New Jersey Jazz Society Adds Vocals to its 2025 Scholarship Competition

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Isaac Yi, Gabriel Chalick, and Joseph Foglia

Last year’s winners (l-r) Isaac Yi, Gabriel Chalik and Joseph Foglia.
Photo Credit: Sanford Josephson

Hey all you college singers out there, the New Jersey Jazz Society is adding a “Vocal Performance” category to its 2025 juried scholarship competition. You’ve got until March 28 to apply for either “Jazz Performance” or “Original Composition.” The contest is open to all New Jersey students currently enrolled in an undergraduate music program and also to New Jersey residents in out-of-state programs. Prizes include cold hard cash as well as “guidance, mentorship, the opportunity to perform with industry professionals and coverage in Jersey Jazz magazine.” The Jury:  tenor saxophonist-flautist-composer Don Braden, trumpeter-educator Ted Chubb, Jazz at Lincoln Center VP Jason Olaine and trombonist-bandleader Mariel Bildsten.

For more information, visit https://njjs.org/

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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