Music For All And Jazz Education Network
Announce Strategic Partnership
Two of the nation’s leading music and arts organizations team up to support,
promote and expand jazz education.
Music for All (MFA) and the Jazz Education Network (JEN) have announced a strategic partnership that will support and expand jazz education for teachers and students.
Music for all is one of the nation’s largest and most influential organizations in support of music-making, with more than three decades of experience presenting educational programming and conducting ground-breaking research and advocacy efforts in support of arts education.
The Jazz Education Network is dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance and developing new audiences.
“By partnering, both MFA and JEN believe that we can serve even more music educators and have a greater positive impact on jazz education and performance,” says MFA President and CEO Scott McCormick.
“As Jazz is America’s truly indigenous art form, the combining of resources to help nurture the culture by developing and marketing positive programs in jazz education, will surely help to ensure jazz becomes engrained in our societies collective consciousness,” says JEN Vice President Dr. Lou Fischer.
New collaborative programming will be part of the MFA and JEN partnership. Music for All’s jazz education programs for high school students and teachers at its Summer Symposium will be presented in partnership with JEN. Dr. Lou Fischer, Professor of Music and Jazz Division Chair at Capital University, is the coordinator of the MFA Summer Symposium Jazz Division.
The National Honors Jazz Band of America, part of the Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, will also be presented in partnership with JEN. The Jazz Band of America will perform in concert Friday, March 20th at Clowes Memorial Hall in Indianapolis, conducted by Dr. Ron McCurdy, Yamaha Performing Artist and Professor of Music in the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. JEN will also engage in marketing and promotional efforts for the Jazz Band of America and coordinate future audition and applicant evaluations for the ensemble.
JEN and Music for All expect to expand their educational and performance jazz programming in the future including launching a national honors jazz vocal ensemble for high school aged singers at the Music for All National Festival and expanded jazz educational offering for teachers at the Music for All Summer Symposium.
For more information on Music for All, visit www.musicforall.org.
For more information about the Jazz Education Network visit http://www.JazzEdNet.org.
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