Stefan and John work hard in the workshop.

John Daley, of Limerick City, a teacher at Peter Dee Academy of Music, organized and arranged the entire workshop, which was held at the school. John obtained both electronic and printed media attention for the event. What a man. Here is John, playing "Blue Bossa."

Stefan74, from Vienna, Austria, practices voicings on "All Blues" during vibes workshop in Limerick City, Ireland

Students talk about and show their progress in only a 2 day workshop. John Daly and Stefan both made amazing progress.

Here's a little snippet of Lionel Hampton's DVD from the Jazz Icons series that I posted about.

James

Dana talks about a Mexican Marimba, how it's made and how to hold 3 sticks in one hand.

Hi everyone,

My artist page at Vic Firth has been updated with more videos and downloads including tracks from Depth of Emotion and Key Play. The page also has information on my new mallet as well as some past PAS articles that can be downloaded. Videos include Black Orpheus, The Last Goodbye from the Berklee Performance Center in Boston and excerpts from my PASIC 2006 clinic in Austin, Texas.

The Vic Firth site also has a fantastic 8 part series of masterclasses by Gary on sticking, the four mallet grip, pedaling,...

Here's the link: http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/saindon.html

Guys!

I just had Tony on the phone, "jailed" by his layover at the Paris CDG airport! He’s waiting for his next plane to Ireland for his first workshop… He sounded great!

When he called I had just started that post to tell you this: don’t you think because he is away, the site is on holiday. Dana and him worked hard to let subscribers have some lessons during that time.