Message from the Executive Director

2 3“I didn’t have a favorite part... I loved the whole program”– 5th Grade Student

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At Jazz House Kids, we foster a love and an enthusiasm for

America’s original art form – jazz. Through our innovative approach to instruction and performance, JHK has ensured that jazz remains forever young in the hearts of our youth. In building a Jazz House, we cultivate tomorrow’s responsible citizens and community leaders by creating an exciting environment for the development of positive values such as respect, teamwork, creative thinking and a dedication to excellence.

PURPOSE: JHK was established to boost achievement of young people by enhancing their quality of life and invigorating the classrooms where they learn. We strive to fill the gap in music education for our children through:

• Engaging assemblies in elementary schools• Innovative instrumental and vocal residencies for middle and high schools• A professional development series for teachers across the disciplines• An exciting new fun-filled family discovery series

EDUCATION INITIATIVE: We utilize visual and performing arts core curriculum content standards as well as career education and con-sumer, family and life skills as the foundation for our programs. We bring together a diverse group of professional musicians and educators to provide dynamic, innovative, and multi-disciplinary learning opportunities to enrich school curricula.

HISTORY: Since our founding in 2002, JHK has become a multi-faceted not-for-profit organization providing a wide range of music education support and character building programs necessary for the successful development of our youth.

Welcome to JHK and thank you for taking this opportunity to get to know us,

Melissa WalkerFounder & Executive Director

Student Letter

Al Roker & Deborah Roberts5th Anniversary Gala Event Chairs

Over the past five years, Jazz House

Kids has introduced thousands of

public school students and their teach-

ers to America’s treasured musical art

form. Through engaging school work-

shops, residencies, and professional

development programs, JHK provides

outstanding opportunities for young

people to learn from, and be inspired

by, some of the most renowned jazz

musicians and educators on the scene

today. These programs safeguard the

future of jazz for years to come as they

ensure that young people will develop

an appreciation for jazz and become

the jazz performers and listening

audience of tomorrow.

4 5 “Please come back, I’ll be in the 3rd grade.” – 2nd Grade Student

What is a Jazz House?

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Friends of Jazz House Kids

Build a Jazz House ~ Build a Child’s Future

Quite simply, a Jazz House is the creative space where we

come together with young people, their families and teach-

ers to share, appreciate and learn about the jazz experience.

It’s a mobile house, constantly in play, with wheels that turn

on improvisation as it negotiates its way toward that incan-

descent goal: the celebration of jazz.

It’s a house whose foundation is built on:

• Respect for creativity

• Tolerance for diversity

• Harmony in teamwork

• Love for self and others

• An abiding passion to preserve the legacy and ensure the future of jazz.

It’s the place where we live.

“When I was growing up around Kansas City, I was so lucky to be mentored by many of the best older musicians in town. I always felt like I learned how to play on the bandstand by being exposed to the infinity of possibilities that exist within the jazz realm through the goodwill of the players who took the time to talk to me and share their wisdom.

I am excited about the work that Jazz House Kids is doing. Exposing young people to great music is one of the most im-portant things in the world. The future will be enhanced by an enlightened group of children that have benefited from having had the chance to hear and experience great jazz played by the excellent players and educators that the Jazz House Kids family offers in their presentations, clinics and workshops.”

—Pat Metheny

6 “I liked when the piano decorated the house so that we could live in it.” – 6th Grade Student

Creative adventure and a stomping good time are in store for the participants of this workshop series!

Our acclaimed youth enrichment series examines the

musical, historical, geographical, social and cultural

influences that form the foundation of jazz. Utilizing an

interactive multi-media approach, a professional jazz

ensemble conducts workshops using an informative

video learning tool as its backdrop. We support the

development of critical learning skills while aiding in

the development of motor coordination. All sessions

are conducted in a safe environment by professional

jazz musicians and educators.

Assemblies are:

• Between 45 to 60 minutes in length• Best when limited to 100 students, can accommodate 250• Either grouped together or conducted individually• Conducted by visiting performing artists aka Jazz House Kids Combo

Ask about our school-wide jazz concertsThe Jazz NeighborhoodLet’s dance! Join us for a journey through the heart of jazz and New York’s Harlem culture during the 1920s and 1930s. The jazz neighbor-hood of Harlem was made up of creative men and women pursuing their dreams together. These individuals reached out to the world and changed the way that people heard, read, thought, cre-ated, spoke and wrote about America and its people. With the swing era as our musical back-drop, students will delight in watching and hear-ing the feet of professional dancers. Who knows, maybe some of the participants will find them-selves on stage!Target Audience: 8 – 12 years old

Assembly Programs

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Let’s Build a Jazz House Workshop Series™Building a Jazz HouseGrab your tool belt because it takes everyone to build this house! This highly entertaining session lays the foundation for hearing and recognizing jazz music. Participants construct a virtual Jazz House using their voices and rhythm instruments to explore the basic function and unique roles within a jazz band. The audience will learn the importance of a strong skill set for individual development and the satisfaction derived from group collaboration. Building a Jazz House will be a memorable journey! Target Audience: 5 – 12 years old

Singing the BluesWhat are the blues? Why do we get them? Better yet, learn how to get rid of them! Come explore the universally recognized world of the blues which forms the foundation of virtually all genres of American music. The historical, cultural and social legacies of this musical journey unfold as students examine the basic chord structure, rhythm and emotional storytelling inherent in this music. Participants’ spirit comes alive when they construct their very own blues story. Target Audience: 5 – 12 years old

The Pat Metheny Trio featuring Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez greet a JHK donor’s family backstage.

“What presence...what confidence! The analogies were great!” – 4th Grade Student

We are pleased to introduce a new program for teaching professionals across academic disciplines. The Retreat is de-signed to immerse educators in a jazz environment where they will learn to combine jazz with other disciplines and come to see the endless possibilities for bringing jazz into ANY classroom. Teach-ers learn to reinvigorate current curricula through interdisciplin-ary professional development. Why? Because overwhelming evidence shows that music education enhances social skills, provides leadership tools and increases cognitive abilities in young people. Upon completion, educators will be able to design their own jazz-based units, and return to their schools to put into practice what they learned.

A wide range of training for all teachers:

•Participants will gain a new look at the musical journey of jazz through the lens of a historical, geographic, socioeconomic, political, gender and racial context which gave rise to America’s original music

•Non-music educators will receive specific tools and lessons to incor-porate jazz into any classroom(grades K-3) and (grades 4-8)

•Music educators will gain tools to start or strengthen instrumental and vocal programs (grades K-12)

•Music generalists will learn to create or expand a jazz unit in their classroom (grades K-8)

Program Highlights:

•Performances by internationally recognized jazz artists

•Roundtable discussions with educators, professional artists and leading jazz institutions

•Teacher jam sessions and cross content teacher forums

•21 hours of professional develop-ment credit

•2 1/2 day retreat and 3 follow up group sessions

Contact Jazz House Kids for more information today! 973-744-2273

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School Residency Programs

Vocal Summit Jazz Residency Program This multi-faceted residency program provides a rare opportunity for existing choral programs to become immersed in the world of vocal jazz performance. Jazz House Kids brings world-class professional artists including singers, arrangers and instrumentalists into schools to collaborate with music instructors to provide intensive instruc-tion in vocal production and technique, fundamen-tals of jazz singing, repertoire development and basic elements from the jazz idiom. Professionally arranged music provides a platform for students to explore the rich harmonies of jazz. The Vocal Summit culminates with a series of public perfor-mances with students, residency clinicians and professional jazz musicians.Target Audience: grades 3—12Program Duration: 12 weeks Clinicians visit weekly to conduct: 8 classes, dress rehearsal, 2+ concerts, and wrap up session

Instrumental Jazz Residency Lab™The Jazz Lab brings world-class performing art-ists and established groups into schools to work with existing jazz and Latin ensembles and school big bands. Students will receive an impressive range of jazz instruction including combo rehears-als, instrumental sectionals, master classes and large ensemble sessions. Clinicians and school music specialists work together to prepare reper-toire and to strengthen musical skills needed for improvisation and successful live performances. In the Jazz Lab the art of improvisation and swing comes alive!Target Audience: grades 6—12Program Duration: ranges from 1 to 8 weeksClinicians visit weekly and perform 2+ concerts

Jazz Across The Curriculum

Professional Development Jazz Retreat

Residency Programs

After-school residencies availableAsk about our all-star master classes

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History, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, Math,

Art, Music, and Library/MediaJazz has something to offer

today’s classrooms!

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The Power of Music. Our programs incorporate academic

and professional standards that enrich school curricula and

boost achievement in the following ways:

Program Outcomes

Outcome 1. Increase students’

knowledge, skills and aesthetic aware-

ness of music through the rich legacy

of America’s original art form – jazz. (NJCCCS 1.1)

Outcome 2. Enable students to

utilize media and methods from the

jazz idiom to create and perform works

of art. (NJCCCS 1.2)

Outcome 3. Provide students

with opportunities to learn about and

utilize the elements and principles of

jazz music. (NJCCCS 1.3)

Outcome 4. Help students utilize

knowledge about jazz music to reflect

upon and critique music and ideas re-

lated to music, the arts, and society.

(NJCCCS 1.4)

Outcome 5. Students and teach-

ers use jazz as a medium to understand

the relationships between cultures,

historic events and the arts.

(NJCCCS 1.5)

Outcome 6. Students and teach-

ers use their new understanding of jazz

to make explicit connections to disci-

plines outside the arts. (NJCCCS 2: Com-

prehensive Health and Physical Educa-

tion; NJCCCS 3: Language Arts Literacy;

NJCCCS 4: Mathematics; NJCCCS 5: Sci-

ence; NJCCCS 6: Social Studies; NJCCCS

8: Technological Literacy; NJCCCS 9:

Career Education and Consumer, Family,

and Life Skills)

Outcome 7. Teachers use jazz-

based skills and knowledge to enrich

existing school music programs and

programs in other content areas by

working in cooperation with teachers

and administrators. (NJ Standards for

Required Professional Development of

Teachers)

Outcome 8. Provide formal and

informal professional development

for teachers and collegiate students

of music and education about jazz,

including skills, knowledge, and other

applications. (NJ Standards for Required

Professional Development of Teachers)

Outcome 9. Enable schools and

students to make clear connections

with community resources in jazz,

other types of music, and the other

arts. (NJCCCS 9: Career Education and

Consumer, Family, and Life Skills)

Outcome 10. Continually im-

prove programs by querying constitu-

ents such as grantors, participants, and

outside evaluators to assure optimum

quality and applicability to current

social and educational needs.

(NJ Standards for Required Professional

Development of Teachers)

Family Jazz Discovery Series

Get an inside look at the world of jazz through the eyes of the artist. Join us for an interactive listening and video

series introducing families to the legacy of jazz around the

globe. Meet internationally acclaimed artists and the friends

who make up the jazz neighborhood for these fun-filled

informal mini performances and Q&A sessions.

Come join us — each session has a different twist!

This program is offered free of charge to the public.

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Board of Directors

Melissa WalkerFounder & Executive DirectorJazz House Kids

Bruce Heckman, MD PhysicianPresident of North Star Medical Group

Wendy Hoskins VP / Business Manager Bank of America

Christian McBrideBassist and Co-Director of theJazz Museum in Harlem

Leslie Naamon, MBACEO Anthem Indiana MedicaidWellpoint, Inc

Mark Miller Senior Finance andStrategic Planning Executive

Alison PerloPresidentHuman Revolution Consulting

Gwendolyn Rippey, Ph.D.Special Assistant to CMOHorizon Blue Cross Blue Shield

Legal Counsel

Andrea Walker Modu, Esq.George Washington University, J.D.Seton Hall University, LL.M.

Advisory Board

Neil Baldwin, Ph.D.BiographerDistinguished Visiting Professor, Montclair State University

Maria Perez Brown, Esq.Dorado EntertainmentTV Producer

Carol Frierson Campbell, Ph.D. Associate Professor of MusicWilliam Paterson University

Nina d’AlessandroMaster TeacherNew York University

Donna WilsonPresident of The Probus Club of Sidney, BCRetired Principal

Denise PruittMedia / Marketing Consultant

Honorary Board Members

Gale Monk Publisher, Thelonious Music Corp.

Norman SimmonsCelebrated ComposerPianist & Recording Artist

Development Committee

JHK appreciates the support of ourtalented and enthusiastic volunteers

Staff & Clinicians Board & Advisors

Ryan MaloneyDirector of Program Outreach & Development

Ed PalermoDirector of Music Curriculum

Khalilah SharifExecutive Coordinator

Ron BlakeSaxophones - Jazz House Kids Combo

Jack GlottmanPiano - Jazz House Kids Combo

Oscar PerezPiano - Jazz House Kids Combo

Chris BergerBass - Jazz House Kids Combo

Jerome JenningsDrums - Jazz House Kids Combo

12 13jazzhousekids.org“What a wonderful program for children.” – Principal

Partial listing of visiting clinicians: Christian McBride, Norman Simmons, Steve Wilson, Ali Jackson, Geoff Clapp, Paul Beaudry, Virginia Mayhew, Vana Gierig, Dave Stryker, and Aaron Goldberg

Jazz House Kids is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

14 15jazzhousekids.org“Thank you for coming. YOU WERE GREAT.” – 4th Grade Student

ORCHESTRAL SPONSORPrudential Financial

FOUNDATION SUPPORTChamber Music AmericaThe Dana FoundationGeraldine R. Dodge FoundationHyde and Watson FoundationsNewark Arts CouncilThe Prudential Foundation

SIGNATURE MEDIA SPONSORWBGO

TRIOAlison PerloKing Mortgage Corp.Leslie & Eugenia NaamonRoberta Plutzik Baldwin & Neil BaldwinWendy Hoskins

DUOThe Bath ConnectionJennifer StromeLisa PittPSE&G

SOLOBob Gatti-Graceline KennelsBruce & Lynn HeckmanCarol MoralesDavid & Lois StithDiane & Edward KoonesDonna WilsonElizabeth JenningsGale MonkGwendolyn Rippey & Dewette AughtryThe Horizon Foundation of New JerseyJD AssociatesJeanne WalkerJudy & Richard MillerJonathan Plutzik & Lesley Goldwasser Foundation, Inc.Kayce Freed JenningsKathryn Williams for Saint Jane JazzKeith Brown & Maria Perez BrownKristen LandonLaurie CarterLexisNexis Matthew BenderMarc & Linda LawrenceMarion O’NeillMary-Paula AllegertNaydene BrickusNicole EdgecombeOtto & Anne PlesciaPay Plans CorporationRhodena Williams & Tammy Brookins

Robert & Jeanne MaraniSheila GuitonShelley Sherer & Mark MillerSteve Wilson & Nina d’AlessandroTed Kurland Associates, Inc.The Jack & Patrice Dweck and Jeffrey & Adel Cohen FoundationVicki MaraniWolf Weissman CPA’s P.C.

FRIENDS OF JAZZ HOUSE KIDSAlexander & Sandra DehavenonAlan DoktorAnna MitchellArthur LevyBarbara & Lionel PerloBetsy Lembeck & Donald GarberCarol MoralesCassandra JamesCatherine DaveyCharles PerloDanna ReynoldsDavid & LuAnn SholemsonDenise CastetterDennis and Debra SchollDonald & Jacqueline HartDon & Beverly LuckGayle WeibleyHarvey & Abbie SnyderHillel EphrosIlene Fishman & Carry GoldbergIris LeeJason & Rebecca MolesworthJei Florez & Maria FreittasJohn BrandstetterJoseph R. ThomasJoyce McCormickKathleen DermodyKathleen M. MackenzieKhalilah SharifLisa & Ken BrownLois M. BrightLeslie Sanders DashefskyPercidia Alice NorrisRebecca DoggettRichard & Caroline EaddyRichard & Sylvia WeinertRichard SchliebusRobert Adler & Anne-Marie NolinRobert Pini & Michael BourdrouRonna WiseTamima Friedman & Dan RosenblumTanya PlutzikTom & Mary CredserVicki Debaets

As of October 2007

Our Generous Donors Gala

5th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONA MAGICAL NIGHT

There was a full house at the

Montclair Art Museum in New

Jersey on Thursday, June 7, 2007.

This memorable evening sponsored

by Prudential Financial held many

splendid surprises for our esteemed

guests, from sumptuous food,

beautiful blue and green cocktails

to celebrate JHK. The swinging

sound from the Jazz House Kids

Combo greeted guests as they

arrived. Highlights of the evening

included a silent auction featuring

exciting gems and collectibles, and

inspiring comments on behalf of

our celebrated honorees including

the late ABC News anchor, Peter

Jennings and saxophone icon, Jackie

McLean. A spectacular performance

by Newark, New Jersey’s Ridge

Street School Chorus and a thrilling

concert with multi-Grammy™ winner

David Sanborn and an all-star trio

rounded out the night. The Board of

Directors and staff of JHK extends

our tremendous gratitude to our

generous donors and sponsors: you

made our event a huge success!

We couldn’t have done it without you!

To make a tax-deductible donation or to book a program, please contact:Jazz House Kids, Inc.623 Eagle Rock Ave #118West Orange, NJ 07052

973-744-2273info@jazzhousekids.orgwww.jazzhousekids.org

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