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The article discusses tips that need to be considered by incoming jazz students in selecting a college or university. Topics explored include the use of college search engines to know more about the jazz studies programs of potential music schools, the need to choose the school environment that suits one's needs, and the information about testing and grades which may be learned by attending summer camps.

The article reports that Sean Jones signed a new 10-year contract with the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland running the conservatory's jazz program as the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair in jazz studies. Topics include Peabody on a playing field with the jazz programs distinguished Jones as an educator and artist; and music education conferences by Essoto Pellegrini, was a local-hero trumpet player.

The article presents the centennial of Eastman School of Music in 2021, which was founded in 1921 in Rochester, New York. It became one of the premier music institutions globally, with growing enrolment from over 100 in 1921 to more than 500 undergraduate and 400 graduate students enrolled during the 2021–2022 academic year. It plans to partner with the University of Rochester's engineering school to teach audio and music engineering.

The article present list of schools for music students to study Jazz 2021 includes the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and Valencia, Spain; the Columbia University in New York, New York; and the Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.

This section offers tips on the use of the DownBeat College Guide for Jazz Education. Topics explored include the categorization by music school and number of jazz students, the cost of college tuition, the availability of various jazz degrees, and brief details about the college faculty, jazz bands, and scholarship opportunities.

The article lists informations on several music schools in the U.S. which include Berklee College of Music, John J. Cali School of Music, and the Collective School of Music.

The article offers information on the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City.

The article presents information related to the Interlochen Center for the Arts' Interlochen Arts Academy, established in northern Michigan as a summer camp for young classical musicians. It states that over time, jazz studies became an integral part of the curriculum, with jazz electives introduced in the late 1960s. It explains the addition of a jazz studies major, led by jazz trumpeter Joshua Lawrence in the 2020-2021 academic year to create a mentorship-driven program..

A list of colleges and universities in the eastern part of the U.S. that offer jazz degrees is presented including Berklee College of Music, Brooklyn College, Conservatory of Music, and City College of New York.

The article focuses on Angel City Jazz Festival that has become institution in Los Angeles, California and mentions vision of festival creator Rocco Somazzi of bringing the experience into the city. Topics discussed include quartet music of pianist Cathlene Pineda demonstrating level of expressiveness and empathy, vision of artists mentioned by trumpeter Daniel Rosenboom and mindset about music embraced by School of Music at CalArts.

The article presents suggestions on getting a job in jazz education in the U.S. Topics discussed include the domination of formal, structured and professional jazz education in the contemporary jazz industry; roles of professional teaching artists and jazz educators in disseminating jazz education; university, college and conservatory that offers a bona fide jazz program; and trend among musicians to look to teaching to supplement their incomes.

The article informs on 2022 Summer Youth Program by California Jazz Conservatory in California. It mentions musicians meet twice a week for three weeks, with middle school ensembles learning jazz repertoire and improvisation, and high school combos delving deeper into jazz improvisation approaches and exploring theory.

The article features the New York-based School for Improvisational Music (SIM) which was founded by trumpeter Ralph Alessi in 2001 as means of inspiring and mentoring young musicians. It mentions the gulf between being a trained instrumentalist and being a creative jazz musician, and the goal of SIM which is to help give young players the means for putting their fears aside so that they can deal with the music and collaborate with other musicians.

The article looks at how music schools prepare students for a professional career. Topics discussed include the lesson trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire learned when he was studying at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and Juilliard School chairman Aaron Flagg's comment on the school's focus on traditional academics for getting students ready to prepare their careers.

The article offers tips to music students on how to transfer to a second institution to finish their degree. Topics discussed include some factors to consider when transferring to a second institution, the money-saving approaches by musicians and Frost School of Music dean Shelly Berg's advice to transfer students to have a wide frame of reference in jazz.

The article features the University of Miami's Frost School of Music. Topics discussed include dean Shelly Berg's comment on the need for young musicians to find their own niche by way of a broad musical education, the department's providing to students the courses in business of jazz and sound engineering and the ensembles at the studio music and jazz department including the Frost Jazz Sextet.

The article features the New England Conservatory (NEC), a music school in Boston, Massachusetts which serves as a training ground for Boston Symphony Orchestra players and celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2017. Topics discussed include a brief history of NEC, notable Contemporary Improvisation graduates, and schedule of NEC concerts for the 2017-2018 academic year.

The article presents information on several music schools outside the U.S. Some of them include Box Hill Institute in Australia, Camosun College in Canada, Conservatorium van Amsterdam in The Netherlands, and Teki Koki New Zealand School of Music. Details are offered on the institutions' tuition fee as of October 2014, jazz degrees offered, their famous alumni, available financial aids, and how to audition.

The article presents information on several music schools in the U.S. West Coast. Some of them include the American River College, Arizona State University, Brigham Young University, The Brubeck Institute at The University of the Pacific, and California Jazz Conservatory. Details are offered on the institutions' tuition fee as of October 2014, jazz degrees offered, their famous alumni, available financial aids, and how to audition.

The article presents information on several music schools in the U.S. Midwest. Some of them include the Augustana College, Benedictine University, Butler University, Bowling Green State University, Capita University, and Cardinal Stritch University. Details are offered on the institutions' tuition fee as of October 2014, jazz degrees offered, their famous alumni, available financial aids, and how to audition.

The article offers advice for students on how to select a jazz music school that is perfect for you. Topics discussed include the factors involved when deciding which jazz studies program to pursue, the importance of doing research on numerous schools and to consider the strengths of each program, and the need to get the feel for the institutions that interest the students. Also mentioned is the imperativeness of visiting schools, talking to students on campus and identifying faculty members.

The article presents information on several music schools in the U.S. South. Some of them include the Belmont University, Florida International University, East Carolina University, Furman University, and Georgia Regents University. Details are offered on the institutions' tuition fee as of October 2014, jazz degrees offered, their famous alumni, available financial aids, and how to audition.

The article presents information on several music schools in the U.S. East Coast. Some of them include the Berklee College of Music, Castleton State College, Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, City College of New York, and The Collective School of Music. Details are offered on the institutions' tuition fee as of October 2014, jazz degrees offered, their famous alumni, available financial aids, and how to audition.

The article focuses on Howard Stone, founder of Vail Jazz Party, who wanted to add educational component and mentions that bassist John Clayton had played the festival. Topics discussed include Vail Jazz Workshop held from August 29 to September 7, 2020, practice reading music in school and veteran Dick Oatts who came on board.

The article offers information on the jobs for musicians and their role including music teacher, instrument resale specialist, and music publishers. Topics discussed include music teachers offer music lessons and most music communities have a specialized music school or music retail shop, instrument resale specialist role is to help run the business of reselling used instruments, and music publisher are required in publishing companies to help shepherd books through production and marketing.

The article offers information on the music schools which helps students achieve their educational and professional goals. Topics discussed include the abundance of private music instructors; views of tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, who enjoys a dual career as a recording artist and educator, on issue; and the combination of playing and teaching has been a recipe for sustained success. Also mentions about impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on music program.

The article offers information on the coronavirus protocols due to COVID-19 pandemic for music schools and jazz programs. Topics discussed include the 2020 spring semester via remote instruction without losing the group dynamic; views of trombonist Conrad Herwig, a member of the jazz faculty at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of Music, on issue; and the process of making a virtual student big band recording.

The article focuses on music school Kosa Music which had origin and is international force in music education and mentions that the school has grown under leadership of percussionist Aldo Mazza. Topics discussed include experience of working with master musicians such as Morello and Burton, success of KoSA Percussion Workshop and educational space for drummers and percussionists.

The article focuses on instrumentalist Kit Downes, who has been named the Rising Star by the 67th Annual Critics Poll by the journal for the instrument keyboard organ. Topics include Downes attended the prestigious Purcel Music School before moving to London, england to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where he now teaches and his solo organ album being "Obsidian."

The article offers 2018 music school briefs including appointment of David A. Gier as the new dean of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance; and the sixth 'Rhythm Changes Conference: Jazz Journeys' to be held at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in Austria.

The article features the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in New Orleans, Louisiana, established by pianist Ellis Marsalis and his saxophonist son, Branford. Topics discussed include the center's aim to widen the opportunities for underserved children, youth and musicians, how the center was created following the Hurricane Katrina and Marsalis' comments on how the center helps the children.

The article discusses the graduation concert in Spain organized by the Master's student and faculty of Berklee College of Music Campus in Valencia with John Laughlin as the musical guest. It further discusses Director of the Contemporary Performance Program and Violinist Casey Driessen who was also one of the performers giving a brief about the concert, the Berklee Satellite campus, the programs offered, the guest instructors and faculty members teaching there.

This section offers news briefs related to music schools in the U.S. including an honorary doctor of music degree presented to guitarist John McLaughlin by Berklee President Roger H. Brown, the offering of interdisciplinary music business certificate program by Catawba College in Nashville, Tennessee, and a concert to be hosted by Berklee College of Music in Boston.

The article features the California Jazz Conservatory (CJC), a music school which was founded as a community music education program in 1997. Topics discussed include comments from President and Dean of Instruction Susan Muscarella, an aspect that sets the CJC apart from other institutions, and concerts to be hosted by the CJC.

The article focuses on Bob Cole Conservatory of California State University, Long Beach.

The article presents a list of music groups, music equipment companies, recording companies and music schools including Chicago Symphony Center, Dave Anderson Jazz, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

The article offers various developments related to the music schools which includes honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame to Jazz and classical musician-composer Arturo Sandoval, an honorary doctor of arts degree from California Institute of the Arts to Trumpeter-composer Wadada Leo Smith and obituary to Jazz trumpeter, composer and music educator Paul Smoker.

The article offers information on jazz program of Saint Patrick High School, which has become the first high school group to perform at the Chicago Jazz Festival.

The article features the Los Angeles College of Music (LACM), a post-secondary music school based in Pasadena, California. Topics include the role of LACM's learning environment as an ideal space for students to connect with and be known by their teachers due to its smaller student body, the school's average student/teacher ratio which is three as of February 2016, and the expansion made to the school that includes additional concentrations in brass/woodwinds, and the business of music.

The article features the Chadwick Folding Bass school founded by Chadwick Folding, a professional bass player with many first-hand experience in the frustrations of travel with such instrument. It mentions his touring with other musicians such as Suzy Bogguss, Pam Tillis, Shelby Lynne and Crystal Gayle. It notes that that Chadwick Folding Bass has began actual production in 2009 and utilizes a modified version of Chen's laminate model SB-100.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the author discusses the 2015 Student Music Guide including the essay "Getting the big scholarship," "The 2-step degree" and "Real-wold jazz education."

This section offers news briefs on music education as of October 1, 2015 including the expansion of the California Jazz Conservayor (CJC) in 2016, band instrument manufacturer P. Mauriat' co-sponsorship of the fifth annual Jazz on the Bridge event and the Idaho Jazz Society's 2015 Fall Semester Scholarship Awards for jazz musicians and educators.

The article features the Harlem School of Urban Music and Recording Arts (HSUM), established by trombonist Doug Beavers. Topics discussed include a brief history of the school, the curriculum covering production, vocal technique and theory, the school's program structured as an after-school affair and Beavers' invitation to his artistic colleagues to visit the school.

This section offers news briefs concerning music schools as of September 2015, including pianist Bill Charlap appointed as director of the Jazz Studies Program at William Paterson University, Larry Grenadier to conduct a bass master class at Rockwood Music Hall on September 26, 2015 and Wayne Winborne appointed as executive director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University-Newark.

The article focuses on the jazz studies program offered at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Topics discussed include the music degrees offered at UNL, the factors considered by professor Paul Haar in determining which student applicants to accept for the jazz studies program and the requirements for students under the UNL's jazz studies program.

The article focuses on the educational musical tour of a group of student musicians from Milton Academy in Massachusetts to South Africa. Topics discussed include how the tour started in 1991, the visit of the group to the Music Academy of Gauteng (MAG) near Johannesburg, and the relationship of the group with the Amy Biehl foundation in Cape Town. The advantage of touring jazz education conferences is mentioned.

The article reports on how the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) embrace the benefit of a thriving entertainment in its backyard. Topics discussed include the need for a student's education to flourish within and without the boundaries of the university, the reliance of the strength of UNLV's jazz program on its faculty, and the emphasis given on recording in its program. Also mentioned are the school's jazz ensembles and how the school upholds jazz and classical music as the bar.

This section offers news briefs on music as of July 2014, including the concert program presented by Jazz Ensembles II and III at the University of Kansas, the grant awarded by the Grammy Foundation to the nonprofit Creative Music Foundation, and the appointment of Alain Barker as director of entrepreneurship and career development at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.