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| Jazz at Lincoln Center seeks Talented Middle School Musicians Jazz at Lincoln Center seeks promising middle school instrumentalists from New York City to apply and audition for its second year of Middle School Jazz Academy, a tuition-free intensive jazz instruction program held throughout the school year. The course of study includes a series of music lessons and broader youth development activities. Students will study jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong as well as learn to improvise and play an ensemble. The students attend private lessons on a weekly basis in the Irene Diamond Education Center at Frederick P. Rose Hall on Broadway and 60th St. MSJA takes place weekly on Saturdays, October through May, from 9am to 3pm. Students of the inaugural class had the opportunity to meet with and learn from Wynton Marsalis; Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, as well as other members of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. Jazz legend Randy Weston worked with students to prepare his composition "Niger Mambo." They performed Mr. Weston's song for an audience of 200 people in their showcase concert. "The Academy is a place for middle school students to learn about and play jazz and to celebrate the magic of the music together, with peers and mentors, as a community, " says Eli Yamin, Director of MJSA. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |