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The Spring 2012 Creative Workshop at Berklee!
May 4, 2012 Other Leave a comment
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The Creative Workshop Ensemble at Berklee College of Music was a lot of fun this semester. I had a great Cre.W.e to work with and the highlight was the production of an opera entitled Noah’s Lonely Ark Band. The opera revolves around the ‘forgotten’ animals on the ark who didn’t have a partner. We employed [...]
May 4, 2012 Other Leave a comment
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Thank you so much for your questions concerning my books The Guitarists Guide to Composing and Improvising and The Chord Factory. Please keep those questions coming in. I especially love seeing and hearing any ideas you have inspired by the books. And I hope your chord dictionary grows big and fat with the help of [...]
Off to Melbourne in August!
May 4, 2012 Events Leave a comment
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I am excited about going to Melbourne, Australia for this coming August. I have been invited to perform and conduct workshops at NMIT. I will spend two weeks at NMIT and then will spend another two weeks exploring Australia starting with the Great Barrier Reef, birding in the tropics of the island, and then to [...]
“Jon what are you doing?!”
Mar 10, 2012 Jon's Articles Leave a comment
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“Jon what are you doing with that poor Rubbertellie!!” Visitors to my website have been curious about the opening photo of myself with the Rubbertellie. This was taken during a performance of Rubbertellie Murals at Gallery 119. In this piece I perform a musical piece as well as produce a painting, in this case a [...]
Jon’s new book in search of publisher
Mar 9, 2012 Jon's Articles Leave a comment
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Jon is looking for a publisher for his new book. Fresh Ideas for Musicians by Jon Damian chronicles the author’s Creative Workshop at the Berklee College of Music and is for creative musicians in all endeavors. Workshop members interact with inspirations drawn from across the universe (from alphabets to zodiacs.) In Fresh Ideas, the reader [...]
Rubbertellie in Action!
Mar 10, 2011 Featured, Jon's Articles 4 Comments
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Having heard Jon’s Rubbertellie on Dedications: Faces and Places, his CD with Bill Frisell, folks are always curious about what the Rubbertellie actually is! What does it look like? Well there is a YouTube link that shows Rubbetellie in action with Jon playing Brother Sharpe, a cut from the Dedications CD. The concert performance was [...]
The Creative Workshop in Italy
Mar 8, 2011 Featured, Jon's Articles Leave a comment
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Some of my fun experiences during the Umbrian Jazz Festival can be found in an article I recently wrote for BT, an alumni magazine published by Berklee College of Music. “A Perugian Recipe” takes a look at the people, the food and the landscape of Italy and how these elements inspired the Creative Workshop Ensembles [...]
CD: Dedications: Faces & Places with Bill Frisell
Sep 11, 2009 Other Leave a comment
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A fresh supply of the CD Dedications: Faces and Places is now available. Featuring Jon Damian along with Bill Frisell, Peter Kontrimas, Taylor Mclean, Bob Patton, Bob Nieske and John Voigt. The album consists of Damian compositions penned for people and places in his life. The recording has Jon on both guitar as well as [...]
Welcome!
Sep 4, 2009 Featured, Other Leave a comment
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Welcome to the new Jon Damian website. To post comments on articles and pages you MUST register first! Jon is an active international performer, composer, lecturer, clinician and author. He is currently a professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. His varied performances have ranged from Luciano Pavarotti to Bill Frisell to Howard [...]