GMF Workshops and Concerts Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, 23 - 26 October 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 11:20AM http://www.globalmusicfoundation.org/events_cork09.html
Teachers/Performers
Gilad Atzmon - Saxophones and clarinet
Jeremy Brown - Bass
Pete Churchill - Vocals
Frank Harrison - Piano
Stephen Keogh - Drums
Partners
Video: GMF at Cork Jazz Festival
About the Workshops and Master Classes
This series of Global Music Foundation workshops and masterclasses is presented as part of a new partnership with the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.
Jazz Group Performance - Gilad Atzmon Real Jazz Quartet
Saturday 24 October, 3.00 pm
Cork School of Music
Union Quay, Cork
l to r: Gilad Atzmon, Stephen Keogh, Frank Harrison, Jeremy Brown
The band will give guidance and lead discussion on important elements of jazz group playing and the roles of the different instruments in a jazz ensemble.
Pulse workshop - Stephen Keogh
Sunday 25 October, 11.00 am
Guinness Festival Club
Gresham Metropole Hotel
Pulse lies at the heart of music, and developing one's own inner pulse is the goal of these sessions. The work fosters awareness - of the pulse, of silence, of the other members of the group. This workshop is hugely beneficial to musicians of every kind.
Choir and vocal workshop - Pete Churchill
Friday 23 October, 8.00 pm - Cork School of Music
Saturday 24 October, 11.00 am - Met Ballroom
Sunday 25 October, 1.00 pm - Met Ballroom
Dedicated to group singing led by one of Europe's leading choir masters Pete Churchill. Sessions will feature a different genre of choral music - some taught by ear and some from notation and the focus will be on the appropriate learning process for the music in question. For some this session will also serve as a master-class in vocal arranging.
Group singing is an important part of the day. Learning to blend as an ensemble raises important issues of time and feel not to mention aspects of intonation and diction. It is hoped that as well as serving to foster a feeling of community amongst the participants singers can also take what they learn from this session and apply it to their individual song performances.
Book now to reserve your place
Places on the workshops will be limited. We strongly recommend reserving your place as soon as possible. Click here to apply.
Concerts
Pete Churchill Quartet
Saturday, 24 October from 9.30 pm
Gresham Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street
Guinness Festival Club concert features Pete Churchill and the Frank Harrison Trio.
Book tickets on Guinness Cork Jazz Festival website
Gilad Atzmon Jazz Quartet
Sunday, 25 October 14.00
Everyman Theatre
This new, ground-breaking quartet features saxophonist Gilad Atzmon, bassist Jeremy Brown, drummer Stephen Keogh and Atzmon's long-time pianist Frank Harrison - all members of GMF's international team of world-class performers and educators.
Eschewing political rhetoric, Atzmon lets the music do the talking, relaxing into a skillful and witty dialogue with his versatile bandmates. Together they breathe new harmonic and rhythmic life into every composition they perform, transforming even the most well-worn jazz standards into scintillating originals - the true essence of real live jazz.
Double bill with Jack DeJohnette and John Surman.
