SWOJO photo by Daniel Sheehan
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Youth Arts Projects
Youth Arts is an annual funding program for arts education, beyond the regular school day, for Seattle middle and high school youth. Funds and technical assistance from this program help experienced teaching artists lead training programs and projects in all arts disciplines – from visual arts and theater to dance and film. Youth Arts prioritizes youth or communities with limited or no access to the arts. Funding awards range up to $10,000. Learn more at www.seattle.gov/arts.
Artist Trust Fellowships
Fellowships provide $7,500 to practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and ability. The Fellowship is a merit-based award. Recipients present a Meet the Artist event to a community in Washington State that has little or no access to art or the artist’s work.
In addition to 14 Fellowship recipients, two artists will receive a one-month residency at The Millay Colony of the Arts in upstate New York and a $1,000 stipend. More at artisttrust.org. Submission deadline is January 17.
SWOJO Announces Girls Jazz Band Program
Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra presents its new girls jazz band program, running January 11 through March 18. The program, aimed at Seattle girl jazz musicians ages 13-14, offers eight evening rehearsals and culminates in a final concert. SWOJO’s professional musicians and music educators will lead rehearsals and sectionals, give a master class, and perform a joint concert on March 18. More information and registration available at swojo.org.
Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Auditions
The Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association sends one high school-aged and one adult female jazz vocalist from Greater Seattle to Kobe, Japan, in May 2017. Finalists are selected by mid-February and participate in a live audition at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on March 6.
Two winners feature as guest vocalists at the 18th Annual Kobe Shinkaichi Jazz Vocal Queen Contest held in early May, in Seattle’s sister city, Kobe, Japan. Application deadline is January 30. More at seattlekobe.org.
On the Horizon
DeMiero Jazz Fest
March 2-4
Edmonds Center for the Arts
Dee Daniels, Greta Matassa, John Proulx, and more. More information at demierojazzfest.org.
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
February 23-25
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Esperanza Spalding, Rene Marie, Julia Keefe, Claudio Roditi. More at 208-885-5900 or uidaho.edu/jazzfest.
Write Earshot Jazz
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Please email news and announcements about jazz gigs, concerts and community events to jazzcalendar@earshot.org.
