Jazz Education as it relates to Life Skills
As jazz educators we all strive to teach our students the techniques behind their instrument, to build their capacity to be able to perform in front of an audience, and…
Category: Jazz Education
National Symposium on Multicultural Music to feature a Jazz Track
The School of Music at the University of Tennessee will host the ninth biennial National Symposium on Multicultural Music, October 8-13, 2012 on the University of Tennessee Campus; the UT…
Scotland Holds Their First Jazz Education Conference
On Friday, August 1, just under sixty delegates attended the first ever jazz education conference held in Scotland. The event, sponsored by the Scottish Jazz Foundation and held at the…
5 Questions for the September 2012 Jazz Mentor
Steve Holley is the coordinator of the Commercial Music Program at the Kent Denver School in Englewood, CO. Under his leadership, the program’s DownBeat award-winning ensembles have performed at venues…
5 Must-Dos for the First Week of Class
5 Must-Dos for the First Week of Class The first days of class can set the tone for the year. With the new school year fast approaching, Stephen Holley, NAfME jazz…
Rhode Island All-State Jazz Ensemble Student Honored at Newport Festival
The Rhode Island All-State Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of NAfME member Metro Narcisi III, instrumental music program director at West Warwick High School, performed recently at the historic Newport…
Long-time Kansas Jazz Educator inducted into the Mid-America Education Hall of Fame
NAfME/KMEA member Marlin Cooper, who taught instrumental music in Kansas schools for more than 40 years, was among six inductees into the 2012 class of the Mid-America Education Hall of…
Connecticut High School Jazz Choir Performs at London Olympics
The Real Ambassadors, the 14-member jazz choir at the Greater Hartford Academy of Arts, directed by NAfME member Dianne Mower, recently returned from their successful performance at the 2012 Olympic…
Nashville Jazz Workshop rocks
You might not think of Nashville, one of the major hubs for country music, as a hotspot for jazz, or home to a jazz education workshop, but you’d be wrong,…
JazzTimes co-organizes NYC conference
On Jan 10-11, 2013, JazzTimes and the Jazz Forward Coalition, supported by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), will host The Jazz Connect conference at the Hilton New York…
