Jazz Empowers

Our Charter School Residency Program introduces and operates after-school jazz bands in under served charter schools with no existing instrumental music programs. The schools we serve have the desire to start and sustain a vibrant band program for their students but can't afford the nearly $100,000 needed to do so. We offer a more affordable option and take on all operations of the jazz band. We hire highly-qualified jazz educators to lead the programs and we provide new instruments to all participants who cannot afford them. Each jazz band meets 2-4 times a week for the entire school year. The jazz bands work towards performances at school functions such as assemblies and graduations.

A program that brings some of our top students together to talk about music talk with professional jazz musicians and to give their feedback on how jazz should be taught to future generations.

In our Band Director Support Program we partner with band directors and music teachers that already work full time at an under served school by helping them develop a strong jazz program at their school. We provide each band director with financial support that they can use for instruments sheet music and other crucial resources needed to help get their jazz program to the next level.