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Operating as usual
That is our Dr. Jacob Kohut protecting the nation, teaching children, and keeping the music alive all at once.
This is what #MasonNation is made of!
George Mason University Alumni Association.
Thank you, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt for this inspiring, heart-warming story!
WATCH: Dr. Jacob Kohut, an elementary school band teacher and member of the DC National Guard, is making time to teach when he’s not protecting the Capitol.
A message to our recent graduates from Dr. Estrella Sejin Hong
(DMA '20, MM '17, BA '16), CVPA Student Commencement Speaker:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twj4JOi4Lmk&feature=youtu.be
A message from Dr. Estrella Hong to Mason's December 2020 CVPA Graduates.
Happy New Year from the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music!
Please join us in welcoming the newest Dewberry School of Music Alumni! We are so proud of the accomplishments, hard work, talents, and creativity of our incredible December 2020 graduates, who have demonstrated tremendous resilience and perseverance during these extraordinary times.
Congratulations to our music faculty and students on a successful Fall 2020 semester!
https://www2.gmu.edu/news/2020-12/faculty-members-share-their-experiences-person-teaching-fall
Three faculty members share their experiences with in-person teaching this fall
We are hiring! Jazz Trumpet Adjunct Faculty. Applications are due this Friday, JAN 8! https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/49246
Jazz Trumpet Adjunct Faculty – Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music The George Mason University, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music seeks a part-time artist faculty member in Jazz Trumpet starting August 2021. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the a...
Jazz Trumpeters - Mason Jazz is excited to announce an opening for Jazz Trumpet Adjunct Faculty! https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/49246
Jazz Trumpet Adjunct Faculty – Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music The George Mason University, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music seeks a part-time artist faculty member in Jazz Trumpet starting August 2021. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the a...
A tribute to our music graduates - Congratulations to the December Class of 2020! 💚💛🎓
Congratulations to our December 2020 graduate award winners!
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Congrats to our CVPA Graduates! 🎓
Watch George Mason University's Celebration of the Entire Class of 2020 today, December 17 at 2 p.m. ET live on GMU-TV: https://buff.ly/2WbkRUJ
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY!
Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts announces its third annual Young Alumni Commissioning Project with the goal of providing crucial support for our recent alumni’s artistic development. Up three recent CVPA alumni (2010 graduate or later) will be commissioned with funding of up to $5,000 to be used at the artist’s discretion to cover project-related expenses, including but not limited to: artist fees, licensing fees, equipment rental/purchases, and travel expenses, plus production and marketing support for a public presentation of the work at or through a Mason venue. Join us for a virtual information session on Thursday, January 21. Application deadline is Friday, February 5.
Full details: https://cvpa.gmu.edu/about/alumni/young-alumni-commissioning-project
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ICYMI - Dewberry School of Music Holiday Concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi5q1r5JBm8&fbclid=IwAR3wLcc1Q5trf4vvtwGtUYpp0x-fo3Y4o1aqryU0H3kALvUH33hJzMnRBeQ
Join us for a joyous virtual concert by the Dewberry School of Music as we ring in the holiday season! Showcasing Mason's outstanding ensembles, this evening...
Doc Nix & The Green Machine
Happy Holidays!! with infinite love,
- Doc Nix & The Green Machine
Check out this arrangement of "Carol of the Bells" arranged by Mason alum Jacob Kohut! This performance features Jacob performing alongside Mason alumn Nick Kraemer and Mason Jazz Studies/Saxophone Professor John Kocur.
Ringing in the Holiday Season with the 257th Army Band!
Carol of the Bells like it's never been heard before! Silver Line Sax featuring SGT Nick Kraemer on drum set brings this classic to life!
#armymusic #dcnationalguard #capitalguardians #militarymusic #257tharmyband #usarmybands #armyguardband #christmas2020 #holiday2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r-Y8mOeEeU
Join the vocal students of Prof. Patricia Miller today at 3:00 PM as they present an afternoon of art songs and spirituals! Watch the performance at https://gmu.zoom.us/j/93513013035?pwd=OEZDSEgxc0JCYWJsemtQVlVHNWhMZz09.
We are excited to present two installments of our Black Artist Series today!
Aundi Marie Moore Vocal Masterclass (3:00 PM): https://www.facebook.com/events/739038493666184/
Dr. Michael Nickens Band Masterclass (4:30 PM): https://www.facebook.com/events/188352082834688/
Join George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts on Dec. 1 for the second installment of The Artist-Activist: Centering Black Voices. Howard, a choreographer and author will join anti-racist theater advocate Nicole Brewer for a digital conversation about being change agents for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the performing arts. This discussion will be moderated by School of Music professor Dr. Michael Nickens.
More info: https://bit.ly/2Gm0yiP
The Mason Brass Ensemble is proud to present a virtual concert! This exciting program features the world premiere of "Five Sketches in Suit" for low brass octet by Andrew Markel.
We hope you enjoy the performance!
The Mason Brass Ensemble is proud to present a virtual concert! This exciting program features the world premiere of "Five Sketches in Suit" for low brass octet by Andrew Markel.
We hope you enjoy the performance!
The Brass Ensemble will perform a full concert next Sunday, November 29th, at 5:30 PM.
Tonight we are excited to share a preview of that captivating program! Please enjoy "Baltazar" by Anthony DiLorenzo.
TONIGHT! Friday, NOVEMBER 20, 8pm! We hope you can join us!
Join us for the 19th annual Jazz 4 Justice.This award-winning concert presented by Legal Services of Northern Virginia (LSNV) and Mason Jazz Studies is a truly unique event where attorneys, judges, students and members of the Northern Virginia community gather to celebrate their love of jazz. Proceeds from the evening benefit LSNV's mission of service to the Northern Virginia community as well as provide financial support for the Mason Jazz Studies department for trips, recordings and student projects. #MasonArtsAtHome
Happening now!
NOV 18th Master Class with Dr. Chico Santana!
Percussionist and educator Dr. Chico Santana has an active agenda around Latin America and Europe. He has performed and leading groups in Brazil, Germany, Croatia, Switzerland, Belgium, and Spain, transiting through different genres and musical styles.
Chico holds a Ph.D. degree in music from the State University of Campinas (Brazil) in partnership with the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (Germany). As an educator, Chico is a faculty member of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB, Brazil). Through this institution, Chico develops researches in the areas of music education, popular music, transcultural music studies (ethnomusicology), and percussion performance. In addition, Chico's research focuses on contemporary academic topics such as decoloniality, collective apprenticeship, “rítmica”, and corporeality.
Chico has taught in prestigious institutions, such as the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and at the Itajaí City Popular Music Conservatory.
As an active scholar, Chico has published books and didactic materials through Projeto Guri", Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he worked as a pedagogical coordinator and artistic manager.
ZOOM LINK: https://gmu.zoom.us/s/92762240244
Meeting ID: 927 6224 0244
Password: 233401
Thank you to “The George” for the wonderful write up about Jazz4Justice and our students! We are one week away from this concert! NOV 20, 8pm!
Full article: https://cvpa.gmu.edu/news/592621
Watch online: http://cfa.calendar.gmu.edu/jazz-4-justice-8482
George Mason University Flute Studio
So proud to be part of what’s happening at Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music!
We did an in-person studio recital today with live and remote performers. Flutists worked with doctorate level pianists, improving on rehearsal and collaboration skills.
We pulled it off! 🎶 One more big recital next week!
Check out the set up pictures, as well as the performer pictures. Yes, some performers are on the tv screen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJvaQT0vQVQ
Veteran's Day
November 11, 2020
We offer our grateful appreciation to the current Dewberry School of Music Faculty who serve, or have served, in one of our nation's military ensembles:
Wade Beach
Jonathan Bisesi
Regan Brough
Jim Carroll
Glenn Dewey
Aaron Eckert
Dennis Edelbrock
Stan Engebretson
Emily Foster
Jeremy Freer
Kevin Gebo
Amy Horn
Mark Jenkins
Karen Johnson
Ed Knoeckel
John Kocur
Dennis Layendecker
Kevin McDonald
Shane Nickels
Xavier Perez
David Porter
Darden Purcell
Shawn Purcell
Rick Whitehead
Kerry Wilkerson
Peter Wilson
Thank you for your sacrifices and hard work in service
to our country!
Mason Jazz is proud to roll out our "JAZZ WORKOUTS" educational series for band directors and educators!
"Crosstrain" your students with these highly interactive educational videos by our Jazz faculty! These videos will get your students "in shape" in the following areas:
Jazz Warm-ups for All Instruments
The Blues Scale
Brass Warm-ups
Bebop Outlines (I, II, III)
Walking ii-V-I Bass Lines
Groove/Beat Orchestrations
Unlike traditional master classes, these "workouts" are designed to get your students playing immediately and can be easily incorporated into any online lesson or rehearsal. Most importantly, we want your students to have fun!
George Mason Jazz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfuHcmzXSiwwT6YNdS2xoJg?view_as=subscriber (Educational Videos)
Subscribe to our channel to keep up with new content!
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Behind the Scenes footage of our NOV 20 Jazz4Justice concert! We are 2 weeks away! Tune in for a great night of music from our students and Jazz faculty!
http://cfa.calendar.gmu.edu/jazz-4-justice-8482
Congrats to our alumna!
Vannesa graduated in 2018 from George Mason with a BA performance degree and a masters in arts administration. She now is pursuing a masters in performance with Professor Terri Sundberg at the University of North Texas.
Congratulations to Vannesa Nates, who has won a flute position with the National Alliance for Audition Support training program. The Online Audition Intensive has partnered with the New World Orchestra and the Sphinx Organization. The Sphinx Organization is "heralded for its role in transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts" offering Black and Latinx musicians a customized combination of mentoring, audition preparation, financial support, and audition previews. Bravo Vannesa!! This is a really exciting opportunity!!!
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MASON JAZZ
Incredible day filming in the Center for the Arts for our NOV 20th Jazz4Justice concert! No better way to spend this important day than playing great music! Tune in on NOV 20, 8pm for the full broadcast!
Watch online: http://cfa.calendar.gmu.edu/jazz-4-justice-8482?gclid=CjwKCAiAnIT9BRAmEiwANaoE1RKYlRK1VC1kqhna5OCJi-4LTPvHRNuKBuwihmAb9O18kRQRDJzJShoCYQ0QAvD_BwE
#masonjazz #jazz #jazz4justice #jazzeducation
We are thrilled to have Shawn Okpebholo, composer, and Wycliffe Gordon, trombonist, with us this week for a set of amazing masterclasses!
Shawn Okpebholo 10/29 Masterclass: https://www.facebook.com/events/396854067991848/
Wycliffe Gordon 10/30 Masterclass: https://www.facebook.com/events/624447088237633/
Check out this awesome performance of Fiala's Duo Concertante in F Major by bassoon professor Chris Jewell and oboe professor Emily Foster!
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A peek at yesterday's masterclass with Third Coast Percussion!
The Grammy Award-winning ensemble is in residence with us through mid-November. Learn more about the first virtual Mason Artist-In-Residence for the 2020-2021 season: https://bit.ly/31sZC3C 🥁
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Tune in tonight!
Join us tomorrow, Oct. 20 at 7pm, in conversation with Bree Newsome for the first installment of our new #MasonArtsAtHome Series - The Artist-Activist: Centering Black Voices.
More info: https://bit.ly/3nPzZ6z
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Enjoy the George Mason Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble perform as a part of the annual 2020 International Euphonium Tuba Festival!
Mason Music Faculty performs Bridge Over Troubled Water to our Graduates:
Our Music in the Time of Quarantine virtual concert is TOMORROW at 8:00! Check out another sneak peek of the George Mason University Chorale performing "Let My Love Be Heard", and tune in tomorrow night for more amazing performances!
Check out a sneak peek of our University Singers performing "Rise Up", composed by Mason student Kristine Lowkis! Tune into "Music in the Time of Quarantine" this Saturday at 8:00 PM for the full performance, as well as features from our other fantastic student and faculty groups.
Join us to hear about today's music industry with Ben Schuller
To our music students: please enjoy this video from our wonderful Friends of Music!
A great video from one of our tuba students, featuring a surprise visit from a.... Bassoon? 🤔 #musicatmason #practicevideo
The #natitude continues with our George Mason University Flute Studio giving their own rendition of "Baby Shark"! #finishthefight (Washington Nationals)
The National Jazz Workshop Collegiate Band (dir. Matt Niess) with Mason Faculty, Shawn Purcell and Kenny Rittenhouse, George Mason University - June 25, 2019.
TODAY!! 1:30 - 3:30 at the JC South Plaza Dr. Michael West Nickens aka Doc Nix and Dr. Wendi Manuel-Scott, in collaboration student composers and performers, present “Mason Legacies: Listening to the Ancestors” Poetry, Song, Music, History Free Food! Come eat!
Today we were treated to a wonderful, wonderful performance of the The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps side-by-side with our George Mason University Patriots Fife and Drum Corps!! #BeJealous #ChooseMason #MarchOwardToVictory
Don’t miss the Mason Percussion Ensemble Concert at 4pm today in Harris Theatre!
Happening now: The United States Army Band Herald Trumpets are delivering a world-class performance! #BeJealous #ChooseMason
George Mason University Singers rehearsing Only in Sleep by Eriks Esenvalds with student solist Ashlyn Rock. Come on out to Schlesinger Hall on the NOVA Alexandria campus tomorrow at 7:30pm to hear works by Esenvalds, Bach, Brahms, Orff, and more performed by George Mason University Singers and Chorale, the NOVA Community Chorus, and the Justice High School Chamber Choir!
Make sure to come out to ARTS By George tomorrow night for an evening of music you won't want to miss! Here's a sneak peak of two School of Music ensembles that are performing tomorrow.
The Grand Piano Celebration is just a couple of days away on September 23rd at 3pm! Students get 2 free student tickets! http://cfa.calendar.gmu.edu/grand-piano-celebration
University Singers performing Only in Sleep by Erik Esenvalds in the Performing Arts Buiding lobby!
We've had a wonderful first couple of weeks back at school! Our students are already hard at work participating in ensembles, classes, lessons, and masterclasses!
Come see Linh and other outstanding students and faculty in the Grand Piano Celebration on 9/23! The stage is set: https://bit.ly/2MuOxWj
Preview MASON JAZZ VOICE's upcoming CD, Voice of Reason, to be released May 1! Proceeds benefit the Mason Jazz Studies department for internships, trips and future recordings. Video by Mason Music alumnus, David Scalea.
"I not only found a place to perform, I found a place to belong." Give to the Mason School of Music TODAY! Every dollar supports music scholarships so developing musicians like Carlehr can excel at Mason and beyond. #Give2Mason givingday.gmu.edu
Hear from Dylan Van Vierssen ('18) about his time as a School of Music student. #Give2Mason this Thursday, 4/5! givingday.gmu.edu
Learn what our music technology program has offered Jasmine Copeland during her time as a Mason music student. #Give2Mason on Thursday, April 5 for Mason's 2nd Annual Giving Day! givingday.gmu.edu
Mason's 2nd annual Giving Day is in one week! Learn how a music scholarship helped Josh Ellis (BA Trombone '19). Your gift on April 5th goes directly towards scholarships to assist future music majors! https://givingday.gmu.edu/
We celebrate International Women's Day today in honor of our female leaders, including our first female director! #internationalwomensday
Happy Valentine's Day! What do you love about music? <3 We caught up with a few of our Mason School of Music students to find out!
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