Creating Visionary Youth

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Creating Visionary Youth
JAZZed
13
6
14-15
2018/11
eng
Background -The Visionary Youth Orchestra In 2011, my fellow saxophonist and educator Jessica Jones and I attended a meeting of the Education committee of the NYC non-profit Arts for Art which produces the Vision Festival, the world's premiere festival of free jazz and improvised music for more than 20 years. Based on the impact these experiences had on our own lives, it was decided to create an ensemble/ workshop of young musicians of diverse ages and skill sets to make improvised music together. With consistency of practice, the students will learn the skills of big-picture listening, quick decision making, and reflective critical thinking - and this sounds like music education doing what it's supposed to be doing to me. Conclusions To close our concert on May 26, 2018 the students and adult community members played an Albert Ayler theme, "Music is the Healing Force of the Universe."
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