Jazz Power Initiative

Jazz Power Initiative (JPI), a non profit, 501 (c) (3) organization, serves over 3100 New Yorkers and visitors annually - students, teachers, artists, seniors and general audiences, ages 8-80+, to promote youth development, and build more creative and inclusive communities through jazz music, theater and dance education and performance.

Led by highly experienced teaching artists who are award-winning jazz, theater and dance professionals, JPI offers multidisciplinary training, scholarships and performance opportunities to New York City youth, ages 8-19, from every economic and social milieu through our "open-door" policy, with extended outreach to students in under-served New York City public schools in Upper Manhattan. We currently engage over 1000 students and their teachers annually, providing after-school, in-school instruction and performances mainly in Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood (where our offices are located) and the Bronx.

For adults we offer Community Workshop weekly and each summer, Jazz Power Institute for artists and educators at Lehman College (CUNY).

We produce 30 community concerts annually featuring over 100 professional jazz and Latin jazz artists at our partner stages including Harlem School of the Arts, ACTS Cultural Center at the Eliza, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, and NYC Parks.