This is the official announcement of the University of Delaware Workshop with David Friedman and myself.

I'm really excited about this workshop, I think it's going to be incredible.

Here's the some exciting things about the workshop:

• You will get to spend 3 days with David Friedman and all 5 with me.
• Going along at the same time will be a xylo workshop featuring Bob Becker from Nexus. I'm sure we'll be swapping classes once or twice during the week. Bob is an amazing ragtime improviser and xylo player.
• Each student will have his own instrument and practice room for the workshop. This is incredible because now you can work and practice all day and night. Work on the material and then present it.
• On the final day, we'll have a concert
• There will be inexpensive housing for students in the University Dorms, right on campus!
• Dave Friedman will be there!

There is a deadline for signing up for this class and that will be announced shortly. This is a great opportunity to spend an intense week studying the vibes.

For more information GO HERE.

I'll be covering the following topics:

Sound production
Phrasing, with and without dampening
Thoughts on sticking
Practicing concepts
A non-traditional scale approach
Arranging jazz standards for the vibraphone

(I'm glad I'm going! - tm)

For my (Tony Miceli) part of the workshop I'll cover many of the things that I cover here.

Stride Vibes
Lines (clarity)
Learning Tunes
Playing Tunes in 12 keys (How easy it really is)

I'm always interesting in talking about getting players to break down there playing and see where they are at. This is great for practicing, that is learning how to find where you're at with something and then build on it. Too many players jump right in and build on confusion. To me that's no good.

I'm also interested in talking about musical aspects, the importance of singing and transcribing. I like to talk about ways of coming up with your own studies and etudes on technical things and musical things.

And then I'm open for anything after that. When you fill out the form (link coming soon) I'll ask about what you would like to hear about. And you can also post comments here as well with ideas.