AAD Alum Launches Seattle JazzEd

Laurie deKoch, a 1996 graduate of the Arts and Administration program, has launched her own non-profit arts organization Seattle JazzED. Seattle JazzED provides jazz band ensemble instruction to students all over the Seattle region, with a particular focus on underserved communities where music education is lacking.  In its first year, Seattle JazzED has 60 children in 3 ensembles.  Recent press on Seattle JazzED can be found at:

http://www.kplunews.org/post/jazz-program-hopes-strike-chord-seattle-kids

http://crosscut.com/2010/12/13/education/20445/New-jazz-group-matches-budding-musicians-with-legendary-teachers/?utm_source=Crosscut+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=55aa8c5e60-Crosscut_E_mail_12_13_201012_13_2010&utm_medium=email

About her education in the Arts and Administration Program, Laurie says “I just wanted to … let you know how much I appreciated my graduate education.  Since moving to Seattle in 1996, I have continuously worked in the performing arts and owe so much of what I have accomplished to what I learned at UO.


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