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 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.
Heritage High School
December 2025
Evergreen Jazz Festival Instructors
Doug Tideback of Arapahoe Community College Music Program
" 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.
"Evergreen Jazz Festival led an excellent and engaging jazz clinic focused on the blues. They guided students through call and response, improvisation, and arranging a riff-based blues by ear in a fun and interactive way. Their clear teaching style, enthusiasm, and ability to connect with students made the experience both educational and inspiring.
Would recommend them as clinicians to any school, and hope to have them back in the near future!"
High School Programs
"I cannot thank Mr. Black and Mr. Tidaback enough for the engaging clinic they provided my jazz band students. In dealing with a subject as fundamental as the blues, they were able, in less than an hour mind you, to get my band to sound like they've been playing the blues for years! I was sitting next to my students learning new things too!
If you want clinicians who understand how to get kids out of their comfort zones to explore their unique musical ideas, these are your people!"
- Brian Ebert, Director of Bands/Legacy High School
