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World-Class Musicians at Every Performance |
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Outstanding Venue Always Moderate Prices
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HISTORY With its first concert presented in September 2003, WNC Jazz Society has since presented 55 performances in Asheville, including vocalists Ann Hampton Callaway and Rene Marie, pianists Bill Charlap, Kenny Barron, and Monty Alexander, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, and “Maestro” Ellis Marsalis and Mulgrew Miller, with repeat engagements by guitarist Larry Coryell and pianist Johnny O’Neal. WNC Jazz Society has doubled its original membership from 125 up to an average of 220. Esteemed journalist Nat Hentoff made our organization the focus of two columns in JazzTimes magazine, one entitled, “Growing Grassroots Jazz”, and the other entitled, “Building Local Jazz Communities”. Hentoff wrote, “Local and regional jazz societies have long been a valuable resource…. Not enough has been written about the importance of these jazz tributaries and how to increase their numbers across the land. A model of this kind of entrepreneurship is the Western North Carolina Jazz Society in Asheville.” |
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the WNC Jazz Society is to develop the roots of jazz, America’s original art form, through performances, education, and community outreach activities. We are committed to multiculturalism. We respect jazz’s African-American roots and the participation of persons of various ethnicities. This commitment is reflected in our choices of musicians and in our substantial efforts to achieve socioeconomic and ethnic diversity in all aspects of our organization. We believe the jazz art form has universal appeal and the transformational power to bring people of all ages, races, and ethnicities together. We take pride in our continual progress toward meeting this goal.
FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Bo Farson
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