The study of jazz is not for earthlings. You are constantly shedding layers of your humanity to get extraterrestial knowledge. In many ways its a dark art. Its an unending journey into the unknown.
When it is time for big wigs to write checks for arts education progams they will inevitably will think back to lip syncing and the overall rise of electronics in music. Why fund things that dont take hard work ?
May 9, 2011 12:15 pm I completed my first year of conservatory training with only finals and a jury left to go. Background (skip this part if you don’t like grimey melodrama) In August of 99 as a newlywed student at The University of Virginia, I pawned my trumpet at the insistence of my […]
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” ~ Kofi Annan In the global economy, information is the most valuable commodity. Or as it is written thousands of years ago “My people perish for a lack of knowledge” Hosea 4:6. Information is key to changing […]