Theme From Chorale – Dave Brubeck

In September 2009, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Brubeck as a Kennedy Center Honoree for exhibiting excellence in performance arts. The Kennedy Center Honors Gala took place on Sunday, December 6 (Brubeck’s 89th birthday), and was broadcast nationwide on CBS on December 29 at 9:00 pm EST. When the award was made, President Barack Obama recalled a 1971 concert Brubeck had given in Honolulu and said, “You can_t understand America without understanding jazz, and you can_t understand jazz without understanding Dave Brubeck.”

On September 20, 2009, at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Brubeck was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree (D.Mus. honoris causa) from Berklee College of Music.

How to Learn The Piano Part

Not all keyboard teachers like the idea of teaching you only popular piano. make an effort to learn as much classical music when you can as knowledge of it will make you a more thorough and complete musician. Never underestimate just how much classical music might help you have an understanding of the various aspects present in all music for example melody, tempo, tempo, etc.