The Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation is your resource. Our programs are designed to assist music educators by providing educational and performance opportunities for students. We can help with educational tools like The Lesson Bank, in-school clinics and teacher mentoring, instruments for kids, and much more. Our mission is to bring kids and jazz together. Check us out and contact us any time at info@sacjef.org.
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 in New York. Tickets are on sale now, and sell out quickly. To purchase tickets, contact Patti Jones at pjones@sacjef.org.
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 in person as in past years.
The mission of SacJEF is to encourage young musicians to learn about and play early jazz, and the Music Lessons Awards program is aimed at helping students develop their skills on their chosen instrument. For a list of this year’s recipients, click here.
We are sorry to announce that there will be no 2021 Teagarden Jazz Camp. Our planned 2022 dates are:
- July 25-31, 2022
- August 2-7, 2022
SacJEF presented its annual Music Lessons Awards this week to seventeen deserving young musicians, ranging in age from 9 to 17. 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 mailed instead of being presented in person as in past years.
The mission of SacJEF is to encourage young musicians to learn about and play early jazz, and the Music Lessons Awards program is aimed at helping students develop their skills on their chosen instrument. For a list of this year’s recipients, click here.