Below is a sample of newspaper and magazine articles written about the wide variety of programs offered by the Institute.

College Program

• WRTI 90.1 (2023): Ambrose Akinmusire takes the helm at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance
• JazzEd (2021): Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz and UCLA Announce Incoming Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA Class of 2023
• Press Release (2021): Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz and UCLA Announce Incoming Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA Class of 2023
• Daily Bruin (2020): UCLA summer intensive passes on musical, technical skills to young jazz players
• Daily Bruin (2019): UCLA jazz institute’s jam session lets musicians and audience members perform
• KCET (2019): L.A. Jazz Never Went Away, But Now It’s on The World Stage
• KCET (2019): Jazz City: For decades Los Angeles has existed in the shadows of New York and Chicago when it comes to jazz, but that’s now changing.
• Press Release (2015): Institute of Jazz Performance Students Tour Phoenix Public Schools and Perform at The Nash in Jazz Tour, Oct. 17-21
• The Hollywood Reporter (2014): The Hollywood Reporter Unveils the Top 25 Music Schools 2014
• Downbeat (2014): The 80 Coolest Things in Jazz Today
• New York Times: American Jazz Greats Become U.C.L.A. Professors
• UCLA Newsroom (2013): Jazz legends Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter named UCLA professors
• NPR Music (2013): A Brief History Of Jazz Education, Pt. 2
• UCLA Magazine (2011): All This Jazz
• UCLA Newsroom (2011): Jazz greats join forces to bring Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz to UCLA
• The Wolf Magazine (2009): Bridging the gap: the Monk Institute's graduating class offers words of wisdom
• Offbeat (2009): The jazz class plays an encore for New Orleans
• The Times-Picayune (2009): Snug Harbor sets mark Monk Institute students' graduation
• The Times-Picayune (2009): Institute of jazz taps new pupils
• The Times-Picayune (2009): Thelonious Monk graduates join jazz greats to make music for a good cause
• Downbeat Magazine (1997): First Monk Institute class graduates with the goods
• The Boston Globe (1995): Jazz master Marsalis teaches NEC students how to swing - and how to think

Curriculum tours: Jazz in America and Blues & Jazz

International tours

Jazz in the Classroom

• LAist (2022): LAUSD Students Open Day 2 Of Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival
• JazzEd (2021): Jazz Appreciation Month Webinar Viewed on YouTube 500,000+ Times since Late April
• Downbeat (2015): Getting the Big Scholarship
• Prudential (2013): Institute Presents Newark's Top High School Musicians in Concert with Jazz Greats, June 21 at NJPAC
• L.A. Daily News (2005): : Pacoima students learn to come out swinging
• Downbeat (1997): Jazz Sports brings Watson, celebrities to D.C. junior high
• The Washington Post (1996): At D.C. school, a sweet refrain
• Los Angeles Times (1996): A fast break for kids

Other Special Programs

Performing Arts High Schools and Peer-to-Peer program

• The Washington Informer (2023): High School Students Prove to Be Seasoned Jazz Musicians
• Williamsburg Yorktown Daily (2023): Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Visits WJCC Schools
• Press Release (2023): Herbie Hancock Institute Brings All-star High School Jazz Sextet To Virginia Public Schools
• Press Release (2023): Herbie Hancock Institute Brings All-Star High School Jazz Quintet To Arkansas Public Schools
• Press Release (2023): Herbie Hancock Institute & U.S. Department Of Education Present National Peer-to-Peer Jazz Informance
• Milwaukee Public Schools (2022): Jazz education program visits MPS
• The Washington Informer (2022): High School Musicians Give Their Own Lesson in Jazz
• JazzEd (2021): Jazz Appreciation Month Webinar Viewed on YouTube 500,000+ Times since Late April
• JazzEd (2020): Leadership Through the Jazz Paradigm: Nat’l Peer-to-Peer Ensemble Performs at the Federal Trade Commission
• Press Release (2019): Sean Jones and Lisa Henry Head Peer-to-Peer Education Initiative in New England Public Schools
• Press Release (2019): Herbie Hancock Institute Brings All-Star High School Jazz Sextet to Oklahoma Public Schools
• KSFY (2018): Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz performs at Roosevelt High School
• The New Orleans Advocate (2017): NOCCA graduate earns full scholarship to Berklee College of Music
• Fort Bragg Advocate News (2017): Legendary Bobby Watson, talented young Thelonious Monk students talk about jazz
• DownBeat (2017): Bobby Watson: Saluting Forgotten Pioneers
• The St. Augustine Record (2017): National Performing Arts High School All-Star Peer-to-Peer Jazz Sextet performs with Bobby Watson, Lisa Henry
• Homeroom: The Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Education (2017): Thelonious Monk Jazz Informance: A Lesson in Democracy
• Press Release (2017): Bobby Watson and Lisa Henry to Lead Peer-to-Peer Tour in Jacksonville, St. Augustine Public Schools
• WTOC (2016): Good News: Jazz ‘Informance’ at Savannah Arts Academy
• Press Release (2015): Kellylee Evans & Antonio Hart accompany Institute’s All-Star Quintet on Chicago Education Tour
• Arizona Daily Star (2015): Photos: Jazz musician Bobby Broom and Charenee Wade, vocalist, visit Tucson High School
• Press Release (2015): Bobby Broom & Charenee Wade accompany Booker T. Washington HS Jazz Quintet to Arizona Public Schools
• Daily Press (2015): Herbie Hancock rouses Jazz Network crowd
• Downbeat (2014): Monk All-Stars Hit the Road
• U.S. Dept. of Education (2014): ED's Second Annual Jazz Informance Celebrating America's Music and Values
• Chicago Tribune (2013): Jazz pianist Gerald Clayton performs with students
• Houston Press (2013): HSPVA Sends Out Jazz Ambassadors, Ready to Do Thelonius Monk Proud
• News 92 FM (2013): High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Join Jazz Tour
• Examiner (2013): HSPVA one of two schools selected to participate in jazz education program
• WREG Memphis (2013): Douglass High Students Groove To Smooth Jazz
• Commercial Appeal (2013): Getting warmer
• Shelby County Schools (2013): Douglass & Overton High Schools to Host Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
• Clarksdale Press Register (2013): 14-time Grammy-winner Hancock coming to DSU to perform for local students
• JazzEd (2013): Monk Institute All-Star Sextet Visits Los Angeles Public Schools
• Dept. of Education (2013): ED Staff Learn About Excellence and U.S. Values From Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Musicians
• JazzEd Magazine (2012): Turning Brilliant Corners
• Jazz Times (2012): : Thelonious Monk Institute Brings High School Jazz Sextet to Boston
• Philly.com (2012): The bassist and his young jazz aces
• NewsWorks (2012): Grammy-winning jazz bassist back in Philly to help young musicians
• Chicago Sun-Times (2009): The lesson plan: FAME
• Kansas City Star (2009): Peer to peer learning
• Pittsburgh Tribune (2009): Sax player aims to shape jazz audiences of the future
• Downbeat (2008): Monk Institute brings peer groups, musical mentors together
• The Miami Herald (2008): Coral Reef band jams with New Orleans teens
• The Salt Lake Tribune (2008): Jazz students jam with visiting pros
• New York Daily News (2007): Blown away! Six high-school jazz musicians take a step toward the big time
• Downbeat Magazine (2006): Monk Institute launches Peer-to-Peer education program
• Jazz Ink (2006): Peer to Peer jazz education: a week in Minnesota