Thank you for your interest in Jazz Arts Group’s (JAG) Youth Jazz Program.  The Jazz Arts Group is dedicated to advancing the art of jazz through performance and education.  Our youth jazz program fulfills this mission by providing the opportunity for students in grades 7 – 12 to participate in one of three outstanding ensembles.  Each ensemble rehearses weekly and offers a variety of performances and other educational activities each season.

JAG’s Youth Jazz Program consists of the Columbus Youth Jazz Workshop (CYJW); the Columbus Youth Jazz Studio Ensemble (CYJSE); and the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra (CYJO).

Auditions for the 2009-10 Youth Jazz season are completed. Audition information for next year will be available May 2010. If you’d like to be placed on the Youth Jazz mailing, email your contact information, including mailing address and email, to cargiro@jazzartsgroup.org.

Should you successfully audition for a position on one of JAG’s three ensembles, the following opportunities and expectations are available to participants and their families:

• The Jazz Arts Group supports music education in the schools and cooperates with the music education community – all Youth Jazz members are expected to be actively participating in their school music program(s)
• Youth Jazz participants must fully commit to the ensemble’s rehearsal and performance schedule
• Youth Jazz participants receive free admission to all CJO performances
• Youth Jazz participants will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of performance and educational activities and to work with prominent local, regional and national musicians