by Jeremy Cohen | Oct 11, 2011 | Blog
Hard to believe fall is already upon us. With winter close behind, I’m looking forward to warming up in Ghana this January! Our latest trip offering, the Winter Drum and Dance Field Study in Ghana, West Africa (January 2-14, 2012), is the perfect way to learn...
by Jeremy Cohen | Jun 27, 2011 | Blog
The following is adapted from “Developing an African Drumming Program for Your Music Classroom,” created by ThisWorldMusic in partnership with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This is the second in a series of three installments on arranging for an...
by Jeremy Cohen | Jun 9, 2011 | Blog
The following is adapted from “Developing an African Drumming Program for Your Music Classroom,” created by ThisWorldMusic in partnership with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This is the first in a series of three installments on...
by Jeremy Cohen | Mar 16, 2011 | Blog
Although I count Wayne Shorter among my all-time musical heroes, I admit I haven’t kept current with his recent output—and by “recent” I mean pretty much anything post-Weather Report. Which is why when I arrived at Berklee Performance Center on a...
by Jeremy Cohen | Jan 24, 2011 | Blog
With art and music on the chopping block in even well-to-do school districts like Belmont, MA, the prospects for school-based arts education look dim — that is, unless and until the arts finally take their rightful place at the table with the other core subjects. In...
