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Last Saturday and Sunday 25 people attended my Composers Workshop in Brooklyn. First of all, it is inspiring that so many folks made the sincere effort to come out and share, as one participant put it, "the agony of composition."

A January visit to the Jazz Education Network convention in Dallas, Texas reaffirmed how many different ways there are of thinking about music, and how many different teachers, and students, are taking the bull by the horns to find their own way of doing this.

Join Dave Douglas at Jazz Education network conference in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, January 10. In addition to coaching, Dave will be performing at noon with the BYU Synthesis band on the Inspirations stage.

Thanks to all for writing and for your questions and thoughts. Always appreciated. For this recent one, I am going to paraphrase the question: "Dave, I'm having trouble knowing what to practice. I feel like I am working a lot but...

This Sunday, April 21, from 3pm to 6pm we will gather again at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn. The main focus of this workshop will be reading the music from my sextet album Soul On Soul, dedicated to Mary Lou Williams. The Workshop will also consider elements of composition and performance, with plenty of time for questions and discussion. Come join us, you can play or just listen.

Thanks to the great crew that came out on February 24 for the first in this series of workshops. I'm looking forward to working with all of you again on March 17. We spent most of the session playing through the music from my 1994 album In Our Lifetime, dedicated to Booker Little. Also had a chance for some nice discussion about composition, playing, and Booker Little's music and impact.

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Deepen your compositional understanding and make new musical connections at these semi-private sessions in small ensemble playing and writing.

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I'll be heading up into the mountains in about ten days, and these are the topics that visiting artists at the Banff Workshop will be presenting...