| A Letter from the TCJS President |
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| Written by Administrator | |
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Happy New Year! To start the year I’d like to recap some of our past accomplishments as well as letting you about some exciting things you can look forward to in 2011. The Twin Cities Jazz Society celebrates 32 years in February, and we continue to be a positive organization that brings together jazz musicians, fans, clubs and educators in a mutually beneficial outreach movement for jazz in the Twin Cities. Some of our major accomplishments are our first class newsletter Jazz Notes, our supplemental email newsletter Coda, our new Young Artists Series, and presenting many excellent concerts through out Jazz from J to Z Concert series. In 2009 we lost one of our beloved board members Jane Donohue, and in a collaborative effort between TCJS, Jane’s family, and donations from our membership and the jazz community, we established the Jane Donahue Education Fund in March of 2010. The Fund is being used to help provide jazz education experiences such as “artist in the schools” programs, master classes and performances; as well as camp/workshop scholarships. To date we have donated $300 in scholarships to jazz camps, have scheduled an upcoming workshop at Central High School in coordination with our March J to Z concert, and are in the process of scheduling other workshops soon. If you are interested in donating to the fund please contact us at tcjs.org. If you have a program and would like more information about applying for funds contact our education chair, Andrea Canter at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
We are in the process of a major redesign of our current website which will contain added features, enhancements and functionality. The launch is tentatively planned for late winter 2011. In the future I would like to see us grow our membership and outreach, particularly in attracting youth as members and into our programs. The outlook of jazz and of this organization is dependent upon our young people. The future of this organization is also dependent upon our volunteers, who are needed and are an important part of all of our activities and initiatives. If you would like to volunteer or be on a committee please call me, I would love to talk to you! Jazz is definitely alive in the Twin Cities, and we welcome your suggestions as to how we can continue to make the TCJS better. Sincerely, Lee Engele |
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