Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 12, 2018 Moderators Share Posted January 12, 2018 Quote Jazz Festival Brings Entertainment, Education, Tourism Posted on January 11, 2018 in Panama Post Views: 59 By Margot Thomas THE 15th PANAMA Jazz Festival, only days away, has mushroomed into not only an internationally recognized performance feast but a major musical education program and a boost for tourism. There are over 90 activities in place, including music workshops, open rehearsals, and informative sessions with artistic universities from abroad, Jan. 15-19 in the City of Knowledge. Little appears to have been left out. The workshops cover piano, drums, vocals, bass, double bass, trumpet, saxophone, guitar, trombone and vibraphone while the artistic teaching sessions cover folklore, composition, improvisation, digital music industry, panels, symposiums and an exchange of classical music. It’s all happening at different locations in the City of Knowledge (buildings 105 and 109, the Athenaeum and the Isaac Rabin school). Student participation in the early years oscillated between 250 and 800 and since 2015 averages, 4000, including visitors from Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia. The Berklee College of Music, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, New England Conservatory and Thelonious Monk Institute are some of the foreign training entities that will be Presenting workshops and auditions. An exchange of classical music will launch the educational program of the Festival on January 15, at 9:00 a.m., at the Isaac Rabin School. Other artistic training activities will include the “Anatomy “of a melody “, by David Engelhard, Attune yourself; Egyptian music; Afroboricua Music; History of Latin jazz;”,” Arrangement and orchestration; and Ancestral and contemporary sounds. The festival will also feature workshops that will address: “Digital ecosystem in the music industry;, “Originality in the development of ideas;, Modes of cultural entrepreneurs; Mental practice for musicians and Finance for musicians. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/jazz-festival-brings-entertainment-education-tourism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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