Philanthropic organizations in Chicago have been organizing themselves in a very interesting way when it comes to providing support for jazz, creating the Chicago Jazz Partnership in an effort to draw in new audiences for this music and find innovative ways to support...
University of Arizona bass professor Patrick Neher recently asked me to pass the following information along on the blog:Arizona Bass Players is incorporating and working with the three major universities in Arizona to present the third annual Arizona Bass Players...
Readers of the blog may have noticed this already, but we have had a huge amount of activity in the comments about the Guy Tuneh podcast episodes. We’ve had well over 100 comments on the various episodes featuring Guy Tuneh, and hearing from people who have been...
This story was in the New York Times earlier this week:Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city’s Department of Education will require all schools to maintain arts programs, and that principals will be rated in their annual reviews on how well they...
I just read an interesting post on Joshua Nemith’s Cincinnati Pianist Blog about the benefits of scheduling shorter and more informal concerts, like concerts at a patron’s home or other such intimate venue. Josh mentions having participated in these sort...
