California Jazz Conservatory
For General Operating Support
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Amount$255,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/1/2018
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
California Jazz Conservatory is an educational institution providing both degree granting and community programs in Berkeley. The Conservatory is committed to instructing students in high-quality jazz-centered composition, musicianship, and performance. It provides 3,000 classes and workshops and 120 performances that reach to more than 6,500 students and audience members annually. During the grant period, the organization will work toward pairing its recently accredited bachelor's degree program with a nationally recognized master's program. A renewal grant will support the organization's efforts to attract new students to an expanded footprint, develop its business model, and grow visibility to national and international jazz students and professionals.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.jazzschool.com
Address
2087 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, 94704-1103, United States
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.
