A Well Rounded Musical Education Includes Theory
Within the musical community, there is a debate about the value of music theory that will probably never ends. Is it important to study music theory scales, or is it much better to just dive into the music and experience it viscerally. The proponents of learning the theory regarded it as an essential part of knowing how to play music. You can learn by trial and error, they say, but you would do much better to benefit from the knowledge of other people. Not learning music theory when you play music is like refusing to learn arithmetic when you are studying math.

The Gorin School of Music Announces New Summer Preparatory Music Program for San Francisco Bay Area Music Students
The Gorin School of Music Announces New Summer Preparatory Music Program for Beginner Music Students, Summer Classes Start June 21, 2010 and July 10, 2010 in Mountain View, CA

Jazz Improvisation: Its Origins And History
Jazz is a very popular genre of music as well as being an intrinsic part of the history of American music. Although some people believe that jazz had its origins in early twentieth century South America, there is no doubt that jazz really came into it's own in the United States and was heavily influenced by African American blues music. The Blues were popular in the first half of the 20th century in the rural south and developed in cities such as New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago.