Musicians to compete for jazz scholarship
By Ted Gioia
The California Jazz Conservatory (CJC) is offering a full-tuition, four-year scholarship to “the most successful jazz education startup in the United States” (as noted by jazz historian and critic Ted Gioia in a recently published article in New York’s City Journal magazine). The scholarship will allow the winner to work their way towards a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at the only music school in America completely devoted to jazz.
Los Alamitos High School Jazz 1, led by Los Alamitos High School Band Director Justin Padilla, will be participating in the Next Generation Jazz Festival (presented by the Monterey Jazz Festival), April 5 – 7 in Monterey, California. Groups from across the country and around the world will be playing in the prestigious event, the majority of those groups having performed at the highest levels in order to qualify for participation in the Festival.
The full-tuition, four-year scholarship to the California Jazz Conservatory is for the upcoming Fall semester. Applications are available only at CJC’s Next Gen booth.
CJC awarded a similar scholarship last year at the El Cerrito Jazz Festival. Winner, bassist Autumn Salvo, is now a first-year student at the Conservatory.
About The California Jazz Conservatory: The California Jazz Conservatory (CJC) is the only independent, accredited music school in the country completely devoted to the study and performance of jazz. CJC offers a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies and an Associate of Arts degree in Jazz Studies. CJC’s non degree-granting Jazz school offers over 100 classes and workshops on a quarterly basis. CJC also presents concerts year-round in two intimate venues, featuring visiting artists, students and faculty. For more information about CJC, visit www.cjc.edu.
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Caption: 2018 scholarship winner Autumn Salvo, a first-year CJC student.
