Jazzschool Institute Mission

 


  Jazzschool Institute Vision



The Jazzschool Institute plays a leading role in strengthening the national and local jazz communities and supporting and promoting art and culture on the West Coast and in the San Francisco Bay Area by:

  • serving as a complete jazz conservatory for aspiring professional jazz and world music instrumentalists and vocalists at the postsecondary level

  • ensuring the highest standards of quality and professionalism

  • celebrating and supporting the cultural heritage of jazz and jazz-related music of the past, present and future

  • offering students an integrated program of classes, workshops, lectures, artist-in-residence programs, and performance and recording opportunities

  • maintaining a state-of-the-art facility of classrooms, practice rooms, intimate performance space, book and record store, and cafe

  • providing a fully equipped performance venue for faculty, touring artists and students

  • promoting diversity and access through targeted community outreach efforts and by awarding scholarships based on merit and need

  • collaborating with selected educational institutions with complementary missions

  • strengthening the West Coast’s reputation as a destination for jazz by building relationships with leading artists and organizations in other major jazz centers nationally and internationally

  • nurturing a vital community of students, teachers, performers, composers and aficionados