Auditions for New Orleans Jazz Institute at UNO Free Saturday Music School are August 22
8/10/2009
(August 7, 2009, New Orleans, La.) - The New Orleans Jazz Institute at UNO (NOJI) will hold citywide auditions for its free Saturday Music School on Saturday, August 22 from 9 a.m. to noon in the UNO Performing Arts Center Recital Hall on the Lakefront Campus. The auditions are open to students aged 8 to 14 with previous musical experience, said Robin Williams, program director of NOJO at UNO.
Students must bring their instrument to the auditions and be prepared to:
- Play three major scales and three minor scales of their choosing;
- Play two to three minutes of a musical selection of their choosing;
- Sight-read a piece to be provided at the auditions.
Twenty young musicians will be selected from among those who audition to participate in the Saturday Music School to be held at the UNO Performing Arts Center on the Lakefront Campus. The program, scheduled to begin in mid-September, will offer training in strings, music theory, sight signing, music appreciation, woodwinds, horns, piano and percussion, along with multidisciplinary arts activities such as mural painting and dance.
Auditions on August 22 will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Parents should sign in upon arriving at the Performing Arts Center that morning.
In addition to musical proficiency, "it's an individual's commitment to music and desire to learn that will best qualify him or her for our program," said musician Irvin Mayfield, artistic director of NOJI at UNO.
The Saturday Music School, a collaboration of NOJI at UNO, operated through the UNO College of Liberal Arts Music Department, and the Capital One-UNO Charter School Network, is unparalleled in scope and design. In addition to serving the students with previous music experience, group music instruction will be provided to 20 beginning music students from Gentilly Terrace Elementary School (operated by a partnership between the Capital One-UNO Charter Network and the Recovery School District).
"The Saturday Music School is a perfect complement to our educational approach of providing students with the resources to become well-rounded individuals," said Andre Perry, associate dean of the UNO College of Education and Human Development and chief executive officer of the Capital One-UNO Charter School Network. "This is one of many learning experiences we provide that will prepare them for college."
Free to all participants, the Saturday Music School is designed to adhere to the National Standards for Arts Education as set forth by the National Association for Music Education. It will be staffed by faculty and music educaiton instructors from UNO, NOJI at UNO, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and other contracted artistic personnel.
For additional information, visit http://cola.uno.edu/noji/.
The New Orleans Jazz Institute (NOJO) at UNO links UNO's strengths in jazz education with professional practice. It serves to promote creative excellence and best practices in jazz composition, performance, scholarship, importation, exportation and education. The Institute serves as a community and capacity building organization for the New Orleans jazz industry and creative community, bolsters the activities and scope of UNO jazz programs, and acts as an ambassador for New Orleans jazz all over the world. For details, visit http://cola.uno.edu/noji/.
The Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter Network is a seamless prekindergarten through college learning community. Schools in the Network are operated by UNO's College of Education and Human Development. Teachers focus on the individual needs of every child, every day and prepare children for the next educational level. This prekindergarten through high school educational process is designed to provide access and placement in community colleges and the University of New Orleans. For more information on the Capital One-UNO Charter Network, visit www.unocharternetwork.net/.
Gentilly Terrace Elementary School is operated by the Recovery School District (RSD) as a University Partnership School with the University of New Orleans. For more information, visit www.gentillyterrace.net/.
The University of New Orleans (UNO), the urban research University of the State of Louisiana, provides essential support for the educational, economic, cultural and social well-being of the culturally rich and diverse New Orleans metropolitan area. It opened its doors in 1958 as part of the Louisiana State University System "to bring public-supported higher education to Louisiana's largest urban community." Today, UNO offers 43 undergraduate degree programs, 37 masters, and 11 doctoral programs. The 340-acre main campus sits on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, offering easy access to all parts of the metro area. For more information, visit www.uno.edu.
Johanna M. Schindler
Director of Public Relations
(504) 280-6939
Fax (504) 280-1080
jschindl@uno.edu
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