California Jazz Conservatory
For General Operating Support
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Amount$255,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/26/2019
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Term3.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
California Jazz Conservatory is a jazz-based educational institution in Berkeley that offers both Bachelor and Associate degrees, as well as community programs. It is the only independent, accredited music conservatory in the United States that is completely devoted to the study and performance of jazz. The organization’s Conservatory program trains 60 enrolled students in jazz-centered composition, musicianship, and performance. An additional 500 community members are enrolled in Jazzschool, a non-degree granting community education program. Each year, California Jazz Conservatory provides 3,000 classes and workshops to students, while maintaining a calendar of more than 100 public performances that annually reach 6,000 audience members.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.jazzschool.com
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Berkeley Jazzschool—the only comprehensive music school dedicated to the study and performance of America’s indigenous art form, jazz—annually serves more than 500 instrumentalists and vocalists of all ages and experience levels. The organization provides a post-secondary degree program, the Jazzschool Institute, as well as community classes, both of which are taught by world-class music educators and musicians. During the grant period, the Jazzschool plans to complete its post-secondary accreditation process, finish the second half of a capital campaign to retire debts associated with improvements to its building, and increase earned revenue through targeted marketing of the Jazzschool Institute.
