MUSIC EDUCATION
Programs:
APRIL16th: IPSWICH HIGH SCHOOL
The North Shore Jazz Project intends to develop an audience for jazz by creating an environment on the North Shore where music education, performance and appreciation can flourish. These two workshops kicked off the organizations new educational programming which is part of this mission.
On April 8th, the NSJP brought the Berklee College of Music, Urban Outreach Ensemble to Beverly High School and on April 16th to Ipswich High. Berklee's 14-piece student unit led by Trumpeter Lin Biviano performed and conducted a music workshop with high school band members. Mr. Biviano has performed and/or recorded with Woody Herman, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Harry James, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, and Bill Chase, mostly playing lead trumpet. The Urban Outreach Ensemble is cosponsored by the Community Affairs Office and the Ensemble Department at Berklee. Biviano has led this educational jazz orchestra for the past 12 years. Its purpose is to travel and present live jazz to inner city schools. The group has played several times at Symphony Hall and the NSJP was excited to bring this band to both Beverly and Ipswich High during the month of April. Over the years many of the students who have heard the band end up joining Berklee's summer program and even getting four-year scholarships to study at Berklee. Barrence Whitfield dropped in for a spontaneous blues jam at the Beverly workshop and one high school band member was heard to say, "Did you know that they are making this all up?" Mark Early, sax player for Roomful of Blues dropped by the Ipswich workshop and played with the Berklee band.
The Ipswich Workshop was funded by IMADA, (Ipswich Music Art and Drama Association) and Mark Earley from a Roomful of Blues stopped by to jam with the Berklee band. The Beverly workshop was partially funded by Eastern Bank.
HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOP
The High School Workshop program with Berklee's Urban Outreach Orchestra will be offered to all schools in the North Shore. 
In the workshop, high school students will be mentored on technique, interpretation and performance not only by Mr. Biviano but his students as well. Following the workshop, there will be a concert open to the entire community. Future performances will take place in Lynn, Salem, Ipswich and Gloucester. The award-winning ensemble provides an active outlet for the community as well as for the members of the orchestra many whom are education majors to interact with kids.
COMMUNITY MUSIC CLINIC
The clinic is a more intimate setting than the high school workshops. They will be held at various venues throughout the North Shore. Our first clinic will be held on a Saturday afternoon at Chianti’s Tuscan Grill in Beverly from 3:00 to 7:00. We are in the process of reaching out to community organizations like Raw Arts in Lynn to host the program in their communities. The clinic will last approximately an hour break and be followed by a concert for the students and their parents.
We have two clinics we are developing that will utilize the skill set of local professional musicians. Future clinics may focus on Latin music, Big band or Traditional styles and techniques. Below are short descriptions of two proposed clinics .
Jazz Improv “Ear” Clinic For Young Players
This clinic proposes to introduce aspiring young musicians to the art of improvisation through development of natural intuitive response to melodic cues. The four members of A-Train, fronted by teenage reed player Alek Razdan, will provide an introduction to the quartet’s instruments – tenor, soprano and baritone saxophone, clarinet, drums and keyboards – along with a short musical demonstration featuring samples of jazz, blues and swing. The quartet’s professional musicians, who perform regularly in the New England area, will help the students to develop the ability to solo using an “ear” method rather than the use of structured scales. This allows musicians to interact more fluidly with each other and be more personally creative while performing, building excitement for the audience and more confidence in playing the individual instrument. The workshop will encourage intensive involvement between the students and the visiting musicians, with the goal of having all attendees able to perform a short improvisation without scales or written music by the end of the session.
Danny Harrington Clinic
Danny Harrington teaches harmony and saxophone at the Berklee College of Music. His quartet includes three other professors from the college. Thirty years as a music educator has taught him when people are relaxed they get involved. His clinic will open with a couple tunes getting attendees to feel the music and to talk about what they are feeling. Questions about the feel of the music lead to discussions on from, harmony, improvisation and technique. If audience members are shy then we will try to get them to interact and eventually there will be discussion and a healthy back and forth for all. After the break, the quartet will perform for about an hour and a half.
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