Community
Arts Program (CAP)
Wins 2013 Knight Arts Challenge!
Wins 2013 Knight Arts Challenge!
MIAMI, FL - To introduce more young Miamians to jazz, Miami’s
Community Arts Program (CAP) will expand its Conservatory for the Arts to
include an exciting and innovative after-school jazz institute. This is made
possible through support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
as part of its Knight Arts Challenge, which has awarded
$100,000 to the Community Arts Program to establish the Miami Jazz
Institute.
Since its inception in the early 20th century, jazz has been a reflection of American culture and is widely considered as the truly original American art form. Yet many graduate from high school with little knowledge of the historical importance and practical applications of jazz. The Community Arts Program solution to this is a Miami Jazz Institute (MJI) that will stimulate children through the richness of jazz as they understand its place in American history, its musical structure, and its practical applications in one-on-one lessons on a chosen instrument and in performance as soloists and as part of MJI performing ensembles that reflect Miami’s diversity. With sliding-scale tuition based on need, the Miami Jazz Institute will make it possible for more children to participate.
Since its inception in the early 20th century, jazz has been a reflection of American culture and is widely considered as the truly original American art form. Yet many graduate from high school with little knowledge of the historical importance and practical applications of jazz. The Community Arts Program solution to this is a Miami Jazz Institute (MJI) that will stimulate children through the richness of jazz as they understand its place in American history, its musical structure, and its practical applications in one-on-one lessons on a chosen instrument and in performance as soloists and as part of MJI performing ensembles that reflect Miami’s diversity. With sliding-scale tuition based on need, the Miami Jazz Institute will make it possible for more children to participate.
“There is a real need for after-school programs
that fully immerse young people in jazz. Providing them with a strong
foundation in theoretical and applied learning builds solid understanding and
adaptable skill sets,” remarks Community Arts Program Executive and Artistic
Director, Mark Hart. “Opportunities like this create a more vibrant community
and ensure a robust future for our children.”
"The Community Arts Program has a wonderful
track record of preparing our students to be musicians and creative thinkers.
This new program will extend that effort while bringing the arts more deeply
into Miami's many neighborhoods," said Dennis School, VP/arts at Knight
Foundation.
Beyond theoretical and applied musical growth,
Miami Jazz Institute students will also develop an understanding of
collaboration, the correlation between hard work, discipline and goal
accomplishment, and the unity found within diversity. Key to the Institute’s
overall growth will be free, MJI student concerts that engage Miami’s many
neighborhoods. These concerts will expand jazz awareness and, most of all,
spark other children’s interest in jazz and their involvement with the
Institute.
About the Community Arts Program (CAP)
The Community Arts Program is part of Coral
Gables United Church of Christ. The Community Arts Program provides South
Florida with an expanding array of educational and culturally-enriching
experiences through its critically-acclaimed Summer Concert Series begun in 1987
and award-winning Conservatory for the Arts, launched in 2003. More at www.CommunityArtsProgram.org.
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational
ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage
communities and foster the arts. The Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge funds
ideas that help bring South Florida together through the arts. More at www.knightarts.org.
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