Category Archives: For band directors

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An Educator’s Review and Guide to JamKazam for Real-Time Small group Rehearsals and Music Lessons (Part 1).

By Saul Richardson. Recently I’ve been experimenting with the JamKazam platform for playing in real-time [...]

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18
Apr
Lester Young
The early music education of Lester Young

Lester Young is the next featured jazz great in our occasional series looking at the [...]

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17
Jan
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Jazz camp elective classes 2020

The elective activities for our upcoming 2020 Summer Jazz Camp will be: A break from [...]

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02
Aug
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Some ways that jazz education excludes girls and why this is a problem

By Saul Richardson, 2018. (updated December 2019) Here are some thoughts on some factors that [...]

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16
Jul
Ben Samules, clarinet and saxophone teacher at JWA, St Leonards / Crows Nest
Welcome Ben Samuels, clarinet and sax teacher

We are excited to announce that Ben Samuels will be teaching clarinet and saxophone at JWA [...]

15
Feb
Sydney Conservatorium entrance
University auditions success

At the end of last year seven of our students auditioned for various university music [...]

03
Feb
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Drum Lessons, lower north shore

Enrol now for lessons in 2018 We have an insanely great drum teacher at JWA, [...]

23
Nov
Matt Baker
Matt Baker to teach at Summer Jazz Camp

We are excited to announce that New York Australian expat and acclaimed jazz piano virtuoso [...]

04
May
JWA Junior combo
New combo for beginners

From term 3 of this year (2017) we’ll be running a new combo for school-aged [...]

01
May
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Why you need more than just big band

From time to time we meet young musicians who are about to finish high school [...]

24
Feb