8/29/23
Celebrate BILLY HART 2023 Living Legacy Jazz Awardee
Help us Celebrate BILLY HART 2023 Living Legacy Jazz Awardee!
8/10/23
Jazz Road Tours: Now Accepting Applications
Open to jazz artists nationwide, this program offers grants of up to $15,000 to support touring your work. Applications are due September 19, 2023, with additional deadlines occurring regularly through 2026.
4/10/23
The Ninth Annual Center City Jazz Festival
The Ninth Annual Center City Jazz Festival will take place on April 22, 2023 as part of Philadelphia’s Jazz Appreciation Month.
3/20/23
Jazz Appreciation Month
Help us kick off Jazz Appreciation Month by setting a world record of 500 people doing jazz hands at once!
3/20/23
Celebrations of the Life and Music of Joey DeFrancesco
“Honoring Joey DeFrancesco: A Celebration of Life & Music” will be held April 1 at The Philadelphia Clef Club and April 9 at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix.
2/15/23
Masterclass with Terell Stafford
Free masterclass led by acclaimed jazz trumpet player, Terell Stafford, March 4 at The Kimmel Center.
2/15/23
Ars Nova Workshop
Ars Nova Workshop presents the genre-defying improvising quartet PAKT at Solar Myth on February 19.
1/27/23
Key of She Jazz Jam 2023
Register NOW to reserve your spot for the next Key of She Jazz Event happening on February 18, 2023 at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Livestreaming available for those who aren't near!
1/27/23
Berks Arts Announces Second, Expanded “getJazzed Jams on the Road”
As part of a collaborative effort between Berks Arts, Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest, getJazzed, and community music schools in the region, students are invited to attend an afternoon of clinics and jam sessions with professional musicians and educators from across the region at THREE locations in 2023!
1/14/23
Jazz Road Tours & Creative Residencies Webinar
Join the Jazz Road team on February 2 from 3 - 4:30 p.m. ET for a webinar about Jazz Road Tours and Creative Residencies, our vision for these grantmaking programs, and best practices on assembling an application. Register today!
1/14/23
The Philadelphia Youth Jazz Orchestra
The Philadelphia Youth Jazz Orchestra (PYJO), a new program division of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute under the direction of Justin Faulkner, creates a unique opportunity for students to explore the origins of the American contribution to the sonic history of the world.
1/13/23
Arts Funding Opportunities Round-up: January 2023
New: Jazz Road Tours grants
11/9/22
Arts Funding Opportunities Round-up: November 2022
New: The NAMM President’s Innovation Award. Last Week to Apply for This Round: The Ben & Jerry's National Grassroots Organizing Program. Ending this Month: PECO's new Powering the Arts Grant.
9/29/22
Thank you to our 2022 Summit Giant Steps Sponsor: Mid Atlantic Arts
The Living Legacy Jazz Award was created in 1994 as a way to honor living jazz masters in Mid Atlantic Arts’ nine state region. The Award has always focused on contributing to the perpetuation of the jazz legacy and education with an emphasis on passing skills and knowledge to the next generation of musicians. The first awardee was trumpeter Clark Terry and 28 stellar artists have joined him since – including our 2022 awardee, Roger Humphries.
8/4/22
Arts Funding Opportunities Round-up: August 2022
New: The NAMM President’s Innovation Award. Last Week to Apply for This Round: The Ben & Jerry's National Grassroots Organizing Program. Ending this Month: PECO's new Powering the Arts Grant.
7/21/22
Roger Humphries Receives the 2022 Living Legacy Jazz Award Presented by PECO
Previous Living Legacy Jazz Award winners include Amina Claudine Myers, Charles Tolliver, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Odean Pope, Ron Carter, and many more!