Every year the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest Next Gen Stage provides middle school, high school, and college students with opportunities to perform at a world class event alongside nationally and internationally acclaimed recording artists.  San Jose Jazz believes that education takes many forms and performance is a vital part of a musician’s education. The Next Gen Stage line-up features some of the Bay Area's best and brightest young musicians, some of whom will go on to become professional musicians.

San Jose Jazz education programs are not only aimed at teaching and performing music, they are aimed at teaching good citizenship, supporting academic success, and helping to ensure the longevity of Jazz while developing new audiences who appreciate the arts.

 

2012 Next Gen Stage Lineup

Sat Aug 11

noon
Youth in Jazz, Mr. Clifford Music School, Santa Clara, CA

1pm
Monta Vista High School Jazz Combo, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA

2pm
Archbishop Mitty High School Big Band, Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, CA

3pm
Young Jazz Allstars, Mr. Clifford Music School, Santa Clara, CA

4pm
Room 107 Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA

5pm
Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Stars Big Band, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA

6pm
Monterey Jazz Festival Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
 

Sun Aug 12

noon
San Jose Jazz High School All Stars, San Jose Jazz, San Jose, CA

1pm
Natalie Cressman and Secret Garden, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

2pm
Synchronicity, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA

3pm
Laila Smith, Marin School of the Arts, Novato, CA

4pm
Joaquin Miller Middle School Vocal Jazz Group, Joaquin Miller Middle School, Cupertino, CA

5pm
Santa Clara High School Big Band, Santa Clara High School, Santa Clara, CA

6pm
Deja Vu Jazz Band, Buchser Middle School, Santa Clara, CA
 

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