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  • Saturday, January 11, 2025
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM EST
    A Jazz-centered Transcultural Approach to Improvisational Studies
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM EST
    Locking the Groove: Tools to Teaching Your Bass Player and Drummer to Swing Harder on the Bandstand
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM EST
    Now What? The role of Arts organizations in fostering the artistic development and creation of performance opportunities for young talent.
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM EST
    Portland State University Vocal Collective
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM EST
    West Virginia Univ Mountaineers
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Elon University Jazz Combo
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    JazzWire #2
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    JJF Performance/Clinic TBD
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Reading Session: New Music Instrumental Big Band
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Dedicated Exhibit Hour: Meet the Artists!
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Registration OPEN
  • 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST
    Exhibits OPEN
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM EST
    It's not on the Page! Subtleties of Swing, Forward Motion and Rhythm Nuances in Improvisation
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM EST
    Kyle Aho and the Missouri State University Jazz Collective
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM EST
    There Are Kids Who Need This: Creating Youth Jazz Combos in Your Community
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Elon University Jazz Ensemble
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    JazzArts All-Star Youth Ensemble
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    JJF Performance/Clinic TBD
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    90 Years and Still Swingin' - A Complete History of The Count Basie Orchestra - 1935-2025
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Another piece on Peace Piece: Bill Evans’s contribution to modal jazz and its sources in classical music
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Art Dedrick: Pioneer in Jazz Education and Publishing
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Baby, BeBop, & The Blues
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Clifford Brown Extended Live Solo Analysis
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Cymbals Stand for Power: Jazz Education and Democracy.
    A Jazz Pilots Project in Elementary School Fostering Musical and Civic Learnings
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Don Redman's arranging career with Fletcher Henderson
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Exploring Inclusive Methods of Notation for Improvised and Through-Composed Music
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Improvisation Teaching in a Small Liberal Arts College
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Jazz and Disability: From The Perspective of a Pianist
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Jazz Pedagogy in Oklahoma Prisons Research Submission
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    JazzMEETS: Jazz and Poetry as a Vehicle of Improvisatory Community Collaboration
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Linear Chord Scale Analysis and Improvisation in Post-Bop Jazz Harmony
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Panamerican Fusion in Composition
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Rediscovering the Hollywood Saxophone Quartet
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    The Hungarian Taste of Jazz Stands at the Crossroads of Folk Songs, Bartók, Balkan Rhythm with American Style
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    The Kings of Swing: Racial and Historical Considerations of Benny Goodman's 1956 State-Sponsored Tour of Southeast Asia
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    The Rhythmic Strategies of Jazz Guitarists Wes Montgomery, Emily Remler and John Scofield; and Tools for Improvising
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    The Sociocultural Influences on McCoy Tyner and His Music
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM EST
    Kennesaw State University Jazz Ensemble
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
    Reading Session: New Music Vocal Ensemble
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EST
    Almaty Youth Jazz Band
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EST
    Elon Music Ambassadors
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EST
    JazzArts Billy Taylor Ensemble
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EST
    JJF Performance/Clinic TBD
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM EST
    Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM EST
    Sisters in Jazz
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM EST
    Vocal Songwriting Clinic
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM EST
    What's the Point
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    Alex Heitlinger Jazz Orchestra
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    Anyone Can Book A Gig: A Performer's Guide to Successful Touring & Creating Career Sustainability
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    Mad Love
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Folsom High School Jazz Choir
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Georgia College and State U Jazz Band
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Jazzwire Adult Learner JAM Session
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    JJF Performance/Clinic TBD
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    University of Minnesota Morris Jazz Combo
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Young Composer Showcase
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Dedicated Exhibit Hour: Meet the Artists!
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM EST
    It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s The Allower- A Jazz Super Hero!
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM EST
    Judy Niemack's Singing In Tune For The Contemporary Jazz Vocalist
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM EST
    Running From Bears Jazz Sextet
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM EST
    Sam Blakeslee Large Group
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    JJF Performance/Clinic TBD
  • 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM EST
    Alyssa Allgood Quintet
  • 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM EST
    Creative Usage and Writing for the Violin in Jazz Ensembles
  • 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM EST
    Healthy Chops For Brass Players: Revisiting Fundamentals
  • 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM EST
    In Search of New Vocabulary: Using Rapper’s Flows for Rhythmic Inspiration
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EST
    JJF Performance/Clinic TBD
  • 6:00 PM – 6:50 PM EST
    New World School of the Arts High School Jazz Combo
  • 6:00 PM – 6:50 PM EST
    Organic Harmony and Changing Tones – A simple approach to harmony for melodic improvisation
  • 6:00 PM – 6:50 PM EST
    Zaremba Jazz Fellowship with Wayne Bergeron
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST
    Women in Jazz Meet-n-Greet JAM
  • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
    Registration OPEN
  • 8:10 PM – 9:00 PM EST
    Allison Miller with the One O'Clock Lab Band
  • 9:10 PM – 10:00 PM EST
    Lori Williams
  • 10:10 PM – 11:00 PM EST
    COMING SOON!