Jazz at Lincoln Center
Summer Jazz Academy • Combo Showcase
July 19
Jazz at Lincoln Center
July 19
At the Summer Jazz Academy Combo Showcase, small groups of the world’s most talented jazz students play music from a range of composers and styles. From hot jazz of the 1920s to modern compositions and student arrangements, the program covers a broad swath of jazz history and will showcase the incredible talents of the next generation of leading jazz musicians.
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Summer Jazz Academy is the premier high school program for advanced high school jazz students. This two-week program, designed and instructed by a world-class team of faculty-in-residence, serves as a rigorous training institute for 45 of the most advanced and dedicated high school jazz students. Students participate in big bands and small combos and receive private lessons and classes in aesthetics, culture, history, and performance practice.
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich, and expand a global community for Jazz through performance, education, and advocacy. Over the past almost four decades, Jazz at Lincoln Center has become an important advocate for jazz, culture, and arts education globally. Each year, JALC reaches an audience of more than 3 million people of all ages and experiences through concerts, tours, musical instruction across our cadre of education programs, sheet music, recordings on our label Blue Engine, and live and VOD performances on our platform JAZZ LIVE.
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Eat & StayBard College’s main campus is located in Annandale-on-Hudson (a hamlet of Red Hook), New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston. The Taconic State Parkway and the New York State Thruway provide the most direct routes to our campus. Click the Google map below, or get directions by entering the following address into your GPS: 35 Henderson Circle Drive, Red Hook, NY 12571.
From the East
If you are traveling from east of the Hudson River in New York State, take the Taconic State Parkway to the Red Hook / Route 199 exit, drive west on Route 199 through the village of Red Hook to Route 9G, turn right onto Route 9G, drive north 1.7 miles, turn left onto Entrance Road, then turn left onto Campus Road.
From the West
If you are traveling from west of the Hudson River, take the New York State Thruway (I-87) to exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Route 9G, turn left onto Route 9G, drive north 3.3 miles, turn left onto Entrance Road, then turn left onto Campus Road.
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Accessible Seating
Wheelchair-accessible seating is available in all seating areas for patrons in wheelchairs and their companions.
Wheelchair-Accessible Restrooms
Restrooms at all locations are wheelchair accessible. Single-use restrooms are available at most locations.
All-Gender Restrooms
Bard College and the Fisher Center support guests of any gender identity/expression in using the restroom of their choice. Additionally, all-gender restrooms are available at all venues.
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