“JOI OF GIVING FALL CAMPAIGN”
JOI concluded a multi-week fall giving campaign on “Giving Tuesday” in December at a special campaign-ending jazz dinner event held at...
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Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
- May 2, 2020
- 2 min
From Donny's Desk - Reflections on Covid-19 and the Healing Power of Music
“Music is very spiritual. It has the power to bring people together.” – Edgar Winter Friends of JOI, as I write this newsletter to...
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Alireza Farahi
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
RAVE REVIEWS FOR THE CHARLEY DAVIS TRUMPET CLINIC
Saturday, August 24, 2019, JOI sponsored and hosted legendary trumpeter, Charley Davis in Doc Rando Recital Hall on the campus of UNLV Schoo
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Alireza Farahi
- Aug 30, 2019
- 1 min
KENNY RAMPTON TO SOLO WITH LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC
I am so excited about being a guest composer/performer on this concert (see the link below) in Las Vegas on October 12th!!! I’ll be performi
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Alireza Farahi
- Aug 6, 2019
- 3 min
JOI Hosts First “Jazz Awareness Soiree”
Jazz Outreach Initiative hosted its first “Jazz Awareness Soiree” at the home of Executive Director Donny Thompson on August 5, 2019. The
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Alireza Farahi
- Jul 12, 2019
- 4 min
ASK THE ARTIST - WYNTON MARSALIS
In this column, JOI will be asking YOUR questions to well-known jazz artists.
The first artist featured here is American virtuoso trumpeter
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Alireza Farahi
- Jul 12, 2019
- 2 min
JOI and AFM
Las Vegas Live, presented on June 22, 2019, Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) was pleased to partner with the American Federation of Musicians
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Alireza Farahi
- Jul 9, 2019
- 3 min
JOI's First Newsletter - A Note from Kenny Rampton
I’m so excited about the launch of our new newsletter, JOIful Notes! As I sit here thinking about what to write for our very 1st edition, I
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Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
Sarah Milligan Story
Sarah Milligan decided to do an experiment preparing for Jazz Girls Texas. The results may surprise you.
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Alireza Farahi
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
Jazz for Young People Concert Series
In collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC), The Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) recently launched its Jazz for Young People Concert
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Alireza Farahi
- May 16, 2019
- 1 min
Vegas JAMZ
Vegas Jamz is a free event, sponsored by Jazz Outreach Initiative in collaboration with Positively Arts, AFM, and Green Valley High School.
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Alireza Farahi
- May 14, 2019
- 2 min
Buzzin' in Brass!
“Buzzin’ In Brass!” - The sounds of a trumpet, trombone, french horn, and tuba unite to give life to arrangements of the only true American
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Alireza Farahi
- May 8, 2019
- 1 min
Ed W. Clark High School Jazz for Young People
The Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) continued its Jazz for Young People Concert Series at Ed W. Clark High School. Ed W. Clark High School o
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Alireza Farahi
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Michael Dease Trombone Clinic
Co-Sponsored by JOI, world renowned jazz trombonist and educator, Michael Dease, gave a free Master Class to Clark County School District mu
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Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) recently launched its Jazz for Young People Concert Series at Green Valley High School. The hour-long...
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Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
- Feb 13, 2019
- 2 min
2019 Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Band Festival
On January 31-February 1, Jazz Outreach Initiative, in co-sponsorship with Jazz at Lincoln Center and UNLV School of Music, presented the...
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Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
- Feb 13, 2019
- 1 min
ARTURO SANDOVAL MASTERCLASS
The Arturo Sandoval Masterclass was held at the Nevada School for the Arts August 25, 2018. Students and adults from the area...
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Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
- Feb 13, 2019
- 6 min
Kenny Rampton and JOI
Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to jazz education. It was founded by Kenny Rampton, an award-winning...
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Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
- Jan 3, 2019
- 2 min
Paradise Blue Suite
In 2015, I was hired to write the music for a new play called PARADISE BLUE. The award-winning playwright, Dominique Morisseau (often...
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Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
- Jan 26, 2018
- 1 min
Essentially Ellington Jazz Fest on WHATS COOL AT SCHOOL
Essentially Ellington, Kenny and JOI are featured on Channel 8 Now "What's New at School".
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