VERNON-Regional nonprofit Jazzhers will host a jazz clinic for female and nonbinary students in grades 6 to 12 Saturday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Vernon Elementary School, 381 Governor Hunt Road.
This “Jazzhers Jam” is for young musicians who play jazz or would like to learn.
Lihi Haruvi, a professional saxophonist and composer who is also an assistant professor at the Berklee College of Music’s Global Jazz Institute, will co-teach the clinic alongside trombonist Lisa Linde.
Linde, who is the jazz band director at Newton South High School in Massachusetts, founded Jazzhers in 2018 to address the persistent gender disparity in jazz education and performance, organizers said in a news release.
“We intend to get these underrepresented musicians together in Vernon and let them jazz,” the release added.
Tuition is by donation, with $40 suggested. Registration is available at bit.ly/jazzhers-jam.
To learn more, visit jazzhers.org.
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