Jazz Empowers

Jazz Empowers is a national non-profit organization with the mission of transforming lives of youth in underserved schools through jazz education. We currently serve 1400 students across the country and our vision is that one day all students in America will have the opportunity to learn, love, and play jazz. We fulfill our mission by partnering with underserved schools across the country to start and develop jazz programs. We are driven by our belief that every child in America has the right to a high-quality music education. We teach jazz because it is rooted in improvisation which maximizes students’ creativity and self-expression

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Jazz Empowers is a national non-profit organization with the mission of transforming lives of youth in underserved schools through jazz education. We currently serve 1400 students across the country and our vision is that one day all students in America will have the opportunity to learn, love, and play jazz. We fulfill our mission by partnering with underserved schools across the country to start and develop jazz programs. We are driven by our belief that every child in America has the right to a high-quality music education. We teach jazz because it is rooted in improvisation which maximizes students’ creativity and self-expression. We believe jazz has the power to transform students’ lives intellectually, emotionally, and socially. Because jazz is a language, we teach the next generation of jazz musicians to listen, express, and create. For more information, visit www.jazzempowers.org.

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