Jazz Education

Jazz Education

The North Carolina Jazz Festival started a jazz education outreach program in 2007 by taking the Thursday evening all-star musicians to a local middle school on Friday to perform a concert/workshop, geared to introducing JAZZ to the children who would be the musicians and/or audiences of the future.  We have continued this practice each year, and have added a second school to the program. In 2017 we will be taking one group of musicians to Roland Grise Middle School and another to Snipes Academy for Music and Arts.

Masterclass/Workshops

In 2008 we also presented a master class with bassist Herman Burney at Wilmington’s New Hanover High School.

2010 saw the start of our masterclass/workshops at the Hilton Hotel, where local music students and educators were invited to participate  in guitar, violin and trumpet workshops given by our All-Star musicians.

Since than we have expanded the masterclass program to include trombone, percussion, reeds and bass classes. These classes are limited to 20 students each, so are on a first come first serve basis and applications for admission is possible through this website.

For more information in the Jazz Education Workshops & masterclasses please contact Laura Crane:  lauracranebx@gmail.com