A-JAM Jazz Mentorship: April 2013

Monday, April 22, 2013

A-JAM to Perform at Vista Spring Music Festival - Thursday, April 25

Read more about the SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL at Palmetto Center for the Arts at Northwest Vista College, April 24 and 25, 7:30 PM...

You are invited to listen to two nights of exhilarating music from talented NVC students!
•Wednesday, April 24: the choirs and chamber ensembles will be featured; and on
•Thursday, April 25: the A-JAM combo and the jazz ensemble will perform.

Each night, soloists: singers and instrumentalists of all kinds will perform. The ticket ticket charge is $4 per night.

For more information, contact 486-4527 or visit the Palmetto Center for the Arts at Northwest Vista College CALENDAR.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

A-JAM to Perform at Fiesta Jazz Fest - April 26, 2013

The A-JAM combo has been invited to perform at the 51st annual Fiesta Jazz Fest. Established in 1962, Fiesta Jazz Fest at St. Mary's University is one of the oldest educational Jazz Festivals in the nation.

The 2013 A-JAM group features student soloists Bianca Johnson (voice) from St. Phillip's College, Odie Wallace (bass) from Northwest Vista College, and Ben Whitehead from Trinity University. Program director Katchie Cartwright will sit in on keys. The students will feature classic jazz repertoire from the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) "top 10 tunes to know in jazz."

More information is available on FACEBOOK:
Fiesta Jazz Fest on Facebook
Alamo Jazz Allstars Mentorship (A-JAM) on Facebook

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!