Registration Has Started for Newark’s ‘Jazz For Teens’ Program

Written By Mike Greenblatt
NJPAC

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has impacted thousands of young musicians for the past 27 years. Registration is now open (closing September 23) for its “Jazz For Teens” 2024-2025 Education Program. The fall semester is October 5 to December 4. The spring semester is January 25 to May 17. Student musicians from ages 13 to 18 can apply.

Besides a new course (“Business of the Music Business”), students will learn Jazz History, theory/composition, technique, ensembles and performance (including getting to play with the James Moody Jazz Orchestra and/or the George Wein Scholars Ensemble on the stage of the Newport Jazz Festival.) Students will record their own compositions and go on a field trip to the nationally known Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers-Newark.

For more information or to register, visit https://www.njpac.org/arts-education/

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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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