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Performances
Let's Make a Difference!
Jazz Outreach Initiative builds programming to increase opportunities for young people to play in public. While education is foundational to building musical talent, performances build confidence, depth, and strength for young musicians.
Jazz Vegas Orchestra
The Jazz Vegas Orchestra (formerly JOI Jazz Orchestra) is a professional big band comprised of some of the area's top jazz musicians. The Jazz Vegas Orchestra presents nearly 30 high quality public performances for the public each year as a way to both add to a vibrant jazz culture and community in Southern Nevada, as well as to support its many educational and outreach programs, masterclasses and clinics, and more.
Upcoming Jazz Vegas Orchestra and Other Events
- Multiple Dates
- Feb 14, 2025, 12:45 PM PST – Feb 15, 2025, 5:30 PM PSTArtemus W, Ham Concert Hall - UNLV, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USALicensed by Jazz at Lincoln Center, this festival is the most prestigious of the more than 2 dozen regional Essentially Ellington festivals in the nation welcoming outstanding high school jazz bands from across CCSD and the western United States!
- Feb 15, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMUNLV Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USACapping off a full two days and nights of jazz education, clinics, masterclasses, and outstanding high school big band performances from across the western USA, this final concert features the jazz masters "Essentially Ellington All-Stars Octet," UNLV Jazz Ensemble I, & Outstanding Student Soloists!
- Feb 16, 2025, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM PSTLas Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89119, USABand Director Academy 2025 (BDA) is a single-day professional development workshop for band directors. This year's educators include Sherrie Maricle, Victor Goines, Christopher Dorsey, Lauren Sevian, Scott Brown and Kenny Rampton. This full day is licensed by J@LC. Provides 1/2 credit in Nevada.
- Multiple Dates
- Jan 26, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PMCSN Music Dept. Building H, Room H-127, 3200 E Cheyenne Ave, North Las Vegas, NV 89030, USAMiddle and High School musicians, including strings and vocalists! Come join us for the Spring 2025 Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra Auditions! (Walk-in Auditions will be accepted after the first hour of each audition)
- Oct 09, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM PDTMyron's at The Smith Center, 361 W Symphony Park Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USAJazz Outreach Initiative’s "Jazz Vegas Orchestra is honored to welcome vocalists Michelle Johnson, Naomi Mauro, and special surprise guest artists to celebrate Las Vegas’s own “Number One Son” with original music curated from the Joe Williams Library!
- Sep 08, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PMCollege of Southern Nevada - Band Room, 3200 E Cheyenne Ave, North Las Vegas, NV 89030, USAHigh school instrumentalists! Come join us for the Fall 2024 Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra Auditions! There are TWO audition dates at different locations, this is the second one. (Walk-in Auditions will be accepted after the first hour of each audition)
- Sep 04, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PMCommunity Lutheran Church ANNEX Building, 3690 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89121, USAHigh school instrumentalists! Come join us for the Fall 2024 Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra Auditions! There are TWO audition dates at different locations, this is the first one. (Walk-in Auditions will be accepted after the first hour of each audition)
- Jul 31, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PDTCommunity Lutheran Center Annex, 3690 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89121, USA"Jammin' with JOI" provides students with fun, relaxed, and FREE supportive summer jazz program. REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO STUDENT MUSICIANS ALL SKILL LEVELS.
- May 29, 2024, 5:30 PM PDT – Jul 31, 2024, 7:00 PM PDTCommunity Lutheran Center Annex, 3690 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89121, USA"Jammin' with JOI" provides students with fun, relaxed, and FREE supportive summer jazz program. REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO STUDENT MUSICIANS ALL SKILL LEVELS.
Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra
Bringing together student musicians of all demographics and from as many schools as possible creating a community of musicians for the next generation. Directed by our Vice President and Director of Programming, Gary Cordell, the big band consists of students from high school seniors to as young as 11 years old. Collaboration is often the key to rapid yet pragmatic growth and we found that partnership in the Las Vegas Youth Orchestras organization.
Upcoming Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra Events
- Multiple Dates
- Feb 14, 2025, 12:45 PM PST – Feb 15, 2025, 5:30 PM PSTArtemus W, Ham Concert Hall - UNLV, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USALicensed by Jazz at Lincoln Center, this festival is the most prestigious of the more than 2 dozen regional Essentially Ellington festivals in the nation welcoming outstanding high school jazz bands from across CCSD and the western United States!
- Feb 15, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMUNLV Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USACapping off a full two days and nights of jazz education, clinics, masterclasses, and outstanding high school big band performances from across the western USA, this final concert features the jazz masters "Essentially Ellington All-Stars Octet," UNLV Jazz Ensemble I, & Outstanding Student Soloists!
- Feb 16, 2025, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM PSTLas Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89119, USABand Director Academy 2025 (BDA) is a single-day professional development workshop for band directors. This year's educators include Sherrie Maricle, Victor Goines, Christopher Dorsey, Lauren Sevian, Scott Brown and Kenny Rampton. This full day is licensed by J@LC. Provides 1/2 credit in Nevada.
- Multiple Dates
- Jan 26, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PMCSN Music Dept. Building H, Room H-127, 3200 E Cheyenne Ave, North Las Vegas, NV 89030, USAMiddle and High School musicians, including strings and vocalists! Come join us for the Spring 2025 Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra Auditions! (Walk-in Auditions will be accepted after the first hour of each audition)
- Oct 09, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM PDTMyron's at The Smith Center, 361 W Symphony Park Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USAJazz Outreach Initiative’s "Jazz Vegas Orchestra is honored to welcome vocalists Michelle Johnson, Naomi Mauro, and special surprise guest artists to celebrate Las Vegas’s own “Number One Son” with original music curated from the Joe Williams Library!
- Sep 08, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PMCollege of Southern Nevada - Band Room, 3200 E Cheyenne Ave, North Las Vegas, NV 89030, USAHigh school instrumentalists! Come join us for the Fall 2024 Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra Auditions! There are TWO audition dates at different locations, this is the second one. (Walk-in Auditions will be accepted after the first hour of each audition)
- Sep 04, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PMCommunity Lutheran Church ANNEX Building, 3690 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89121, USAHigh school instrumentalists! Come join us for the Fall 2024 Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra Auditions! There are TWO audition dates at different locations, this is the first one. (Walk-in Auditions will be accepted after the first hour of each audition)
- Jul 31, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PDTCommunity Lutheran Center Annex, 3690 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89121, USA"Jammin' with JOI" provides students with fun, relaxed, and FREE supportive summer jazz program. REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO STUDENT MUSICIANS ALL SKILL LEVELS.
- May 29, 2024, 5:30 PM PDT – Jul 31, 2024, 7:00 PM PDTCommunity Lutheran Center Annex, 3690 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89121, USA"Jammin' with JOI" provides students with fun, relaxed, and FREE supportive summer jazz program. REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO STUDENT MUSICIANS ALL SKILL LEVELS.
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