JAZZ EDUCATION NETWORK
Let’s Go Beyond The Classroom By Sean Jones In 6th grade, my band director Jessica Turner noticed that I was always the first student to
It’s Deeper Than The Notes by Todd Stoll This is my final column as your JEN President, and while I am not inclined to
Jazz in the Time of Corona by Todd Stoll I am sure that none of us could have imagined how dramatically the world would have
Remembering Ellis Marsalis by Todd Stoll Reprint by Wynton Marsalis This has been a tough couple of months for our jazz community. Between extreme economic
Some thoughts on jazz adjudication… by Todd Stoll I attend a lot of jazz festivals…especially those for high school jazz bands, the Essentially Ellington program
Community by Todd Stoll Let’s talk about “community.” Google defines community as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular
Dave Brubeck: 20th Century American by Darius Brubeck December 6, 2020 is the 100th anniversary of Dave Brubeck’s birth in Concord, California. He died at
TEACHING IMPROVISATION by Todd Stoll As I meet with jazz educators around the country, my go to question is, “what is the one thing that
Are We Doing This All Wrong? by Todd Stoll For those of us who work in jazz, whether it’s performing, teaching, advocating, or retail sales,
Jazz Conducting by Todd Stoll As the new school year begins and aspiring musicians head back to the classroom, the air is full of the