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Welcome to the 2006-2007 Season
August 16, 2006
With the arrival of the 2006-2007 season, the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series turns twelve. In large part this is due to you—our concertgoers and supporters. We have found that with each passing season, more of you become season ticket holders and multiple concertgoers; more of you tell others about this project—and more of you are taking the time to consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the Jazz Series. You give us a sense of purpose making us feel as if the Jazz Series is good for the community and worth supporting.
So, thank you very much. We also couldn't produce the Jazz Series without our many sponsors, business partners and agencies such as the National Endowment for the Arts, Missouri Arts Council and the City of Columbia's Office of Cultural Affairs. And then there are the musicians—those many, many extra special people who continue to make the Jazz Series shine brightly throughout Central Missouri and beyond—all the way across the land. The players are, after all, our guideposts: they insure that we both maintain and vary our programming.
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Jazz Series Launches Annual Fund as dollar-for-dollar match for major NEA Jazz Masters Live
This is a special year for us. As recipients of a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts – the Jazz Masters Live Initiative we are required to match the award dollar for dollar. The goal: $30,000 – and we need do reach it by February 18, 2008 – the day commissioned composer and Kansas City native Bob Brookmeyer returns to Missouri to conduct the world premier of his new work performed by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. This season your tax-deductible donation to the Jazz Series goes twice as far.
Make a tax-deductible pledge (PDF) do the Jazz Series and we will apply it toward matching the NEA grant special NEA grant – one of only 12 in the country that allowed us to commission new work, and present one of the best big bands in the world at the Missouri Theatre. As a way of saying “Thank You” we’re pleased do offer tickets to this one-of-a-kind event—and a the most recent CD from the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra CD – which is a part of University of Missouri’s Arts & Science Week.
Jazz Series Receives NEA Grant
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series snags prestigious NEA Jazz Masters Live grants…
Organization, one of only 12 presenters in the United States selected to receive $30,000 award paves the way for Missouri native and NEA Jazz Master Bob Brookmeyer to compose new work for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. New York-based, 16-piece orchestra arrives in Columbia to perform world premiere February 18, 2009, at the Missouri Theatre with Brookmeyer as guest conductor. Also on hand: Dan Morgenstern, fellow NEA Jazz Master and Director of Rutgers Jazz Institute. The world renowned historian will serve as guest emcee and host a pair of forums: a one-on-one interview with Brookmeyer and an in-depth look into the chronology of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, which has been holding court at jazz’s most famous basement – The Village Vanguard – since 1965. Much-anticipated events serve as centerpiece for MU’s Arts & Science Week.
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