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Modal Jazz Piano Techniques

Join Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Cincinnati’s College -Conservatory of Music (CCM) for a webinar that examines the relation between Claude Debussy’s harmonic and melodic techniques and those of post-bop jazz pianists through the analysis of selected piano pieces and transcriptions of important recordings that helped establish new aesthetics in jazz during […]

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Apply to the 2023 JEN Conference

Watch this webinar to learn more about the application process for the 2023 Jazz Education Network Conference in Orlando, FL. Conference Application Info  

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Mary Lou Williams Gender & Jazz

Join jazz saxophonist and Assistant Professor of Jazz and Applied Saxophone at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Josiah Boornazian, for this exciting webinar. Since at least the 1940s, jazz musicians, scholars, journalists, and historians have expressed ambivalent and sometimes contradictory attitudes toward pianist, composer, and educator Mary Lou Williams. Though she undeniably experienced […]

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Patterns In Music

Join Associate Professor of Music Education at Georgia State University, Dr. Martin Norgaard, a researcher who studies neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, occupational therapy, and physics to investigate the cognitive processes underlying improvisation and related therapeutic applications. During the interactive Zoom workshop, you will use a free program designed for language analysis to find patterns in […]

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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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Developing Linear Vocabulary

Join jazz vocalist & Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Jazz Studies at the City College of New York, Suzanne Pittson, for this webinar. In addition to being a great trumpeter, Chet Baker was also one of the finest scat singers in the history of jazz, and, like Louis Armstrong, his scat solos contain the […]

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2021 SIJ Virtual Roundtable

Join Ellen Rowe, Tia Fuller and former Sisters in Jazz program participants Jordyn Davis, Kate Williams, Domi Edson, & Alexandra Ridout for a virtual roundtable discussion exploring topics important to women and non-binary artists in today’s jazz scene & gig economy.The panel will also discuss their personal experiences as part of JEN’s Sisters In Jazz […]

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2022 YCS Virtual Roundtable

Join renowned jazz composers and Young Composer Showcase mentors Greg Yasinitsky, Steven Feifke, Ayn Inserto, Marcus Lewis, Ryan Middagh, and past Young Composer Showcase selectee Kate Skinner for a roundtable conversation about all-things jazz composition. Ryan Middagh, Director of the JEN’s Young Composer Showcase Program will moderate the panel as they discuss: • How they got started as jazz composers • Their personal compositional process • […]

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Building a Pro Music Website

Are you making a music website but don’t know where to start? Or are you thinking about giving your current website an update? Join Melanie Kealey from Bandzoogle to learn all about how to build a professional website for your music, including: • Why it’s crucial to have your own website • What content to […]

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A LIVE, Virtual Jam Session w/ Jamulus

Download Handout Join Berklee Global Initiatives faculty Jason Camelio, Ray Seol, and Jim Odgren and student Ivanna Cuesta for a webinar and LIVE jam session performed entirely over the internet! THEY’VE GOT IT FIGURED OUT… AND THEY’LL SHOW YOU HOW! Topics will include: Which platform is best? Technology & equipment considerations Best practices AND A LIVE JAM […]

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