For two decades, the Nashville Jazz Workshop has enriched people’s lives through jazz education and performance. As Music City has grown, so too has the demand for premier music education opportunities for young players. The Nashville Jazz Workshop is working to meet this demand with an exciting and comprehensive new program we are calling the …
Precollege Program 2018-2019 Calendar
The NJW Precollege Program is a 20-week program designed around the busy teenage musician schedule of marching band and TMEA events. The program begins Saturday, November 3, with 6 weeks of class before winter break and 14 weeks after. * Exclude HS jazz midstate audition day December 8, 2018 * Exclude midstate jazz and band …
Upcoming 3-Week Classes are Half the Price!
Our next class session starts September 17 and runs for 6-weeks. We are pleased to announce that included in this session are three classes that are half the time at half the price: The Essence of Brushwork, w/ Jordan Perlson: Focus on the time-keeping patterns that drummers need to know, with an emphasis on sound …
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NJW Sets New Direction
by Lori Mechem In April of 2017, seventy people gathered to help plan the future of the Nashville Jazz Workshop. The Workshop had grown in leaps and bounds for the past twenty years, but it was ready for a shift. Our strategic planning session was called “DesignShop” and was held at the Nelson Andrews Center …
Printed NJW Course Catalog is now available!
Finally, after 10 years of constant updates on the website, my staff and faculty with edits and tweeks, and a ton of work from designer Brian Parker (who is brilliant) our course catalog is done!! It is so beautiful!! Many thanks to Liz Johnson, Larry Seeman, Ralph Henley, Karyn Henley, our vocal and instrumental faculty …
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June Classes: Half the Time – Half the Price
The Nashville Jazz Workshop is offering an incredible line up of Summer Classes for all skill levels in 3-week mini sessions to accommodate summer vacation schedules. For those working on completing their NJW certificates, this is an excellent opportunity to earn class credits in half the time at half the price. Two classes are of …
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“NEW! Precollege Course Starts in November 2018” – by Evan Cobb
I am very excited to announce the launch of the Nashville Jazz Workshop’s newest endeavor, the NJW Precollege Program! The NJW Precollege Program is the culmination of my ten years of teaching private lessons in greater Nashville, six years of leading NJWcamp, and five years of heading the NJW Scholarship Program. When I first moved …
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The New Jazz Certificate Program at NJW
At the Nashville Jazz Workshop this January, we will start a new Jazz Certificate Program. This is something of a dream come true for us. Last April, the staff of NJW met with over seventy of our closest advisors and friends for an epic mind-meld. For two and a half days, we brainstormed, dreamed, and …