About GMF:
Creative Panel • GMF Seminars • Guest Teachers
Scholarships • Other Art Forms • Live Music for Corporate Events

Special projects:
Stardust Project • Nemo Project • Jazz & Wine Tours

Music is the universal language of mankind (Longfellow)

The Global Music Foundation is a nonprofit organization, formed in December 2004.

It runs a year-round programme of educational events, including workshops and performances, which enable all people, whatever their background, to share in the enormous benefits of music making. These involve students and professionals sharing knowledge and ideas; playing together; discussion groups and all manner of musical and artistic activities.

The GMF believes that such events are an ideal way for people, whatever their background, to come together under the guidance of expert teachers to learn, listen and make music.

It offers an open and friendly atmosphere which embraces both oral and written traditions from all over the world.

The Global Music Foundation aims to provide a creative environment where musicians and artists can share ideas, knowledge, and experience. Learning and communicating together, with people of different backgrounds from all over the world, leading to cultural enrichment, understanding and the breaking down of barriers, for the benefit of all.

The workshops provide a balance of formal instrumental classes, group workshops and activities, discussion groups, audio and video sessions. Informal and spontaneous events are encouraged and there is a programme of concerts throughout the duration of the seminar. The seminar culminates with a final concert in which students and teachers participate.

The Foundation also runs special projects which are designed to bring improvisational music to a wider audience around the world.

Creative Panel

The foundation has a creative panel made up of highly accomplished musicians and artists, from different countries around the world.

Dr Louis Stewart (Ireland)
Stephen Keogh (Ireland)
Marney O'Sullivan (Ireland)
Gilad Atzmon (Israel/Palestine)
Edward Simon (Venezuela)
Fernando Marco (Spain)
Heiner Franz (Germany)
Kevin Dean (Canada)
Jim Connolly (Ireland)
Alfred Kramer (Switzerland)
Greg Burk (USA/Italy)
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GMF Seminars

The vast combined experience of the GMF directors, teachers and panel members informs the opinion that to let music "take place", and essentially to form the skills needed to communicate efficiently in this ever-changing world, a certain openness, combined with the ability to listen is needed.
The structure of the workshops has its emphasis on group interaction, as well as on one-to-one learning.

Brief description of typical GMF Seminar
Mornings are set aside for instrumental classes where the students get expert tuition both privately and in a group setting.
In the afternoons several combos (or ensembles) are formed from the student body. During these sessions tutors are on hand to coach the groups in composing, arranging and playing through various pieces of music giving advice and guidance where neededand to help with any difficulties encountered.
Most evenings concert performances by both tutors and students are organized which gives everyone an opportunity to socialize and interact in a less formal environment.
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Guest Teachers

At present most of the musical education is taught through the art form of Jazz. Jazz, as a musical style, is inherently open to all other styles of music and is constantly changing and evolving by absorbing the influences of many different cultures.
However, guest teachers from all musical backgrounds and traditions will be involved in future seminars.

Scholarships

One of the main aims of GMF is the student scholarship programme. When funds allow, we offer scholarships to students who are exceptionally gifted or who may be from less privileged backgrounds.
Applications for scholarships are open to students from all around the world.
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Other Art Forms

By facilitating the creation of situations where people from different artistic backgrounds can meet and share their experiences we feel that everyone involved will gain a greater knowledge and understanding of their chosen art form.

We will shortly publish details of a new poetry prize which we are developing jointly with the Comune di Certaldo in Italy.

Live Music for Corporate Events

Bring your corporate event to life with a performance or interactive workshop from the Global Music Foundation's international network of professional musicians.

Learn more about live music for corporate events

Special Projects

Stardust Project

Building on the success of its 2007 Jazz Rainbow Project, GMF has launched the Stardust Project, an interactive programme of workshops and performances for music students of all ages and backgrounds. This is an ideal event for a local school, music college, community centre or performance venue.

Learn more about Stardust

Nemo Project

Raising the standard of your team’s or organisation’s performance, whatever the activity - business, sport, the arts - requires higher levels of team work and inspired leadership. Enhanced concentration, attention, awareness and listening skills are all invaluable tools in this endeavour. Nemo offers a combination of training activities to discover, develop and fine tune these capabilities.

Learn more about Nemo

Jazz & Wine Tours

Jazz & Wine Tours feature luxury accommodation, wine tasting, guided tours of Tuscan cultural and culinary delights by day and world-class jazz performances by night. They complement three GMF August music festivals and summer schools: the Tuscany Jazz Vocal Summer School and Festival of Voice and the Rhythms of the World - Brazil and the Samba (12 - 17 August 2007) and the Tuscany International Jazz Summer School & Arts Festival (20 to 25 August 2007).

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Specialist holidays for Jazz and wine lovers