A-JAM Jazz Mentorship: August 2012

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Education Through Jazz: Individuality and Collaboration

Brand new clip from Israeli innovation psychologist and film maker Leon Segal's documentary on the International Association of Jazz (IASJ). Check it out. It really shows our mission in action. Very inspiring.

If you look closely, you can see a bit of Alamo Colleges representation in the group performance of John Coltrane's "Peace" at the end of the clip.

Here's the trailer for EDUCATION THROUGH JAZZ: INDIVIDUALITY & COLLABORATION. Happy viewing...

International Association of Schools of Jazz members convene in the hills above Graz, Austria. June 2012.

Intercollegiate, intercultural, and intergenerational, the A-JAM mentorship program is open to music majors in any of San Antonio's five Alamo Colleges. Auditions are held each November. During the spring semester, A-JAM honorees perform locally and are coached by regional professionals and visiting artists. One lucky student is invited to the unique annual international jazz meeting of the International Association of Schools of jazz (IASJ) in June, where s/he performs with fellow students from all over the world for one intensive week. The meetings are held at a different host school each year. Singer Jeané Gaines, Northwest Vista College, participated in the IASJ meeting in São Paulo, Brazil in 2011 as the first A-JAM grand honor awardee. You could be next!