January 14th and 15th, 2012
Bienes Center for the Arts
(St Thomas Aquinas High School)
2801 SW 12th Street,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Conferencia De Jazz - Español

2012 Young Jazz Leaders Honors Band
Performs at the South Florida Jazz Summit

A Wonderful Jazzy Time at the 2nd
Annual South Florida Jazz Summit

WHAT:
The South Florida Jazz Summit is a fundraising event produced annually by the Jazz Museum of Florida, Inc (dba Jazzonian), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All proceeds from this event go to the Jazzonian Young Jazz Leaders Scholarship initiative and community outreach jazz education programs under the aegis of the Jazz Museum of Florida, Inc.

The Jazz industry comes together at the South Florida Jazz Summit: An education and networking conference plus expo that creates an environment in which an effective coalition of South Florida's Jazz businesses and organizations will gather with the goal of empowering Jazz in the area.

The SFJS will feature educational panel discussions, performances by area professional musicians and school ensembles, seminars and workshops on various topics relating to the music and the business.

WHO:
Jazz musicians, Jazz media, Jazz radio, Jazz magazines, Jazz visual arts, Jazz orchestras, Jazz writers, Jazz journalists, Jazz websites, Jazz promoters, Jazz festivals, Jazz organizations, Jazz dancers, Jazz educators, Jazz clubs, Jazz seminars, Jazz schools, Jazz students, Jazz instruments, Jazz photographers, Jazz publishers, Jazz fans...EVERYTHING JAZZ!

2012 SFJS Celebrates Louis Armstrong
The 2012 SFJS will celebrate the music of Louis Armstrong. Nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, Louis Armstrong was an American Jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. Read More

MISSION:
The mission of the South Florida Jazz Summit is to bring the Jazz industry together; committed to empowering Jazz; thereby, serving as a cultural bridge--bringing people together for this higher purpose of preserving, advancing and celebrating this precious American artform that we love called Jazz; providing networking and educational opportunity; helping to energize the local Jazz scene; bringing awareness to area Jazz institutions and organizations; showcasing the best emerging young Jazz talent from great area schools, as well as helping to empower South Florida as a world class destination for live Jazz.

If you're excited about the positive impact that SFJS will have empowering Jazz, please help us by making a donation. Your name will be listed in the JAZZY! Friends of SFJS webpage, and you will also be registered to attend the conference.