Education Programs
Evergreen Jazz Festival Provides Education Events to Local Schools.
These Events Are Paid For By Our Donors and SCFD.
Music Professors from the University of Denver and The University of Colorado - Denver have curated a program demonstrating Collaboration, Community, Mutual Respect, Discovery, Experimentation, Innovation and Entrepreneurialism hidden within a musical program covering the Development of America's First Native Musical Form - Jazz.
Local dance group Community Minded Dance, provides a high energy demonstration of how these traits were applied in the popular culture of the day.
A variety of programs are available.
To Schedule a Program For Your School, Fill Out The Form Below.
For More Information, Please Call: 303-674-0641
These past events show the size and variety of the educational offerings Evergreen Jazz Festival can provide for your students and school.
" We sat with the kindergartners.
They loved it!"
School Assembly Program
Estimated 430 K-5 in the Gymtorium.
at
in Aurora, Colorado
with Wende Harston and
"You could hear the children scream
when the dancers started."
School Assembly Program
Estimated 430 K-5 in the Gymtorium.
at
in Aurora, Colorado
with Wende Harston and
The musicians introduce their instruments and their place in the creation of the music.
Small Music Class
Interactive Program
2-10 K-5 Students
at
Students get to listen and try each instrument, and learn about rhythm, notes and the basics of music.
"This year we had 15 students sign up for band. Last year we only had 3."
5-7th Grade Program
2-20 students.
Students learn about rhythm, meter, blues and jazz scales, swing timing.
Led by the inimitable chanteuse
Wende Harston, students get to write a blues song together or in groups.
High School Ensemble Program
Students work with a professional degreed musician focusing on the student's area of interest within an ensemble during the Evergreen Jazz Festival, the last full weekend of July.
High School Individual Program
1-20 students.
Students work with professional degreed musicians learning ensemble performance at the clinics the Evergreen Jazz Festival, the last full weekend of July.
