COHJS Offers Special Discounts for Students and Band Directors

COHJS offers free admission to school band directors, teachers, or assistants accompanying their students.

We, along with many other jazz societies across the country, have been pursuing in recent times, to expose as many as possible of the young people in our midst to the joys and enjoyment of Classic/Traditional Jazz, and thereby encourage enough of a following to carry on the cause when we current crusaders are no longer able to do so.

The recent interest and attendance at COHJS events noted among the young Swing and Lindy Hop dancers is a welcome sign that not only is this possible, but some of it is actually happening.

Your COHJS board has been considering ways of reaching yet more of the younger generations, particularly those of high school, even grade school, age. We note that some schools (still) have instrumental music programs, even jazz bands, so we know there's musical interest on the part of both students and faculty. Existing policy allows free admission to any COHJS concert event for anyone 18 or under when accompanied by a paying adult. In an effort to attract more students (specifically) and involve their teachers or band directors (who perhaps are not conversant with Classic/Traditional jazz themselves), we have decided to offer free admission to school band directors, teachers, or assistants accompanying their students. We expect to communicate this to area schools in hopes of interesting as many as possible.

We think that Classic/Tradtional jazz, America's uniquely original art form, should have at least an equal place alongside other forms which have evolved since, in the teaching of our common musical heritage. And we want to offer this practical means of introducing as many as possible to the Classic/Traditional idiom.

From the January Jazz Hot Sheet Newsletter