Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation - Spreading the Joy of Jazz
Traditional jazz is contagious – its rhythms, melodic swirls and distinctive solos energize everyone who listens. It’s only natural for musicians and their fans to share great jazz with their children and grandchildren, and encourage upcoming generations to play “trad jazz” themselves. That in a nutshell is the mission of the Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation: to support young musicians as they learn to master traditional jazz. Not only will they enjoy the music themselves, one day they will pass the upbeat sounds of America’s original art form to future generations.
We are thrilled to announce that the Teagarden Jazz Camp is back for 2022. The 2022 camp dates will be: Week One, July 24 – 30; Week Two, August 1 – 7 and registration opens February 25th, 2022. To register for camp, please visit our camp website’s application page here.
Normally held in early December, the 12th Annual “Up Close and Personal” fundraiser has been moved to February 17th, 2022. For more information including the ticket prices and schedule of events, please view the flier by following this link: Up Close And Personal. The featured musician will be Adrian Cunningham, Australian-born reed player now residing … Read more
SacJEF presented its annual Music Lessons Awards this week to 28 deserving young musicians, ranging in age from 8 to 18. These dedicated students will each receive a voucher for $500 in private music lessons with the instructor of their choice. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the awards were again mailed instead of being presented … Read more