talent? Well there is a vital first step which everyone seems to miss... You need to learn the fundamentals of music theory FIRST. THEN and only THEN can you put it all together and move to the ...
Global Sound Conference Featuring Nightly Musical Concerts
Global Sound Conference Brings World's Top Sound Researchers, Technologists and Musicians to Los Angeles for Four Day Symposium Second Annual Event Highlights Latest Developments in the Science of Sound; Award Winning Artists Sheila Chandra, Yungchen Lhamo, Agape Choir Perform Evening Concerts LOS ANGELES - The Global Sound Conference announced today its second annual event bringing together ...
