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Early Childhood (ages 0-7)


Connections b/t Speech & Jazz Language

  Join Dr. Patrick Brown, Assistant Professor of Music at Middle Georgia State University, for a live webinar that digs into the linguistic components of learning (and teaching) the jazz language. By comparing the process of obtaining a jazz vocabulary with speech acquisition in children and how children learn to speak through imitation, and through […]

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7 Improvisation Experiences for Young Children

7 Improvisation Experiences for Young Children By Dr. Darla S. Hanley Dean of the Professional Education Division, Berklee College School of Music; JEN Past Board Member One of the new components of JEN is our focus on jazz for K-8 musicians. Our intent is to offer information throughout the year and at our conference designed […]

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