Join jazz saxophonist and Assistant Professor of Jazz and Applied Saxophone at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Josiah Boornazian, for this exciting webinar. Since at least the 1940s, jazz musicians, scholars, journalists, and historians have expressed ambivalent and sometimes contradictory attitudes toward pianist, composer, and educator Mary Lou Williams. Though she undeniably experienced […]
Join Ellen Rowe, Tia Fuller and former Sisters in Jazz program participants Jordyn Davis, Kate Williams, Domi Edson, & Alexandra Ridout for a virtual roundtable discussion exploring topics important to women and non-binary artists in today’s jazz scene & gig economy.The panel will also discuss their personal experiences as part of JEN’s Sisters In Jazz […]
Join Grammy-nominated saxophonist & Berklee College of Music Professor Tia Fuller and the 2020 JEN Sisters in Jazz Collegiate Combo for a virtual roundtable discussion exploring topics important to women and non-binary artists in today’s jazz scene & gig economy. Moderated by jazz professor, scholar, and pianist Ellen Rowe, topics include: Effective band leader / […]
El Paso Jazz Girls by Amanda Ekery Plan I started planning for El Paso Jazz Girls, a clinic for female identifying high school students, after discovering that in the last decade only seven girls had made Texas All-State Jazz Band – less than 2% of all participants. As a Texas native, that demographic was shocking. […]
Widening Inclusion & Visibility Of Women In Music by Christina Rusnak During the biting cold of the January 2018 blizzard in New York, I ducked into a restaurant on 37thStreet for dinner with my husband. A trio of was performing some great jazz – a blending of standards and original music. Startlingly, the trio was […]
Only In the Bronx: The Maxine Sullivan Women in Jazz Series by Elena Martínez Along with jazz musician/2018 JEN LeJENds of Latin Jazz Award Honoree Bobby Sanabria, I am the Co-Artistic Director of the Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC). It is located in Morrisania, just a few blocks east of Crotona Park. What many people don’t […]