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The Institute goes virtual in response to COVID-19
With schools across the country closed indefinitely and state and local governments encouraging self-isolation and shelter-in-place strategies, the Institute is deploying its industry-leading educational resources and award-winning teaching staff to support students, parents and educators across the United States. Programs like Jazz in the Classroom and the National Performing Arts High Schools initiative are still being offered via Zoom […]
International Jazz Day 2020 Virtual Celebration Features Artists From Across the Globe
Top jazz artists will lead interactive educational sessions in six languages Video submissions from around the world to be featured on jazzday.com Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 9th annual International Jazz Day worldwide celebration will transition to a virtual format for 2020 instead of taking place as previously planned in Cape Town, South Africa […]
A Message from Our Chairman
Our Chairman Herbie Hancock explains how the Institute is updating its programming in response to the coronavirus. Help support the Institute’s virtual jazz education efforts by making a tax-deductible online donation today, subscribing to our mailing list, and following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about our award-winning educational initiatives, which have been […]
Leadership Through the Jazz Paradigm
by Dr. J.B. Dyas, Institute Vice President for Education and Curriculum Development This article originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of JazzEd Magazine. Jazz is being performed all over the world in every kind of venue imaginable – jazz clubs, concert halls, festivals, universities, high schools, coffee shops, shopping malls, hotel lobbies, restaurants, art museums, and more. But who would have thought that the U.S. […]
Updates to International Jazz Day, April 30
COVID-19 pandemic necessitates changes to 9th annual worldwide celebration of jazz Call for artists and fans around the world to self-create video messages to be streamed worldwide on International Jazz Day WASHINGTON, D.C. – Due to ongoing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, the International Jazz Day 2020 Global Host Celebration in Cape Town […]
Institute Education VP Presents Jazz Piano Clinic at Annual SCSBOA Conference
Dr. JB Dyas, the Institute’s Vice President for Education and Curriculum Development, presented a piano voicings workshop and participated in a best practices panel discussion at the 2020 Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) Annual Conference. The three-day conference welcomed more than 500 band directors, music teachers, and honors students representing elementary, middle and […]
National Performing Arts High Schools Students Perform at 2020 JEN Conference in New Orleans
Combos from three partner schools in the Institute’s National Performing Arts High Schools Jazz Program participated in the annual Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference in New Orleans on January 8 and 9, 2020. The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) Jazz Quartet and a combo of top students from the Baltimore School for the […]
Remembering Jimmy Heath
The Institute is heartbroken to learn of the passing of Institute trustee Jimmy Heath, a giant of jazz who left an indelible mark on the music he loved and helped shape. At the age of 93, Heath was a living legend who bore that mantle with characteristic good humor and humility. In more than 70 […]
Getting the Band Back Together: National Peer-to-Peer Quintet performs at 2019 Competition
The 2019 edition of the Herbie Hancock Institute National Peer-to-Peer Jazz Quintet, comprising five of the most impressive high school jazz musicians in the country, recently reunited to perform at the Institute’s International Jazz Guitar Competition Finals & All-Star Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on December 3rd. On the same bill as such […]
2019 Guitar Competition Finalists Share Stage with Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock & Others at All-Star Gala Concert
Washington, DC – The 2019 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition and All-Star Gala Concert came to a thrilling conclusion following the announcement of Evgeny Pobozhiy, 30, of Seversk, Russia, as first place winner of the Competition. Pobozhiy then joined the evening’s honoree, Terence Blanchard, and a host of jazz guitar legends onstage for a […]