Jazz Music Reviews Our Jazz Community
As the summer is coming to close, many of us are busy planning our upcoming academic year. We are a music community and one of my goals this year as the Alabama Jazz Education Network President is to help connect resources within our region. This article will be directed towards an initiative to do just that.
There are great clinics, festivals, concerts, jam sessions, and jazz scholarships within our great state that many are not aware of. The Jazz Education Network is dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance and developing new audiences. The new Alabama JEN Unit Facebook Group Page will serve as a centralized location to receive information about jazz concerts, jazz events, educational workshops, jazz festivals, jazz scholarships, and jazz camps within our region. This is a Facebook group page where everyone will be able to publish his or her own jazz concerts and events. We will also publish jazz tips and articles. You do not need to be a JEN member to contribute or review. The link to this resource is: https://www.facebook. com / groups/AlabamaJEN/.
Regardless of whether or not you are a JEN member, we hope you will take advantage of this resource. There are already events taking shape in our region for this year including: the 2019 GSCC Jazz Festival Celebrating “Women in Jazz” (November 7th
), The
Troy University Jazz Festival (April 4th
Festival (April 10th
), the JSU Jazz ), and
there are several other events to be added at a later date. Stay tuned to our Alabama JEN Facebook page for a calendar and schedule/
40 August/September 2019 details for published events.
The Jazz Education Network is an organization that we can utilize to bring our local jazz community together. JEN is the premier professional organization for jazz educators and students. Membership in JEN is an enriching experience for everyone involved in all aspects of music, from educators to professional musicians, to students, and industry partners. JEN advocates for the advancement of jazz as an art form and the inclusion of jazz pedagogy in all educational settings and in jazz artistry and business; it promotes jazz performance on a local and global basis; and leads the development of new and expanded jazz audiences worldwide. If you still aren’t convinced, I have included a jazz education network membership benefits comparison chart in this article.
If you are interested in joining JEN, please visit
http://jazzednet.org/ join/. Director memberships cost $84 (JENeral Individual Membership) or $45 (eJEN Membership). See the Membership Benefits Comparison
Matt Leder
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