The April 12th Jazz Live at the Library show has been cancelled due to the closure of the Lexington Public Library because of the corona-virus. Also, the International Jazz Day concert scheduled for April 30th has been cancelled. We will keep you informed concerning the status of future Jazz Live at the Library shows. Thank you.
The March 19, 2020 JAF Board Meeting has been postponed indefinitely due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The meeting will be rescheduled for a later date by the Executive Committee.
The JAF 2019 Budget to Actual results and the 2020 Approved Budget have been added to the website on the Documents page. Click the appropriate button to view the PDF of these budgets.
The next Board Meeting of The Jazz Arts Foundation will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at the Eastside Library Branch, 3000 Blake James Dr, Lexington , KY 40509 at 6PM in the small meeting room on the second floor.
Your Officers for 2020 have been elected and are: President – Dave Birdwhistell Vice President – Teresa Tope Secretary – Ron E. Allen Treasurer – Ponice Cruse Executive Committee Director Member – Terry Buckner
The next Board Meeting is set for Tuesday, November 19 from 6 to 7 PM at the Tates Creek Branch Library, 3628 Walden Dr., Lexington, KY in the small conference room. This will include the quarterly Regular board meeting and the Annual board meeting normally held in December when Directors and Officers for the following year are voted on.
The Jazz Arts Foundation has announced that Nate Stombaugh is the 2019 Duke Madison Memorial Scholarship recipient. Nate plays trumpet in the Central Kentucky Youth Jazz Arts Orchestra. The scholarship pays for the tuition and lodging at the famed Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop in July, 2019. Click HERE for more information about the scholarship, past recipients and Nate.
There will be a Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, April 4, 2019 from 6 to 7 PM at the Eastside Branch Library, 3000 Blake James Dr, Lexington , KY 40509 in the 2nd Floor small meeting room.
Once again this year our Jazz on the Porch concert series will take place the last Sunday of each month from May to September. Due to popular demand, the same 5 groups have been signed up once again. For more information you can click on the “Jazz on the Porch” tab or click HERE to go to the JOP page directly. We hope to see you there. A huge THANKS to O’Donnell Family Dentistry, Central Bank and Talon Winery for making this series possible.
There are too many conflicts so the Executive Committee has cancelled the December Board Meeting. The EC will determine a new meeting date and will post it on the web and inform board members when it has been determined.
The Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit, educational organization whose mission is “to enhance the awareness of Jazz as a performing art.” Since its establishment in 1989, the Foundation has published newsletters, coordinated jazz calendars, awarded educational scholarships and sponsored many jazz events and performances.
