What’s on the horizon for Augusta GA, jazz this spring?

SAVE THE DATES:

March 04: Concerts @ St Luke Methodist Church

March 11: Candlelight (PRE)view Kickoff, 7p #swingforward

March 18: Rose Sunday Jazz Vespers @ St Alban’s Episcopal Church

March 22: Wycliffe Gordon & US Army Signal Corps Band, Waynesboro

March 24: Saturday Morning Swing @ The Augusta Market begins

April 05: Horses & Courses, Aiken

April 29: Gordons in the Garden – A Jazz Soiree

May 05: Tribute to Doc Bradley, Augusta State University

May 06: Candlelight Regular Season starts. 8pm

June 12: Appleby Library Concert Series

June 17: Music at The Morris, Morris Museum

October 26: Moonlight Music Cruise, Augusta Canal

December 21: Christmas in the Garden City, Imperial Theatre

December 22: Christmas in the Garden City, Imperial Theatre

Tags: special events, jazz, augusta, live music

JazzForKids (by Garden City Jazz) accepting performance requests from Augusta, Georgia, area libraries for Spring Break 2012.

(from a June 2011 interview) "As the …school year (continues), we are working to connect with community centers and after-school programs in order to reach a broader base of young people and introduce them to this art form, " said Karen Gordon, JazzForKids program director.

Gordon hosted four JazzforKids: sing, clap, wiggle, shake! programs in December 2011 and January 2012 in the Aiken-Augusta area and traveled to Cheraw, SC, to present the program in two elementary school as part of the South Carolina Jazz Festival‘s education component. Gordon is currently accepting performance requests for April 2012, National Jazz Appreciation Month, and well into the summer.

Garden City Jazz presents several programs annually in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA), providing performance opportunities for area musicians and music students, while promoting awareness of the historical and cultural significance of jazz music.

We’ve added six Richmond County elementary school presentations to the jazz calendar. Thanks Augusta Jazz Project & Rudy Volkmann! #jazzlives

February 13, 2012 – Augusta GA

The Augusta Jazz Project (AJP) is pleased to present “Intro to Jazz” to six elementary schools in Richmond County. The program is aimed at teaching “third through fifth graders the importance, history, and stylistic characteristics of jazz,” according to AJP’s founder and director, Dr. Rudy Volkmann. Presented with special thanks to the Creel Foundation and Queensborough Bank.

Wednesday Feb 15, 9:30 AM
Collins Elementary School
1321 Swanee Quintet Boulevard
706-823-6922

Wednesday Feb 22, 10:00 AM
Monte Sano Elementary School
2164 Richmond Avenue
706-481-1813

Wednesday, Feb. 29, 1:00 PM
McBean Elementary School
1165 McBean-Hephzibah Road
706-592-3723

Friday, March 2, 10:00 AM
Sue Reynolds Elementary School
3840 Wrightsboro Road
706-855-2540

Monday, March 5, 10:00 AM
Lamar-Milledge Elementary School
970 Baker Avenue
706-737-7262

Wednesday, March 7, 10:00 AM
Warren Road Elementary School
311 Warren Road
706-868-4022

 

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The Social Studies Department of Richmond County School System presents “Taking Notes: Jazz and the American Story” at area high schools.

Feb 1, 2012 – Augusta GA

The Social Studies Department of Richmond County School System presents “Taking Notes: Jazz and the American Story” at area high schools. The presentation is a product of a partnership between the Richmond County School System’s Curriculum Department and Garden City Jazz, a local non-profit organization led by Ms. Karen Gordon.

The purpose of this program is to provide students with an engaging learning experience that appeals to them visually and musically and helps them make the connections between what was going on in America and how those changes were reflected in a music that is often described as “the sound of democracy”. Too often, students are presented with history from the page of a textbook, but history is most interesting when it is told as a story…and it is even more powerful when primary sources such as photographs and music are included in the story.

Taking Notes: Jazz & the American Story takes the audience on a journey through time, revealing the connections between major events in American history and Jazz’s evolution since the 1700′s. The presentation includes a 4 piece jazz ensemble which includes two members of James Brown’s band. The presentation concludes with a segment that explains the connection between Hip-Hop and Jazz music…presented by a DJ Big Meal from Bronx, NY.

The presentation is narrated by Andre Mountain, the Professional Learning Specialist for Social Studies.

For additional information, please contact Mr. Andre Mountain at 706-306-4290.