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Django A Gogo Festival to Take Place from June 3 through June 6, 2021, at The Woodland in NJ and Drom in NYC
Mike Lawson | April 29, 2021MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Guitarist, composer and teacher Stephane Wrembel is pleased to announce Django A Gogo Festival 2021, which will be held Thursday, June 3 through Sunday, June 6 comprising 4 concerts and an intensive 2-day guitar workshop. More details from www.djangoagogo.com: This world class event celebrates the music and life of legendary musician and […] Read More...
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Songbook Watch Party Presents Monty Alexander & Dominick Farinacci on April 30
Mike Lawson | April 29, 2021On April 30, International Jazz Day, Songbook Watch Party presents Monty Alexander & Dominick Farinacci. The live-streamed concert, directed by Emmett Murphy, will stream at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. (EST). More details: Songbook Watch Party announces a new live-stream concert presented on International Jazz Day, Friday, April 30, 2021. This concert will be broadcast from the […] Read More...
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Brazilian Music Foundation’s First International Brazilian Classical Music Festival Set for May 1-2
Mike Lawson | April 27, 2021BMF’s First International Festival of Brazilian Classical Music is set to be streamed on BMF’s YouTube channel on May 1-2. More than 30 professional musicians from different parts of the world will participage. The music consists of classical Brazilian works based on traditional genres such as maracatu, baião, ponteio, modinha, and Brazilian tango and valsa. […] Read More...
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Julian Lage, Melissa Aldana and Marshall Gilkes Join New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Faculty
Mike Lawson | April 27, 2021New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department has appointed three internationally acclaimed artists — guitarist Julian Lage, saxophonist Melissa Aldana and trombonist Marshall Gilkes — to join the jazz faculty beginning in the fall of 2021. “I’m thrilled to welcome Julian Lage, Melissa Aldana, and Marshall Gilkes to the faculty at NEC,” says Ken Schaphorst, Chair […] Read More...
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The New School to Livestream Wadada Leo Smith’s ‘Symphony No. 2 Winter’ on May 3
Mike Lawson | April 26, 2021The New School College of Performing Arts will present Symphony No. 2 Winter, from Four Symphonies by noted composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith on May 3 from 11 am to 11:30 am EDT. To register for the livestream, go to https://event.newschool.edu/MMPCMay3. Directed by Wadada Leo Smith and produced by Yiseul Kim LeMieux, the livestream […] Read More...
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International Jazz Day 10th Anniversary Celebration to Take Place Worldwide, April 30
Mike Lawson | April 23, 2021The 10th anniversary celebration of International Jazz Day will take place worldwide on April 30, 2021. An all-star global concert will be hosted by Michael Douglas and feature dozens of top artists including Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Andra Day, Dee Dee Bridgewater, John McLaughlin, Dianne Reeves and Joe Lovano. The concert will be followed by two-hour retrospective PBS Special airing nationwide at 9pm ET, 8pm Central. Read More...
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The Frost School of Music Announces Inaugural Artist Launch Award Competition Winners
Mike Lawson | April 22, 2021The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami announced the student winners of the Inaugural Artist Launch Award Competition. Based on a voting process after the competition was live streamed via YouTube from UM’s Gusman Hall which had a limited capacity live audience on April 20, the winners include Deco Saxophone Quartet, Priscila […] Read More...
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Concert Series in Middletown, CT to Feature Jay Hoggard May 10
Mike Lawson | April 22, 2021MIDDLETOWN, CT – Trevor Davis of The Library Studio, announces that the Middletown Commission on the Arts is providing funding support for the Library Studio to collaborate with the Hartford Jazz Society for a concert series entitled ‘Middletown on the Map.’ Both concerts are free via livestream on the Hartford Jazz Society Facebook Page and […] Read More...
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Announcing The Global Conservatoire, a Digital and Global Classroom
Mike Lawson | April 22, 2021On April 22, the Royal Danish Academy of Music (Copenhagen), the Royal College of Music (London), the Manhattan School of Music (New York) and the mdw (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna) jointly announced the launch of the Global Conservatoire, a new digital learning environment, or “global classroom.” Read More...
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JEN Ask Me Anything (AMA) Mega-Event Coming via Zoom on April 30
Mike Lawson | April 20, 2021The Jazz Education Network announced that on International Jazz Day, Friday, April 30, there will be an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) Mega-Event, starting at 4pm ET via Zoom. The free event will feature Tia Fuller, Sherrie Maricle, Sean Jones, Trineice Robinson-Martin and Francisco Torres. If you have a question for these world-renowned and multi-faceted jazz […] Read More...
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DC Jazz Festival To Feature Livestream Performances April 30
Mike Lawson | April 20, 2021DC Jazz Festival will celebrate International Jazz Day 2021 (April 30) with live-streamed performances from saxophonist Kenny Garrett and vocalist/pianist Aaron Myers. More details from DC Jazz Festival (www.dcjazzfest.org): We are only 10 days away from our official International Jazz Day 2021 program which will feature live-streamed performances from two prolific artists: Grammy-winning saxophonist Kenny […] Read More...
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Music & Arts Acquires Be Part of the Music
SBO Staff | April 19, 2021Music & Arts has announced the acquisition on March 17, 2021, of Be Part of the Music, a nationally renowned music education advocacy organization led by Scott Lang and Andrew Hrynyshyn. Now under the umbrella of Music & Arts, the free services offered by Be Part of the Music will be more accessible to music educators […] Read More...
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