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Ran
Blake is available for private lessons in his Brookline, MA Studio
(minutes away from downtown Boston via public tranpsortation).
His areas of expertise and teaching include:
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Ear Training
- Jazz
Instruments
(Although a pianist, Ran Blake teaches the broad range of instruments
used in jazz and other forms of popular/world music)
- Jazz
Piano
- Accompaniment
for other jazz/world music instruments
- Development
of personal musical style
Please
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| Ran Blake's Official Biography, by Leo McFadden w/ Ran Blake, Anticipated 2012 |
About Leo |
| "The
Primacy of the Ear", MENC Journal, circa 1988 |
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"Third
Stream and the Importance of the Ear, " (reprint) Jazz in Music
Education:
The Neglected Option, The British Association for Jazz, 1982. |
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| "Pop/Rock/Jazz
Instrumentalist," Music Educators Journal, October 1982. |
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| "The
Monk Piano Style," Keyboard magazine, July 1982. |
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| "Anthony
Braxton," Bay State Banner, March, 1979. |
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| "Teaching
Third Stream" Music Educators Journals, December, 1976. |
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| "Chris
Connor," Downbeat, 1969. |
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Co-founder
and Chairperson, Department
of Contemporary Improvisation, formerly known as Department
of Third Stream Studies, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston,
MA.
1973-present |
Developed
a unique and innovative curriculum which integrates jazz, classical
and ethnic musics, and provides a rigorous method of musical development
that fosters individual creative expression through long-term memory. |
Music
Instructor, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA.
1968-present |
Specializing
in piano, composition, ear training, developing improvisational
skills, developing personal musical style. |
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Music
Instructor, offering master classes, lectures and workshops at
conservatories, universities, and high schools world-wide.
Ongoing
Partial
listing includes: Southern Methodist University, Peabody Conservatory
of Music; University of Massachusetts; Harvard University; Vanderbilt
University; Southwestern University; Alabama A&M University;
University of Wisconsin; Indiana University; McGill University;
Conservatoire National Superieur Musique Paris; Centro D’Arte
Studenti Dell’Universita di Padova, Italy; Milan, Italy. |
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Music
Instructor, Hartford Conservatory, Hartford, CT.
1972-1975 |
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Production
Manager and Music Director, Community Services Department, New England
Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA.
1968-1972 |
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