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Career Day 2009

BREAKING NEWS! YOU CAN HIRE ERIKA AND HER LIVE MUSIC GROUPS FOR YOUR SPECIAL EVENT!

CHECK OUT ERIKA'S NEW LIVE MUSIC PAGE to LISTEN TO SAMPLES and PLAN EARLY for your event.

It's never too early to BOOK YOUR LIVE MUSIC NOW!

The Erika Paul Carlson Jazz Trio performs at the annual Spring Swing Fling event! Click on this media link for more information: Sparks Tribune Article

ERIKA IS NOW ON YOUTUBE!

Enjoy this interview one of her piano students did of her for a school project!

Heeeere's the link: YouTube Interview of Erika

HAPPY NATIONAL GRAMMAR DAY EVERYONE!

Mignon and I wrote a song for this annual celebration!

It's called "March Forth - The Grammar Song" and it's available for purchase here:MARCH FORTH STORE

Check out the YouTube video Mignon and Pat made of the March Forth - The Grammar Song/National Grammar Day recording session/event celebration here: NATIONAL GRAMMAR DAY, MARCH 4th and post your comments of SUPPORT! Thanks!

You can now buy the MARCH FORTH original full song track AND the sing-a-long MARCH FORTH KARAOKE track on iTunes! Go Good Grammar and sing about it with us!

ATTENTION JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS!

The JDRF Hope For The Holidays CD will release officially on November 13. Erika was honored to be asked to donate her original song, "Santa, Don't Come To Our House Tonight (Unless You Bring Daddy Home)" on track 24 for the fundraising efforts! The Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Weezer, Kate Cotter and Grace Hutchison, Shanti Shanti, David Newman, Kostia Efimov, Collective Soul, Eric Andersen and Bryan Singer are also some of the included music artists in this amazing cd effort put together by Imirage Recording Studio Engineer and Producer Tom Gordon. Click here to purchase it! JDRF Holiday CD

ATTENTION LIVE MUSIC FANS!

Visit Erika's Calendar page now for a current list of concert events and activities!

Erika has complied all her song tracks for easy purchase! Sample and order now on Erika's Recording Artist page!

ATTENTION CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ASSEMBLY COORDINATORS!

The Erika Paul Carlson Trio is now available for assembly visits to your school through the Pioneer Center Youth Program! Visit PCYP Link and contact Dennyse to sign your school up for Erika's "100 Years Of Live, Toe-Tapping American Jazz" interactive jazz concert!

SCAT'S MY BAG, Erika's cd/songbook/drawing-storybook learning trilogy can now be sampled and purchased one song at a time! Click here Scat's My Bag Store and happy sampling and shopping!

FREE SAMPLES! Try the Clarinet Claire song, songbook and coloring/drawing storybook samples from Erika's "Scat's My Bag" interactive cd in your classroom for FREE! Visit Erika's Teaching Artist page NOW!

Sample and purchase only what you need for classroom lessons from Erika's "Scat's My Bag" interactive music cd, songbook and coloring/drawing storybook by visiting Erika's Publishing Co. website page and look for the song titles with the most paypal buttons!

ATTENTION CLASSROOM RESIDENCY-SEEKING TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS INTERESTED IN SETTING UP A RESIDENCY WITH ERIKA FOR ANY LENGTH!

Here is Erika's NAC AIR residence artist page link on the NEW Nevada Arts Council website!

Let's connect through my www.JazzQMusic.com website contact page and plan an exciting, motivating residency together that fulfills required standards AND inspires the kids!

FOR ALL CD PURCHASING FANS!

You can sample and purchase ALL Erika's cds and song tracks through iTunes or directly through Erika's website by visiting Erika's cds/books product page. You'll find a printable Snail MAIL ORDER form too!

To purchase ALL of Erika's cds locally, you'll find them at The Postal Annex on Disc Drive in Sparks between Vista and Sparks Blvds in the Scolaris Shopping Center.

ATTENTION PRIVATE PIANO TEACHERS, PARENTS AND BEGINNING PIANO STUDENTS!

Neil A. KJOS Publishing Co. just released two of my early level solo jazz piano arrangements!

To purchase Clean Your Room (To The Trumpet Tune) and Clarinet Claire early and early intermediate level solo jazz piano arrangements locally, you'll find copies exclusively at The Steinway Gallery, 500 East Moana Lane in central Reno.

For DIRECT internet purchase of these two early level solo jazz piano arrangements, go to Erika's KJOS Publishing Co. author's publications page and click on the song titles you want to order. It's THAT easy!

If you find yourself on the KJOS website homepage, you can also find Erika's solo jazz piano arrangements by song title under drop menu subjects, Piano music and solo & duets.

JW Pepper Co. and Sheet Music Plus also list Erika's solo jazz piano arrangements for internet purchase by typing song titles or Erika Paul Carlson in their homepage search fields.

Here's what Neil A. Kjos Publishing Co. actually has to say about their Center Stage Solos series composers:

"The Center Stage Solos series includes a diverse selection of solo and duet repertoire from today's top composers of educational music."

"Gradual and progressive grading allows for the perfect selection of repertoire for any student and any situation. Whether your student needs reinforcement of specific concepts, motivating music at a difficult age, or performance music for a recital or festival, these   pieces will ensure success!"

And, specifically about Erika's piano arrangements:

Clarinet Claire-Your young students have never sounded so hip! Arranged from the award-winning "Scat's My Bag" cd, this swingin' jazz tune will be a favorite for all. Tight jazz harmonies and engaging lyrics will get students swingin' to "Clarinet Claire with her screamin' red hair"!

Clean Your Room (To The Trumpet Tune!)-This famous early morning bugle call will rouse the troops to clean their room??? You got it--watch out for stale broccoli, crumbs, dirty socks and backyard dirt! This catchy tune with jazzy accidentals is made easy for small hands with excellent fingering, and circles to clearly indicate hand shifts.

Erika's Scat's My Bag Interactive CD, SongBook and Coloring Drawing StoryBook are also available through Jamey Aebersold's Jazzbooks website. Enter "Erika Paul" in the search field:

JAMEY AEBERSOLD JAZZBOOKS WEBSITE PAGE LINK TO ERIKA'S SCAT'S MY BAG PRODUCT PAGE BY ENTERING "ERIKA PAUL" IN SEARCH FIELD

ATTENTION K-8TH GRADE CLASSROOM TEACHERS, PRIVATE MUSIC TEACHERS AND UNIQUE INTERACTIVE CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL GIFT SEEKERS!

Entice your curiosity with the audio and pdf samples below, all excerpts from Erika's Scat's My Bag interactive music cd, songbook, coloring drawing StoryBook collection, available individually or as a learning jazz pack at Erika's cds/books.

ALL SCAT'S MY BAG CD SONG TRACKS COME WITH TEACHING SUGGESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES FOR BEST RESULTS!

Feel free to e-mail Erika at erika@JazzQMusic.com for even more learning activity and listening suggestions for each Scat's My Bag song track.

Erika continues to discover and evolve with new teaching ideas resulting from constant teacher/parent/learner feedback regarding her Scat's My Bag interactive music cd/books educational project and wants to also continue to share these new developments with you, year after year!

Life's AWESOME when introducing and enjoying beginning jazz in the classroom, at home or in the car is THIS easy, entertaining and FUN!

Clarinet Claire Audio Sample
(Click on the link to listen to this sample excerpt from the Scat's My Bag interactive music cd)


Clarinet Claire early intermediate solo jazz piano arrangement


Clean Your Room (To The Trumpet Tune) early solo jazz piano arrangement


Clarinet Claire excerpt from the Scat's My Bag coloring, drawing StoryBook and cd


Clarinet Claire, Pg. 1 excerpt from the Scat's My Bag band and vocal leadsheet Songbook and cd


Clarinet Claire, Pg. 2 of Scat's My Bag Songbook


2008 Residency class photo

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