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| The Juilliard Jazz Quintet - "Celebrating Juilliard's First 100 Years" Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola presents Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), Victor Goines (tenor saxophone), Ted Rosenthal (piano), Ben Wolfe (bass), and Carl Allen (drums), collectively known as The Juilliard Jazz Quintet, celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of the world's most revered and prestigious institutions for the study of the arts. In addition, students from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music will perform at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for the first time, as part of UPSTARTS!, in “Somethin' New: The Music of Ornette Coleman, ” directed by Jane Ira Bloom. Next week, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola presents veteran vocalist and Count Basie Band alumni, Marlena Shaw, accompanied by The David Hazeltine Trio. March 13- UPSTARTS! 7:30 and 9:30pm - Somethin' New: The Music of Ornette Coleman. New School Jazz Ensembles Directed by Jane Ira Bloom Award-winning soprano saxophonist/composer and New School Jazz faculty member Jane Ira Bloom directs emerging artists from the school in a performance of Ornette Coleman's music from the early 1960s. By learning through the oral tradition, students bring Ornette's compositions alive with a renewed sense of freedom. Through inspiration and interpretation, this young generation of performers extends the music from the 1960s to the 21st century and beyond. March 14-19 7:30pm and 9:30pm with additional 11:30pm set on Friday only Wycliffe Gordon, Victor Goines, Ted Rosenthal, Ben Wolfe, Carl Allen: The Juilliard Jazz Quintet - "Celebrating Juilliard's First 100 Years" Five of jazz's brightest stars convene to celebrate one of the most revered and prestigious institutions in the world for the study of the arts. At the time The Juilliard School was founded in 1905 (as the Institute of Musical Art), the idea of establishing a music academy in America to rival the European conservatories was a novel one. But Dr. Frank Damrosch, the godson of Franz Liszt and the head of music education for New York City's public schools, was convinced that American musicians should not have to go abroad for their training. Damrosch and his financial backer, James Loeb, modestly planned for 100 students, but found that they had greatly underestimated the demand for high-quality musical training. The School quickly outgrew its original home at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, and, in 1910, moved to new quarters on Claremont Avenue. But the Institute is only half the story of what is now The Juilliard School; Augustus D. Juilliard and the Juilliard Graduate School is the other half. When Mr. Juilliard, a wealthy textile merchant, died in 1919, his will contained the largest single bequest for the advancement of music at that time. In 1924, the trustees of that bequest founded the Juilliard Graduate School to help worthy music students complete their education. In 1926, the Graduate School and the Institute of Musical Art merged as the Juilliard School of Music under one president, the distinguished Columbia University professor John Erskine, but with separate deans and identities. Damrosch continued as the Institute's dean, and Ernest Hutcheson was appointed dean of the Graduate School. In 1937, Hutcheson succeeded Erskine as president of the combined institutions. In September 2001, the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies opened its doors welcoming 18 advanced jazz musicians into the School's newest program. Selected by audition, these 18 young artists became the first class in the program, which now offers a four-year bachelor's degree in music as well as a two-year post bachelor's Artist Diploma. The Jazz Studies program is the collaboration of two organizations - The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center - which represent the highest level of excellence in the music profession. It has access to the greatest performers and teachers in both the jazz and classical worlds as its faculty. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |