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A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM

"Becomming a Mom" is a 9 session cirriculum designed to help women learn about having a healthy pregnancy and how to care for a healthy baby. Each session will cover different topics. You can register at https://surveymonkey.com/r/99L3XZK or email marlen.ramirez@vvrmc.org

The LocalSprout Midweek Market occurs weekly at the LocalSprout Food Hub with partners from all over San Antonio featuring sustainable and artisan foods. Fresh produce, coffee, free range pork, sauces, pickles, charcuterie, honey, black garlic, boiled peanuts, chili, and baked goods are some of the local fare that will be featured at our indoor market. Educational classes take place weekly on a special topic to teach members of the public the intricacies of raising and preparing excellent food from the farmers and chefs themselves. Partners who have their products available include: The Chop Shop Produce Co Pulp Coffee Roaster Madge's Food Company Peaceful Pork JD's Chili Parlor RiceRise Lil' Red's Boiled Peanuts Texas Black Gold Garlic Southern Grit Flavor Swine House Holdman Honey Hearts and Hands

A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM

Los Angeles–based professional dance company Invertigo Dance Theatre (Invertigo) is offering weekly live Dancing Through Parkinson's (DTP) classes via Zoom on Thursdays at 1:30 PT/3:30 CT/4:30 ET. Visit invertigodance.org/dancing-through-parkinsons for more information. For the past nine years, the company has offered free (donations accepted) weekly dance classes in studios throughout Southern California to people living with Parkinson’s. View the first online classes here: invertigodance.org/dancing-through-parkinsons.  The classes mirror the experience and progression of a professional dance class with movement executed from wheelchairs, walkers, chairs, or while standing. The curriculum is designed specifically to meet the needs of people with Parkinson’s disease from newly diagnosed to late stages. The series is equally beneficial for aging populations and anyone with a different neurological diagnosis. The DTP online classes are modeled after the in-person studio classes. No dance experience is required to take part in the online or live classes. Teachers Kelsey Ang, Linda Berghoff, Heidi Buehler, Jess Evans, Haylee Nichele, and Rachel Whiting—representing the five different studio classes—each lead a segment featuring their unique styles and music selections. DTP participants move at their own pace, and every section of the class is designed with seated modifications for those who need to remain seated or who would like to take a break from standing. Classes are open to everyone; family and caregivers are also encouraged to participate. Each session begins with a seated warm-up that incorporates breath work, upper body stretches, and joint mobility. Participants perform seated choreography, tap work, and muscular brain teasers. For the next section of the class, members progress into a modified ballet barre segment—either standing with a chair or sitting—and then move through standing or seated center traveling steps and enjoy some creative at-home improvisation. The class’s traditional end—a circle of gratitude—has been adapted into an individual hand-on-heart gesture, where all participants join in a collective breath of thanks for this opportunity to remain connected to community.

A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM

A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM

Bring your flutes! Bring your drums! The Alamo Flute Circle is for all of us who enjoy Native American Flutes (to include Native American style) and drums (typically, but not exclusively, hand drums and djembes). If you don't have an instrument, someone will loan you one. If you don't know how to play, we will help you get started!

Would you line to learn and perform world music? Open to anyone who can play an instrument or sing at any level. Raindrop Foundation offers a free class every Saturday at 1pm. The music includes both classical and folk styles from the Balkans and Greece to India and China. This is an opportunity to learn both the music and the structure and theory of Makam or Raga, the scales of eastern music. As you learn you will be welcome to join our community orchestra that performs at festivals and events to promote interfaith and intercultural dialogue. We meet at Raindrop Center 4337 Vance Jackson Rd. #203 San Antonio, TX 78230 Email us at RaindropWorldMusic@gmail.com to let us know you're coming or if you'd like more information. Please include your phone number if you'd like to speak to us about the program. You might also like to visit our website to learn more about Raindrop. http://www.raindropturkishhouse.org/texas/sanantonio How to get there: map: (Raindrop Foundation) https://www.google.com/maps/place/Raindrop+Foundation+San+Antonio/@29.5146521,-98.5368164,19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x865c608283dd9dd5:0xeb4661dd6c47168d!8m2!3d29.5148622!4d-98.5371275?hl=en

A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM