SUNDAY, APRIL 14 | LESSON SCHEDULE | UPDATED   : D Dear Clients, This Sunday I have a performance and I am requesting my afternoon students to pick up an earlier lesson time due to rehearsal/soundcheck times making the music lesson schedule tight.  10:15-10:45 OPEN > 4/14 10:45-11:15 Lauren A  11:15-11:45 Jon G 11:45-12:15 Kara G….

April 9-10, 2019 | Blog Repost from April 5 | Transcribing! Wanted to post the beginning of the quest to have young musicians transcribe solos of jazz legends! On Friday, April 5 – started 3 new students transcribing for the first time: 7th grader, John K,  alto sax started transcribing Willie Bay’s Grammy Audition of…

Still on the path of teaching young students to transcribe. Dylan B, alto player, in 6th grade started transcribing one of my favorite alto players, Phil Woods on “Have You Met Miss Jones” In 20-30 mins he figured out 8 measures! Nice! These kids have ears and I’m having a good time. Working with them…

BLOG | April 5, 2019 Got up at 5am to watch AHS Jazz A at the “Swing Central” in Savannah, GA with the livestream feed. I thought the kids did great for playing at 8:30am … mind you it’s 5:30am in LA time. Now they’ll know what it feels to be a travel team like…

AGOURA HIGH SCHOOL “Jazz A” at SWING CENTRAL Jazz Competition BAND DIRECTOR: BOB HACKETT AHS “JAZZ A” at SWING CENTRAL, Savannah Georgia https://www.savannahmusicfestival.org/education-programs/swingcentraljazz/ LIVESTREAM IT AT: https://livestream.com/WTOC/events/8136137 TUNE IN ON APRIL 12  | And don’t forget the time difference!! During the competition on April 5, each of the 12 bands performs a 25-minute set for a panel…