IJF JAZZ EDUCATION PROGRAMS
• Collaboration with the Ball State University Jazz Fest
• A six-week All-City Band workshop featuring Indy Public Schools’ best students
• Multi-media jazz presentations depicting the history of jazz
• Collaboration in master classes, concerts and artist residencies
• Partnership with Young Audiences

Form and Function
A workshop where professional jazz musicians work with students in jazz combos focusing on playing in a jazz ensemble and the specific roles involved in creating a jazz combo.

Big Band Basics
Professional big band musicians helping student big band musicians. Covers reading music, dynamics, phrasing, understanding and chord changes for solos

The Business of Music
A workshop given by A&R executives, club owners, booking agents, and managers covers booking gigs, recording music, and make a living in the music industry.

The Art of Improvisation Workshop
Improvising in all genres of music (from jazz to rock)

Jazz in the 20th century performance program
Designed for high school and middle school music students, this program is performed by the Indy Jazz Fest Band comprised of top jazz musicians. Flanked by two video screens that show footage of jazz legends, this band goes through the history of jazz by performing songs from the early 1910ís to modern jazz The Indy Jazz Fest Band is accompanied with narration and dynamic lighting.

Impressions - performance program
Designed for elementary school students, this program is also performed by the Indy Jazz Fest band demonstrating the fundamentals of music and how it applies to jazz. The performance outlines melody, harmony and rhythm, as the three main aspects of music, dynamics, form and improv.