January 17, 2012
Application deadline: January 23, 2012. Under the leadership of trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas and his hand-picked group of leading jazz faculty, this unique program leaves the rigid academic environment behind, encouraging creativity and facilitating leaps of artistic innovation. Participants benefit from daily master classes, small ensemble rehearsals, and common sessions with some of the world’s most inspiring jazz musicians.
November 23, 2011
As many around the jazz internet saw yesterday, Vijay Iyer has been announced as the successor to Dave as the director of the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music starting in 2013. Details on the Banff Workshop for this, Dave's last year as director, are below.
October 5, 2011
The 9th annual Festival of New Trumpet Music celebrates Trumpeter/Composer Kenny Wheeler at the Jazz Standard, October 20 - 23, 2011, and a special reading Wheeler's music with Dave Douglas at NYU Steinhardt Jazz Studies.
August 1, 2011
Two conversations between Dave Douglas and Curtis Macdonald on composing, playing, and technology.
June 6, 2011
December 14, 2010
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February 8, 2010
Young Artist Workshop participants and players...