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Bluegrass Area Jazz Association operates and manages the Bluegrass Area
Jazz Ambassadors, and is a
501(c)3 organization, actively seeking support!
Exposure
The Jazz Ambassadors
regularly perform:
- Concerts
and clinics
with nationally recognized jazz artists (Bill Watrous, Jeff Coffin)
- Christmas
concert at UK’s Singletary Center
- “Big Band
Blast” concert with local middle and high school bands
- Spring
concert at UK’s Singletary Center
- At Comedy
Off Broadway
- Ecton Park
concert, as part of their Tuesday night summer jazz series
- Additional
shows throughout the season, including outdoor festivals
Integrity
The Jazz Ambassadors
is an audition-only admissions band, and includes many fine students and
the best semi-professional musicians in the Lexington area. Student
participation further reinforces our mission of outreach and community
involvement.
Leadership
The band is led
by Artistic Director Miles Osland, and by Musical Directors Raleigh Dailey
and Mark Clodfelter.
Miles Osland is currently Professor of
Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Kentucky.
Raleigh Dailey is Professor of Jazz Piano at UK. The two have toured
extensively throughout the country, and are both recipients of the
Kentucky Art Council’s Al Smith Fellowship for Excellence in Composition.
Mark Clodfelter is Professor of Trumpet at UK, and has performed
world-wide with various artists, including Doc Severinsen and the late Ray
Charles.
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Jazz Ambassadors does not promote itself as a band for hire, however
there are several ways an organization might contribute to BAJA.
Contributions are tax-deductible.
- Sponsor a
scheduled performance
- Sponsor a
musician (by paying a musician’s annual fee)
- Sponsor a
scholarship opportunity for an area student
- Gifts
in-kind
- Purchase
advertisement space in programs and posters
- Become a
“BAJA Buddy” by contributing to operational costs
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