Yazan: Jason | 31 January 2006 | No Comments
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UW-Whitewater students should check out electronic music and composition specialist (and UW faculty) Jeff Herriott’s blog. It is an interesting read, and full of day-to-day music department info. Also, check out his regular website. Jeff regularly brings interesting guest artists to perform at the university, and many of my students have taken his classes and [...]
Yazan: Jason | 31 January 2006 | No Comments
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I will be playing in the orchestra for the Lyric Opera‘s production of Der Rosenkavalier through March. Come see it if you can!
Yazan: Jason | 28 January 2006 | 5 Comments
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If you’re looking for Jamie Aebersold Play Along tracks, I’d suggest checking out www.playjazznow.com.
Yazan: Jason | 27 January 2006 | No Comments
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Scott Bakshis just made principal bass for Illinois All-State Orchestra. Scott is a junior at Libertyville High School and also plays in the Chicago Youth Symphony. He has been studying with me since 7th grade. Great job, Scott!
Yazan: Jason | 27 January 2006 | No Comments
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A website everybody should check out is practicespot.com. This site is mainly useful for pre-college students, but it has a ton of useful stuff for students of all ages. One useful tool is a random rhythm generator program, which will create an etude made up of the kinds of notes you specify (quarters, eighths, sixteenths, [...]