ASU MUSIC STUDENTS USING JAZZ TO CONNECT CULTURES IN ALAMOS SONORA MEXICO
By: Katherine Rink Photo By: Bob Rink These Arizona State University music students are incredible. Wen Wu (clarinet player) from China came to the States to study for her undergraduate degree in South Dakota. She is now working on her doctorate degree in music performance at ASU. Tommy Tucker (sousaphone) is from Glendale, Arizona and…
Arizona International Jazz Day Festival Executive Director Doc Jones announced that Richard Booker work will be featured as the 7th Annual Jazz Festival’s official commemorative poster
<strong>International Jazz Day AZ Foundation Executive Host Committee has chosen Richard Booker to be the official artist for the 7th Annual International Jazz Day Festival in Arizona.</strong> Richard Booker has been painting for over 30 years. He has painted International icons such as Grammy nominated Jazz Artist Jonathan Butler and renown Civil Rights Icon Coretta…
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INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY FOUNDATION APPOINTS CARLOS PALOMARES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IT’S ALAMOS MEXICO DIVISION
Congratulation Senior Carlos! International Jazz Day Foundation is honored to announce it’s newly appointed Executive Director of its Alamos/Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Division. Senior Carlos Palomares will spearhead the foundation’s 2017 production of the UNSECO 6th Annual International Jazz Day AZ Festival (1st in Alamos/ Hermosillo) efforts in this important part of Mexico. Work has already…
THE GENERATION OF JAZZ PLAYERS IN ALAMOS
Doc Jones Teaching jazz improvisation to Alamos middle school recorder learners
Doc’s concept of dual music learning— “learning to improvise” and “learning by ear” —” is recognized as an essential approach to develop musicianship” said Doc Jones . According to the US national music standards, these two principles of music learning are listed as the third and sixth standards respectively. However, they still have not been…
DOC JONES & PAYO
ESTUDIANTINA DE ALAMOS
ESTUDIANTINAS of ALAMOS The Estudiantinas are a benchmark of the January music festival called FAOT (Festival de Alfonso Ortiz Tirado). FAOT is put on by the Sonoran Cultural Institute. Year after year it celebrates Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, in this southern city of the state of Sonora. With 23 years of experience and fifteen…
Escuela Municipal de Musica de Puerto Peñasco Community
The Municipal School of Music opened the registration process for all those children and youth interested in playing an instrument or singing skills have to join the choir of the institution. The director of the German school teacher Esquer Delgado reported that the enrollment period began on August 6 and will end on day 15, while…
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