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UNT Marimba Workshop |
The 2010 University of North Texas Marimba Workshop was held at the UNT College of Music on June 21-25, 2011. Guest faculty for the workshop included Prof. She-e Wu from Northwestern University, Dr. Brian Zator from Texas A & M University at Commerce, and Dr. Scott Herring from the University of South Carolina. Prof. Mark Ford, UNT's Coordinator of Percussion, hosted the event and also served on the workshop faculty. Thirty-four high school and college students from the United States and Canada attended the workshop. All of the students attended many sessions including marimba master classes, technique and sight reading classes, a Baroque performance clinic by Prof. Wu, and a composition session by Prof. Ford. Each of the students also received private lessons and performed in an ensemble. Additionally there was a faculty recital, two student recitals and an ensemble concert. The UNT Marimba Workshop was sponsored in part by Innovative Percussion.
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Ed Soph's Summer Clinic Appearances |
IP Signature Artist Ed Soph has been on the move. Aside from his responsibilities as Professor in the Jazz Studies and Performance Divisions of the College of Music at the University of North Texas, Ed recently gave clinics and concerts in Sweden and Finland, appeared at the 19th Annual Central California Day of Percussion hosted by Dr. Matt Darling, gave concerts and clinics with pianist Stefan Karlsson and bassist Eddie Gomez at the Conservatory of Music in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was featured artist in the "Jazz at Wolfson" series at Miami Dade College in Miami, FL, was guest artist at the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Festival, was featured clinician and performer at Music Fest Canada in Ottawa, and gave performances at the Rochester Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York. Next, Ed will be teaching and playing at Jamey Aebersold's Summer Jazz Workshop held at the University of Louisville, July 4-9 and July 11-16. The Workshops have earned a reputation for producing the best intensive programs for learning jazz improvisation. Ed will also be teaching and performing at the UNT Jazz Combo Workshop July 18-23.
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Marimba: Technique Through Music now includes DVD |
Mark Ford’s Marimba: Technique Through Music has quickly become a standard four-mallet method book. This resource is now expanded with the inclusion of an instructional DVD. Click here to see previews.
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