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Vocalist Andy Bey Dies at 85
Singer Andy Bey, who illuminated the jazz scene for five decades with a four-octave range that encompassed a bellowing…
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation will hold auditions for its Don Jamison Heritage School of Music, a free after-school program, in the first week of September.
Auditions will be held: Thursday, Sept. 4, 3:30 p.m., at Lusher Charter High School, and Saturday, Sept. 6, 10 a.m., in the Cook Fine Arts Center at Dillard University.
The auditions are open to music students ages 11 to 18 from the greater New Orleans area. Instruction will be in brass, woodwinds, piano, bass, drums and voice. The school accepts beginners to advanced students. Beginners and intermediate-level students are being directed to the Lusher campus; the Dillard campus will cater to more advanced students, who will receive instruction in composing and arranging, computer programs for music notation and music business.
More info: jazzandheritage.org
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