The former Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Foundation has a new name.

Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation is the new name of the former Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Foundation. The foundation is also introducing its new logo and web address – sacjef.org. The mission of the Foundation remains the same -- to preserve and promote early jazz music, by supporting the education of current and future generations in the performance of early jazz, and in the history and appreciation of America’s true original art form, and to work collaboratively with other local, regional and national jazz educational organizations to accomplish this mission. Through donations and endowments, the Foundation sponsors and manages programs such as:  The Teagarden Jazz Camp – two one-week annual summer jazz camps  Traditional Jazz Youth Band Festival held in partnership with CSUS in February  Music Lessons Awards - presented annually to approximately 25 young musicians so they can afford private music lessons with an emphasis on Jazz.  TNT – The New Traditionalists, a regional honor band of High School jazz musicians  Instrument Match – a program to match donated instruments with youth musicians  The Trad Jazz Project – a partnership with local schools to sponsor clinics and music instructors to teach traditional jazz in school band programs. “We are excited about this new chapter in our Foundation’s history,” states Willia
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