Tag Archives: JazzU
2011-2012 Education Season Preview
Well, it’s that time of year again; the time when we look toward the start of another great season and educational programming. If you’ve seen the upcoming Jazz at the Bistro lineup, you know that we have quite a season in store, and the education end of things [...]
Final Week: JSL 10 in 6 Campaign – Help Us Make Goal
Your Dollars. Your Support. Their Future.
We hope you’ve enjoyed the stories about Brady, Everette, Marvin, and Carlos. This is the final week of the 10 in 6 campaign, and we still need your help to make our goal of $10K by May 31. If you haven’t given [...]
Meet Carlos Brown, Jr.: The 10 in 6 Campaign
We’ve raised $1,000 toward our goal of $10K in 6 weeks. We can still make this goal by May 31st if you give $10. Would you please give $10 today? There are just two weeks to go, and your gift will make so many stories possible.
Carlos Brown, Jr. is the final student we’ll [...]
Meet Everette and Marvin: The 10 in 6 Campaign
Everette Benton and Marvin Cooper, juniors from East St. Louis, are first-year members of JazzU and play in the rhythm section of our Miles Davis Group. For both young men, working with an ensemble has been a profound learning experience and a great way to meet new people.
Everette, the group’s drummer, began playing in middle [...]
Meet Brady Lewis – The 10 In 6 Campaign
Brady Lewis first took interest in music in middle school, singing in the choir before getting involved with the band. The longer he was in the band, the more he enjoyed the onstage experience. With hard work, dedication, and a love for the craft, Brady improved – earning multiple Honor Band [...]
10 in 6 for Youth Education
Your Dollars. Your Support. Their Future.
Meet Four Outstanding Young Men Your Gifts Support
The students pictured above are juniors from the East St. Louis Senior High School Jazz Band: Brady Lewis, trumpet, Carlos Brown, Jr., alto saxophone, Marvin Cooper, bass, and Everette Benton, drums. We [...]
Gala 2011 Recap
The Jazz St. Louis Ain’t Misbehavin’ Gala was a tremendous success! We were able to net $200,000 for our youth education and outreach programs; this allows us to continue offering such programming free of cost to students and schools throughout the region. The generosity of so many people is directly responsible for the arts education [...]
Ronald Carter Residency Preview
For those not familiar with our Artist Residency program, it is one that allows us to connect top flight jazz artists/educators with high school students and teachers in small, intense educational settings. Typically a master class with artists of this magnitude consists of a couple of hundred people in an auditorium with the artist on [...]