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Regional High School Jazz Band Festival
Saturday, May 14th, 2022
Whitney M Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL
Clinicians
Julius Tolentino, Sherman Irby,
William McClellan, Roxanne Stevenson,
Jarrard Harris, Catie Hickey, Clif Wallace,
Participating Schools
Chicago High School for the Arts
Edwin G. Foreman College and Career Academy
William Jones College Preparatory High School
Kenwood Academy High School
Lincoln Park High School
Eric Solorio Academy High School
William Howard Taft High School
Whitney M Young Magnet High School
Co-sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center
The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band
Program (EE) is unique among educational
resources for high school jazz bands. Each year,
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) transcribes,
publishes, and distributes charts by Duke Ellington
and other seminal big band composers and
arrangers, along with additional educational
materials to bands in the U.S., Canada and
American schools abroad. Beyond providing these charts, EE also
supports its members throughout the school year with a variety of
initiatives including teaching guides, the Essentially Ellington website,
newsletters, a student composition contest, and professional
feedback of student performances of the charts. Schools that join the
program are eligible for participation in noncompetitive regional
festivals and also have the option to submit recordings for the
national Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition &
Festival held annually in New York City at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the
home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Fifteen bands are selected as
finalists and, to prepare, each finalist band receives an in-school
workshop in their community led by a JALC clinician. The
Competition & Festival culminates in a three-day festival in May for
the finalist bands, including workshops, rehearsals, jam sessions, and
performances. The three top-placing bands perform an evening
concert with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra.
Since 1995, over 846,000 students have participated in Essentially
Ellington. To date, more than 280,000 copies of 150 previously
unavailable scores have been distributed to more than 5,300 schools
internationally. In 2006, Essentially Ellington piloted noncompetitive,
education-focused Regional festivals in an effort to reach more bands
and provide the opportunity to perform Ellington's music and receive
professional feedback from JALC clinicians and other jazz
professionals in their own backyard.
Founding leadership support for Essentially Ellington is provided by
The Jack and Susan Rudin Educational and Scholarship Fund. Major
support is provided by Jessica and Natan Bibliowicz, Alfred and Gail
Engelberg, Casey Lipscomb, Dr. J. Douglas White and the King-
White Family Foundation, Augustine Foundation, Ella Fitzgerald
Charitable Foundation, Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation,
and the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Bloomberg, Con
Edison, Entergy, and United Airlines.
2SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Theater – Big Band Performances
9:00 AM Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble
9:30 AM Solorio Jazz Ensemble
10:00 AM Taft Jazz Ensemble
10:30 AM ChiArts Big Band
INTERMISSION – see “More Events” below
1:00 PM Jones College Prep Big Band
1:30 PM Kenwood Academy Jazz Band
2:00 PM Whitney Young High School Jazz Ensemble
3:15 PM Afternoon Session Acknowledgements
Band Room – Combo Performances
8:45 AM Jones College Prep Jazz Combo A
9:20 AM Jones College Prep Jazz Combo B
9:55 AM Jones College Prep Jazz Combo C
10:30 AM Whitney Young High School Combo 1
INTERMISSION – see “More Events” below
12:45 PM Whitney Young High School Combo 2
1:20 PM ChiArts Combo A
1:55 PM ChiArts Combo B
2:30 PM Foreman Jazz Ensemble
More Events (with locations)
10:30 AM Vendor Fair Opens (Arts Building Lobby)
11:00 AM Food Court Opens (Bridge)
11:30 AM Special Guest Performance!
Thaddeus Tukes Trio (Bridge)
12:15 PM Morning Session Acknowledgements (Bridge)
3Theater @ 9:00 AM
Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble
Kelley Gossler, director
Kaomah
Composed by Thomas Shabna Noor
Isfahan
Composed by Billy Strayhorn
Soloist(s): Elijah Brown, Saxophone
Ciudad de Oro
Composed by Bob Washut
Saxophone Guitar
Elijah Brown John Eliasik
Zara Kizilbash Steven Evangelou
Andrew Mcclurg Lukas Morgan
Oscar Nach
Vibraphone
Nicole Ning
Jaz Rios
Trumpet
Piano
Hannah Fitzgerald
Brandon Harper
David Martinez
Carlos Sims Bass
Zachary Bezirgan
Trombone
Damon Hodges
Sofia Aguilar
Jonathan Martinez Drums
Chase Steinmetz Benjamin Zaczek
4Theater @ 9:30 AM
Solorio Jazz Ensemble
Madeleine Mollinedo, director
Topsy
Composed by Edgar William Battle and Eddie Durham
Arranged by Eddie Durham
Soloist(s): Marin Martinez, Trumpet; Jordi Garcia, Baritone
Saxophone; Andrew Olvera, Clarinet
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Composed by Cole Porter
Arranged by Paul Baker
Soloist(s): Marin Martinez, Trumpet and Regina Maldonado, Alto
Saxophone
Cerezo Rosa
Composed by Marcel Louiguy
Arranged by Myles Collins
Soloist(s): Alex Fajardo, Trumpet
Alto Saxophone
Trombone
Regina Maldonado*
David Duran*
David Servin
Guitar
Tenor Saxophone
Christopher Ocampo
Julian Vargas
Manuel Saucedo* Piano
Fabiana Raez*
Bari Saxophone
Jordi Garcia-Ruiz Bass
Fernando Rocha*
Flute
Brigit Gomez Drum set
Mario Saucedo Joseph Macias*
Clarinet Aux Percussion
Andrew Olvera Erwen Mundo
Trumpet
Alex Fajardo*
Diana Lopez
Marin Martinez
*denotes section leader
5Theater @ 10:00 AM
Taft Jazz Ensemble
Kevin Harriman, director
Fancy Pants
Composed by Sammy Nestico
Soloist(s): Kacper Miczek, Trombone
Black Butterfly
Composed by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Benito Caine
Carruthers
Arranged by Duke Ellington (trans. Christopher Crenshaw)
Soloist(s): Jacob Bibik, Bari Sax and Kacper Miczek, Trombone
Chant Noir
Composed by Gregory Yasinitsky
Soloist(s): Emily Reyes, Tenor Sax
6Theater @ 10:30 AM
ChiArts Big Band
Anthony Bruno, director
Swingin the Blues
Composed by Count Basie
Soloist(s): Jordan Anders, tenor sax; Leo Milano, tenor sax
Remaining selections and ensemble to be announced from
the stage
7Theater @ 1:00 PM
Jones College Prep Big Band
Michael Block, director
Fly Me to the Moon
Composed by Bart Howard
Arranged by Roger Holms
Soloist(s): TBA
Lady Bird
Composed by Tadd Dameron
Arranged by Mike Tomaro
Soloist(s): Doan Le, piano
Seven Steps to Heavan
Composed by Miles Davis & Victor Feldman
Arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
Soloist(s): Andrew Condrell, Alto Sax; Joshua Breer, Trombone
Alto Sax Piano
Andrew Condrell* Nicholas Hussey-Gonzalez
Naomi Glanton Dario Nardini
James Nacionales Doan Le
Jonas Baker
Trumpet
Mariam Kazimli
Jacob Condrell
Louis Dicastri
Trombone Nicolas Attlan
Joshua Breer*
Bass
Meredith White
Charlotte Johnston
Aiden Shell
Olivia Pinsof-Berlowitz
Guitar Joseph Spalliero
Dante Shalaveyus
Drums
Samuel Mortensen
George Atkinson*
Alexander Gorz
Tristan Mathen
Audrey Young
Isaac Lowenstein
Kaitlin Cywinski
*denotes section leader
8Theater @ 1:30 PM
Kenwood Academy Jazz Band
Gerald Powell, director
Selections to be announced from the stage
Alto Sax Trombone
Chioma Akwarandu Ronald Berryhill
Nathalia Granger Kaylah King
Bria St. Clair Asa Patterson
David Roseman
Tenor Sax
Clive Phinn Guitar
Shannyn Lofton Thomas Rudbeck
Alana Powell
Piano
Bari Sax Daijah Pierce
Ellis Hill
Bass
Trumpet Christian Cherry
Tanner Bell Mia Scott
Isa Gault
Percussion
Miles Macklin*
Max Booker
Caleb Morris
Micheal Brewer
Miriam Niestat
Josiah Gartley
Joseph Smith
*denotes section leader
9Theater @ 2:00 PM
Whitney Young High School Jazz Ensemble
James Barbick, director
Smada
Composed by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Arranged by Billy Strayhorn
Soloist(s): TBA
For Lena and Lennie
Composed by Quincy Jones
Arranged by Mark Taylor
Soloist(s): Ronald Chen, trumpet
Cold Duck Time
Composed by Eddie Harris
Arranged by Erik Morales
Soloist(s): Miles Pinsof-Berlowitz, bari. sax; Joaquin Ancheta, alto
sax; Jack Nelson, tenor sax; Deen Chaudri, trombone
Saxophone Guitar
Joaquin Ancheta*, Alto Octavio Escamilla
Nick Walvoord, Tenor Nina Hall
Miles Pinsof-Berlowitz, Piano
Alto, Bari Andrew Kozintsev
John Nelson, Tenor Emmie Guo
Trumpet Bass
Silas Moody* Taro Okamura
Ethan Gutierrez Anthony Amella
Ronald Chen
Drums
Trombone
John Kiely
Deen Chaudri* Carlos Murillo
Diego De Anda
Kurt Beyler
Carlton McDaniels
*denotes section leader
10BIG BAND ADJUDICATORS
Sherman Irby (Essentially Ellington Adjudicator) found his
musical calling at age 12. In high school, he played and
recorded with gospel immortal James Cleveland. He
graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. in Music
Education. In 1991 he joined Johnny O’Neal’s Atlanta based
quintet. In 1994 he moved to New York City then recorded
his first two albums, Full Circle (1996) and Big Mama’s
Biscuits (1998), on Blue Note. Irby toured the U.S. and the
Caribbean with the Boys Choir of Harlem in 1995, and was a
member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra from 1995
to 1997. During that tenure, he also recorded and toured
with Marcus Roberts, was part of Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead
Program and Roy Hargrove’s groups. After a four-year stint
with Roy Hargrove, Irby focused on his own group in addition
to being a member of Elvin Jones’ ensemble and Papo
Vazquez’s Pirates Troubadours. Since 2003 Irby has been
the regional director for Jazz Masters Workshop, mentoring
young children, and a board member for the CubaNOLA
Collective. He formed Black Warrior Records and
released Black Warrior, Faith, Organ Starter, and Live at the
Otto Club under the new label.
Julius Tolentino (Essentially Ellington Adjudicator),
saxophonist and educator has been on the New York jazz
scene for over 20 years. He has played and recorded with
numerous small groups and big bands including Louis
Haye’s Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band, Eric Reed’s
Sextet, Jeremy Pelt’s Quintet, Natalie Cole, the Illinois
Jacquet Big Band, the Christian McBride Big Band, the
Count Basie Orchestra and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. A
graduate of the Hartt School of Music, he was able to study
with NEA Jazz Master and alto saxophone legend Jackie
McLean, who also introduced him to his other musical father,
Illinois Jacquet. As a leader his debut cd “Just the
Beginning” on the Sharp Nine label peaked at #8 on the jazz
charts in 2006. In 2007 he became the jazz director at
11Newark Academy, where he currently conducts five jazz ensembles. He also holds positions at the New Jersey Youth Symphony as the Director of the NJYS Jazz Orchestra, and Jazz at Lincoln Center as a Middle School Jazz Academy Director and a JALC travelling clinician. He has served as NJAJE Region I President from 2009-2011 and was the Director of Large Ensembles at Jazz House Kids from 2010- 2017. His groups have won and have been finalists in several national festivals and competitions. Essentially Ellington (2012-2018), the Charles Mingus Competition (2011-2018) and the Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival. At the state level, Newark Academy has received First Place at the NJAJE State Finals nine years running 2010-2018. Julius is currently serving on the board of the Jazz Education Network, JEN. Julius has presented clinics at the NJMEA Conference and JEN Conference, as well as conducted All- State and All-City Jazz Bands for MMEA and NYSMA. Julius Tolentino has been awarded Best of NJ, category Jazz Musician Inside Jersey/Star Ledger in 2010, the Illinois Jacquet Jazz Educator of the Year award courtesy of the Illinois Jacquet Foundation in 2013, and the NJ Jazz Education Achievement Award by NJAJE in 2018. William Braddan McClellan is the retired Music Supervisor of the Chicago Public Schools and the former Director of the Academy of the Arts for the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Chicago. He currently serves as the interim director of the North Park Chicago University Concert Band. Mr. McClellan holds degrees from Northwestern Illinois College (BA Music Education), VanderCook College of Music (M.M. Ed) and Roosevelt University (M.A. ES&A). A veteran, he enlisted the United States Marine Corps from 1971 to 1974 serving with the world renown United States marine Drum and Bugle Corps, serving as ceremonial bugler and assistant music director from 1972-1974. He was meritoriously promoted by the then Commandant of the Marine Corps, Robert Cushman, to the rank of Sergeant. From 1974 to 2004 he taught Band at 12
Fenger, Chicago Vocational (Orchestra), Curie, Collins and
Kenwood Academy High Schools in Chicago. He served as
Assistant Principal at Kenwood Academy (2004 & 2005). He
was the Managing Director of 9 All-City Music/Dance groups
and he Director of 14 CPS Music Festivals. Mr. McClellan
was inducted into Northeastern Illinois University Chapter of
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Chi Omega) in 1969 ad Phi Beat Mu
International Bandmasters Fraternity (Xi Chapter) in 2003;
currently serving as Vice-President. He is a member of the
Wendell Phillips Phi Beta Mu and Bugler’s Hall of Fame. He
is a current member of the Noteworthy Jazz Band (CPS
Teachers Band) and is an active adjudicator/clinician for
Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Grade School Music
Association (IGSMA), the Illinois High School Association
(IHSA) and Indiana State School Music Association
(ISSMA). William Braddan McClellan is a life-long learner,
music educator and performer.
Roxanne Stevenson is Acting Department of Music Chair,
Professor of Music Education, Director of Bands, Music Ed
and Gospel Music Coordinator and Woodwind Instructor at
Chicago State University. She earned a B.S. from Bethune-
Cookman University and the M.S. degree from The
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana both in music
education. She has performed with Bernie Mac, Vickie
Winans, Jean Carnes, Cherelle, the Chi-Lites and many
others. Professor Stevenson is the Jazz Coordinator for the
Historically Black Colleges and Universities-National Band
Director’s Consortium, Interim Vice-President of the African
American Jazz Caucus, Vice-President Elect of the Women
Band Directors International and member of the Diversity
Committee, Illinois Music Education Association, Jazz
Education Network and the Jazz Education Network’s
Sisters in Jazz Committee. She serves as adjudicator,
panelist and guest director for numerous marching, concert
and jazz festivals and competitions and has worked as
band/choral director and a classroom/music teacher in
Indiana and Illinois public and private elementary and high
13schools. Professor Stevenson is a contributor to the textbook Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz Volume I and Volume II, and the books Rehearsing the Jazz Band and The Horizon Leans Forward. She is the author of the article “Novel to Normal: Seeing Women in Music” published in the Illinois Music Educator Journal and the Connecticut Music Educator Journal. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Mu International and sponsor/honorary member and sponsor of Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Sorority and Fraternity. Professor Stevenson received the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago’s Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music – Jazz. The Absolute Winds of Change, a Tribute to Chicago’s African-American Women in Jazz, recognized her as a saxophonist/educator and she received a Christian Girls Rock award. She was a quarter-finalist for the 2nd Annual Grammy Music Educator Award, JEN’s AAJC Jazz Griot Award; and the CSU Black Heritage Ball’s Ntesie/Mate Masie Outstanding Administrator Award. 14
Band Room @ 8:45 AM
Jones College Prep Jazz Combo A
Michael Block, director
Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage
Band Room @ 9:20 AM
Jones College Prep Jazz Combo B
Michael Block, director
Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage
Band Room @ 9:55 AM
Jones College Prep Jazz Combo C
Michael Block, director
Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage
Band Room @ 10:30 AM
Whitney Young High School Combo 1
James Barbick, director
Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage
Band Room @ 12:45 PM
Whitney Young High School Combo 2
James Barbick, director
Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage
Band Room @ 1:20 PM
ChiArts Combo A
Anthony Bruno, director
Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage
Band Room @ 1:55 PM
ChiArts Combo B
Anthony Bruno, director
Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage
15Band Room @ 2:30 PM
Foreman Jazz Ensemble
Ben Pedersen, director
Bb Jam Blues
Composed by Duke Ellington
Arranged by Ben Pedersen
Soloist(s): Mercedes Delgado, Piano; Axell Lagunas, Alto
Saxophone; Caterine Gomez, Alto Saxophone; Anwar Ahmed,
Clarinet; Joseph Espinosa, Bass; Kathleen Abarca, Trumpet;
Kamrin Johnson, Drums
Ko-Ko
Composed by Duke Ellington
Arranged by Ben Pedersen
Soloist(s): Anwar Ahmad, Clarinet; Krista Brown, Trombone;
Mercedes Delgado, Piano; Joseph Espinosa, Bass
La Murga
Composed by Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe
Arranged by Ben Pedersen
Soloist(s): Kathleen Abarca, Trumpet and Krista Brown, Trombone
Trumpet Bass
Kathleen Abarca Joseph Espinosa
Clarinet Saxophone
Anwar Ahmad Caterine Gomez
Axell Lagunas
Trombone
Krista Brown Drums
Kamrin Johnson
Piano
Jessica Kesler
16COMBO ADJUDICATORS
Jarrard Harris, saxophonist and educator attended the
University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music to
pursue a degree in jazz studies. At CCM he studied with
Rick VanMatre, Pat Harbison, and Marc Fields. Upon
Graduation from CCM Harris moved to Chicago in 1998 to
attend DePaul University where under the tutelage of Bob
Lark, Tim Coffman, and Marc Colby he earned his master’s
degree in jazz studies. He currently serves on the music
faculty at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and
was formerly a faculty member at Northwestern University
and Columbia College Chicago. He also served as the
director of jazz studies with the Chicago Public Schools
Advanced Arts Education Program at Gallery 37. He
maintains an active private teaching studio in addition to
serving as a director, clinician, guest artist and adjudicator at
college and high school festivals, and state band festivals.
He has performed in the United States and abroad at
numerous jazz festivals and performed with jazz artists Jon
Faddis Big Band, Barry Harris, Joe Magnarelli, Nicholas
Payton, Joe Lovano, Claudia Acuna, Jimmy Heath, Brian
Lynch, Antonio Hart, Bobby Watson, Benny Green, Eric
Reed, Stefon Harris, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, the
Chicago Sinfonietta, Sean Jones, Sharel Cassity, Eric
Alexander, and Johnny Griffin to name a few. He has
performed at the Goodman and Court Theater in the
musicals “Ain’t Misbehavin’ and “Five Guys Named Moe.
Jarrard was a founding board member of the Jazz Education
Network and serves as a current board member for the Jazz
Institute of Chicago. Jarrard plays Vandoren saxophone
Reeds and mouthpieces and is currently a Vandoren
Performing Artist.
17Catie Hickey is a trombonist, educator and arts advocate based in Chicago. Committed to expanding the role of the 21st century musician, she co-founded the Taller de Trombones Panama in 2014. Ms. Hickey is a frequent guest of Trombonanza, Urubrass and many other brass workshops in Latin America. She teaches at Loyola University-Chicago and the Francis Parker School. A former touring member of the Foothills Brass Quintet, she performs with groups ranging from New to the Joe Clark Big Band. Committed to improving access to music education in Chicago, Catie also serves on the board of directors of Chicago Arts and Music Project. Clif Wallace began serious studies in Jazz at North Carolina Central University where he received both a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance. In College, Clif gained broad experience in playing in many different musical settings playing with any one from blues guitarist Roy Roberts to Jazz Great Branford Marsalis. Ultimately earning the drum seat in the African American Jazz Caucus’s Historically Black College and University (HBCU) All-Star Big Band for three years. With the HBCU Band, he had the opportunity to perform with Jimmy Heath, Joe Chambers, Gerald Wilson, and Jimmy Cobb. Just after college, he joined the judging panel for the 2008 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival along the likes of Marvin Stamm, Gene Bertoncini, Jim McNeely, Larry Ridley, and Jamey Abersold. In 2009, Clif Wallace took the opportunity to participate in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Artist Residency Program in Washington, DC, as well as the Ravinia/Steans Institute Artist Residency Program led by Dr. David Baker, James Moody, Dr. Nathan Davis, and Rufus Reid in Chicago, Illinois. He was also chosen to be the drummer for the Chicago Jazz Institute’s annual Young Lions performance in 2010. Recently, Clif Wallace has heard and seen playing with Saxophone and Clarinetist Victor Goines, and Vocalist Tammy McCann. As well as a host of other great artists such as Bobby Broom, Pharez Whitted, The 18
Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Rodney Whitaker, Dee Dee
Bridgewater, Diego Rivera, Robert Irving, III, Marquis Hill,
Dan Trudell, John Brown and Orbert Davis. More notably,
Clif also leads his own Quintet and other groups as a band
leader and producer. Residing in Chicago, Illinois, Clif has
become one of the city’s most in demand drummers for a
many music platforms.
SPECIAL THANKS
Whitney M Young Magnet High School
Dr. Joyce Kenner, Principal
James Barbick, Director of Bands
Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education
Krista Wortendyke, Manager of Student Programs
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Todd Stoll
Maegan Kelly
Mark Coulter
and all volunteers!
19LIST OF VENDORS
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Gallery 37
Music & Arts
PM Woodwind Repair, Inc.
Vandoren
Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education
Jazz Institute of Chicago
2021
JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO STAFF
Heather Ireland Robinson
Executive Director
Diane Chandler-Marshall
Education and Artist Development Consultant
Maggy Fouché
Grants Management Consultant
John Foster
Managing Director of Programs & Education Initiatives
Darius Hampton
Managing Director of Education and Special Projects
Mashaune Hardy
Social Media Manager
Raymond A. Thomas
Creative Director
22The Jazz Institute of Chicago is supported by:
the Alphawood Foundation
The Benjamin Rosenthal Foundation
a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of
Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Crown Family Philanthropies
Cultural Treasures
The Darling Family Foundation
The Ella Fitzgerald Foundation
the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
The Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince
The Polk Bros. Foundation
The Oppenheimer Family Foundation
The Vang Family
23Founded in 1969, the Jazz Institute
of Chicago promotes and nurtures
jazz in Chicago. We do this by
providing jazz education to youth and
adults, developing and supporting
musicians through live performance opportunities, building
audiences by making jazz accessible through free concerts
and festivals and fostering a thriving Chicago jazz scene.
We understand that engagement in the arts encourages a
lifelong application of creative thinking. The Jazz Institutes’
Jazz Links education and artist development program
empower an ever-growing community of teachers and
students through collaboration, experiential learning,
professional development and direct connections to
Chicago’s rich jazz legacy.
The Chicago Public Schools
Department of Arts Education
(DAE) champions high-quality arts
education by providing arts learning
opportunities for students,
strengthening teacher and administrator capacity, and
promoting policies that expand equitable access to the arts
for all students. The Jazz Institute and DAE have worked
together to present the Jazz Festival for CPS students for a
number of years and are pleased to continue this
partnership.
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