Name: Uptown! A Latin jazz and swing fiesta in Inwood Hill Park
Uploaded: 2023-05-24T17:56:58Z
Description: Jazz Power Initiative presents Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam Festival: Uptown! in Inwood Hill Park

Uptown! A Latin jazz and swing fiesta in Inwood Hill Park

Jazz Power Initiative (JPI), is a non profit, 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 2003. JPI serves over 3100 New Yorkers and visitors annually - students, teachers, artists, seniors and general audiences, ages 8-80+, to promote youth development, and build more creative and inclusive communities through jazz music, theater and dance education and performance. Led by highly experienced teaching artists who are award-winning jazz, theater and dance professionals, JPI offers multidisciplinary training, scholarships and performance opportunities to New York City youth, ages 8-19, from every economic and social milieu at low or no cost to families, with extended outreach to students in under-served New York City public schools in Northern Manhattan. We currently engage over 500 students and their teachers annually, providing after-school instruction mainly in Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood (where our offices are located) and the Bronx. Over 1000 artists and educators have received training in Jazz Power Pedagogy at our annual institute and at customized trainings for schools and organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad including Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the National Urban League, Muse Machine of Dayton, the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Department of State and Fordham University - The Gabelli School of Business.

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Jazz Power Initiative presents Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam Festival: Uptown! in Inwood Hill Park

Pat's Lawn, Inwood Hill Park

<h3>Jazz Power Initiative presents Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam: Uptown!, a Latin jazz and swing fiesta in Inwood Hill Park featuring Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra (SOLJO), Annette A. Aguilar and Stringbeans, and Zah!, Dr. E and Jazz Power. No charge for admission</h3>Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam Festival is produced by Jazz Power Initiative, a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization founded in 2003, and is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the Coalition of Theaters of Color; New York City Council Member Carmen De La Rosa; the Howard Gilman Foundation; the Hispanic Federation with the Miranda Family Fund; Common Sense Fund; TD Charitable Foundation; New Music USA; NewYork Presbyterian Hospital CHALK Initiative; Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center; Holy Trinity Church Inwood; New York City Department of Parks &amp; Recreation, and Jazz Power Initiative’s individual donors.CMA’s Artistic Projects program is made possible with generous support from the Howard Gilman Foundation.Women In Latin Jazz Festival is made possible with support by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, and NoMAA Small Grants for Individual Artists, made possible with the support of NewYork-Presbyterian and the Hispanic Federation.

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