Posts in category Education

1/31-2/1 Avery Fisher Hall, NYC w/ Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orch.

2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24 Birdland, NYC w/ Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orch.

2/28-3/1 Blue Wisp, Cincinnati

3/3, 3/10 Birdland, NYC w/ Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orch

Vancouver, B.C. – Canada 01/16/03 01/17/03 Capilano College

DC Washington 01/23/03 01/23/03 ICT Literacy Summit 2003 – United States Botanic Gardens

WA Seattle 01/31/03 01/31/03 Sky Church

IL Rock Island 02/03/03 02/08/03 Quad City Arts

Vancouver, B.C. – Canada 01/16/03 01/17/03 Capilano College

DC Washington 01/23/03 01/23/03 ICT Literacy Summit 2003 – United States Botanic Gardens

WA Seattle 01/31/03 01/31/03 Sky Church

IL Rock Island 02/03/03 02/08/03 Quad City Arts

3/7 Verizon Hall, Philadelphia

3/14 McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ

4/12 Berklee Performance Center, Boston

Today SFJAZZ is launching Are You Listening (http://www.areyoulistening.me), for the jazz community to engage with one another and to contribute their thoughts, perspectives and financial support for the music. “With Are You Listening, we want to create an online space for the types of conversations that are going to take place in the …

JAZZ ARTISTS JANE MONHEIT AND RICK MONTALBANO APPOINTED TO USDAN CENTER LEADERSHIP COUNCIL     Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist and Usdan alumna Jane Monheit and her husband, drummer Rick Montalbano, have joined the Leadership Council of Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned summer arts day camp. The Leadership Council …

Dr. Cheryl Wills, a jazz lover, is our nationally known public speaker, the anchor woman for New York 1 News. She just released “Die Free” a book about tracking down slavery ancestry. Cheryl Wills reckons to base the process of writing “Die Free” on the discovery of her great – …

Today, University of the Pacific President Pamela A. Eibeck announced the appointment of Simon B. Rowe, DMA, as the next director of the Brubeck Institute. An established jazz pianist, Rowe is currently associate professor of music at Minnesota State University Moorhead, where he leads the Music Industry Program, teaches on …

2011 SUMMER JAZZ WORKSHOPS Presented at The University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Week-long Workshop A July 3rd – July 8th Weeklong Workshop B July 10th – July 15th 2-Day: Anyone Can Improvise! Seminar w/Jamey Aebersold July 2nd & 3rd 2-Day: Guitar/Bass/Drum Workshop Primer July 2nd & 3rd 2-Day: Guitar/Bass/Drum Workshop …

What could be more significant than encouraging the creativity of our young people and developing an audience for America’s home-grown classical music? For Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy, not much. “The future of Jazz, in fact the future of this very planet, lies in the hands of our …

NEW ONLINE BASS SCHOOL A quiet revolution within the bass world is expected to start this month with the launch of the new online School of Bass headed up by Missy Raines. Bass players will now be able to learn the instrument online from one of the most popular figures …

Alfred Music Publishing announces the distribution of Making Music with Mobile Devices, a new instructional resource guide from Course Technology PTR, a division of Cengage Learning. Making Music with Mobile Devices teaches how to employ modern day electronic devices for music making while on the go. In addition to spurring …