4Culture Arts Project Grants
The deadlines to apply for a 4Culture Project grant in Arts, Heritage and Preservation have been set. Grants are available to artists and art groups, residing in King County, who are creating and presenting work in dance, theater, music, media, literature and the visual arts. The Art Projects deadline for individuals and groups is March 4. More at 4culture.org.
CMA New Jazz Works Grant
Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works program supports the creation of new works by professional U.S.-based jazz artists (with CMA Organization-level membership). The grants ask U.S. jazz ensembles to create, perform, and if desired, record new works. Funding is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Deadline is March 6. More at chamber-music.org.
Essentially Ellington Competition
Garfield, Roosevelt, and Mount Si high school jazz bands have been selected as finalists for the 2015 Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival, May 7-9, at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Students will travel to NYC for the event, which includes jam sessions, rehearsals, and workshops, culminating in a concert and award ceremony with student bands and Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Auditions
The Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association sends one high school-aged and one adult female jazz vocalist from Greater Seattle to Kobe, Japan, in May 2015. Finalists are selected by late February and participate in a live audition at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on Monday, March 9. Two winners feature as guest vocalists at the 16th Annual Kobe Shinkaichi Jazz Vocal Queen Contest held on May 9, in Kobe, Japan. Application deadline is February 2. More at www.seattlekobe.org/jazz_vocalist_audition_2015.htm.
On the Horizon
Jazz: The Second Century
July 2, 9, 23, & 30, 7:30pm
Chapel Performance Space
Earshot Jazz seeks submissions for the Jazz: The Second Century series, with performances in July.
Write Earshot Jazz
The Earshot Jazz magazine reflects and shares the many ways that jazz intersects with lives in the Northwest. Earshot Jazz is seeking submissions from writers: Please email story pitches, comments, news and announcements to editor@earshot.org.
Help the Jazz Around the Sound Calendar
Please email news and announcements about jazz gigs, concerts and community events to jazzcalendar@earshot.org.
