Organizations Filed Purposes:
To expand people's lives by offering world class jazz education and performance in supportive and creative environments.
Professional Education - Organization has 6 week classes for students of all ages and ability levels classes for instrumentalists and vocalists in theory, improvisation, literature and performance classes also include ensembles and special topics. Total enrollment runs 80-120 students per 6 week session.
Performances - 1 Snap 2&4 - held on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month in the Jazz Cave, the Organization's venue. Performances by Nashville's top jazz artists in a smoke-free, listening-room setting 2 Contemporary Jazz Series - the first Sunday of each month featuring emerging artists' music. Special residency programs with nationally-known artists. Attendance averages 60-70 per performance.
Community Education - Organization has special community programs designed to inform and engage community members in jazz. These include outreach to young musicians and audience members through performances in schools and youth performances at our facility, collaboration with other arts and cultural organizations to present jazz and jazz education in other settings and participation in community festivals.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Eric Dilts | Executive Dir. | 40 | $65,000 |
Herman Williams | Director | 0 | $0 |
Rose Rutledge | Director | 0 | $0 |
Kevin Rome | Director | 0 | $0 |
Patrick O'Brien | Director | 0 | $0 |
Mark Montgomery | Director | 0 | $0 |
Joy Fauntleroy | Director | 1 | $0 |
Marc Adesso | Director | 1 | $0 |
William Bundy | Director | 1 | $0 |
Stephanie Spottswood | Director | 1 | $0 |
Gary Smith | Director | 1 | $0 |
Tom Fouce | Director | 1 | $0 |
Brook Babcock | Director | 1 | $0 |
Jeff Ockerman | Director | 1 | $0 |
Lyle Fellows | Director | 1 | $0 |
Michael Berg | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
Wayne Dowell | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
Graham Stewart | President | 2 | $0 |
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