Please check the Concert Hotline (540-568-3481) for venue and time changes.
Madison String Academy
JMU Fall 2009 String Project Registration & Class Details:
Student Registration - Wednesday, September 2, 4:30 pm, Anthony-Seeger Auditorium.
Classes begin Monday, September 7.
Questions? Please e-mail jmustringproject@gmail.com
Guest Artist - Mark Kellogg, trombone
September 23, 2009
Professor of Trombone, Chamber Music & Jazz, Eastman School of Music
Principal Trombone, Rochester Philharmonic
Trombone Masterclass - Music Bldg 142, 1:25 pm, free, not a punch event
Jazz Improv Masterclass - Music Bldg 142, 2:30 pm, free, not a punch event
Recital - Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 8 pm, free
All events are free and open to the public
Sponsored by the JMU Trombone Associate & Conn-Selmer
Guest Artist - Ben Redwine, Jazz Clarinetist and the RedwineJazz Ensemble
October 18, 2009
Masterclass: "Improvisation for the Classical Musician"
Music Building Room 108, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public , not a punch event, bring your instruments! This class will be informative to any instrumentalist who is interested in learning jazz improvisation.
Concert: Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 3:30 pm, Free&open to the public, punched event
RedwineJazz will be performing an exciting program of jazz standards by such greats as George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Thelonius Monk, Hoagy Carmichael, and Artie Shaw to name just a few.
Click here for more information: www.redwinejazz.com
Education Forum - Teaching in Urban Settings & Diversity in Education
November 6, 2009
with Michelle Rhee, Chancellor for the D.C. public schools
Music Building Room 108, 1:25 pm, open to all interested JMU students & faculty.
Click here for more information.
Diversity in Music Education Guest Lecture Series
with Dr. Jacqueline C. Henninger
November 9 & 10, 2009
open to all interested JMU students & faculty, not a punch event
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Guest Artist Masterclass - Jeff Coffin, saxophonist
November 12, 2009
Music Building Room B71, 3:30 pm, free & open to the public, not a punch event
Jeff Coffin, three-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist and member of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones and the Dave Matthews Band, will be presenting a masterclass. Coffin has performed on hundreds of recordings, and with such diverse artists as McCoy Tyner, DJ Logic, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is also appearing on Saturday Night Live with Dave Matthews Band on November 21, 2009.
Following the masterclass, his band will be performing at Clementine, downtown Harrisonburg, 9:00 pm, $10 at the door.
VMEA (Virginia Music Educators Association)
November 19 - 22, 2009
JMU Reception - Friday, Nov. 20, 5:15pm - 7:00pm, Suite 1574
Location: The Homestead Resort
Click here for the Calendar of Events
