Jazz Master Class

Donny Thompson, Exec. Dir.

Oct 211 min read

Jazz Outreach Initiative Hosts Legendary Earth Wind & Fire Horn Section for Masterclass at CSN College of Music

October 20, 2024 - College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas Campus Jazz Outreach Initiative Co-founder and V.P. Education &...

Donny Thompson, Exec. Dir.

Sep 7, 20232 min read

Jazz Trumpet Master, Mike Vax Joins the JOI Jazz Orchestra at Notoriety and Clinics the LVYJO!

Notoriety Performance - Wednesday Sept. 20 - 7:30pm Jazz Outreach Initiative brings the best big band jazz entertainment to Downtown Las...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Jan 11, 20232 min read

Fred & Gladys Katen Family Trust Becomes Major Sponsor of Vegas Regional Essentially Ellington

Corporate Sponsors Still Needed for Nation's Largest Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Band Festival In Las Vegas Licensed...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Sep 24, 20222 min read

Jazz Outreach Initiative and Nevada School of the Arts Announce New Collaborative Relationship

This week at Nevada School of the Arts, Jazz Outreach Initiative announced a collaborative agreement to host a portion of Jazz Outreach...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Sep 18, 20222 min read

"JOI of Arranging with Rachel Eckroth" Course Series Announced by Jazz Outreach Initiative!

Polymath (noun): a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. Music needs a term for this. What do you call one person who is a...

Alireza Farahi

Sep 3, 20192 min read

RAVE REVIEWS FOR THE CHARLEY DAVIS TRUMPET CLINIC

Saturday, August 24, 2019, JOI sponsored and hosted legendary trumpeter, Charley Davis in Doc Rando Recital Hall on the campus of UNLV Schoo

Alireza Farahi

May 7, 20193 min read

Michael Dease Trombone Clinic

Co-Sponsored by JOI, world renowned jazz trombonist and educator, Michael Dease, gave a free Master Class to Clark County School District mu

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Feb 13, 20192 min read

2019 Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Band Festival

On January 31-February 1, Jazz Outreach Initiative, in co-sponsorship with Jazz at Lincoln Center and UNLV School of Music, presented the...