“It’s a great honor helping to shape and mold young musicians and to contribute to the future musical community here in Houston and around the world.” Bubbha Thomas, Founder

Celebrating national Black History month each February!

In conjunction with National Jazz Appreciation Month, as we celebrate the legacy of Jazz, we continue to treasure the future of Jazz.

The Summer Jazz Workshop (SJW) is an exciting and challenging four week intensive summer youth camp, which focuses on the fundamentals of music and its associated business aspects, for young musicians.

Cool Upcoming Summer Jazz Workshop

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  • Summer Jazz Workshop

    Summer Jazz Workshop

    Houston’s #1 Educational Music Camp
  • Music in the Schools

    Music in the Schools

    Jazz and Poetry Series, in celebration of Black History Month, illustrating the evolution of Jazz.
  • Holiday Jazz Concert

    Holiday Jazz Concert

    Jazz... Is the Gift that keeps on Giving! Free Community Concert.

UPCOMING EVENTS

SINCE 1972, THE Summer Jazz Workshop (SJW) has schooled more than 15,000 middle and high school-age students in the art of playing jazz, a music Duke Ellington once described as “freedom of expression.” Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Kelly Dean, who teaches music at Houston’s Emery/Weiner School, has been an SJW faculty member since 1994, and his commitment to the workshop — co-founded by the late great drummer and educator Bubbha Thomas and Thomas’ mentor Conrad O. Johnson — remains strong.

SINCE 1972, THE Summer Jazz Workshop (SJW) has schooled more than 15,000 middle and high school-age students in the art of playing jazz, a music Duke Ellington once described as “freedom of expression.” Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Kelly Dean, who teaches music at Houston’s Emery/Weiner School, has been an SJW faculty member since 1994, and his commitment to the workshop — co-founded by the late great drummer and educator Bubbha Thomas and Thomas’ mentor Conrad O. Johnson — remains strong.

#WeLoveJazzEd Share the Love and #GiveToTheGroove Support of Jazz Education helps us in “changing lives through music.”

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The impact of Jazz Education is the innovative programing. The legacy of Jazz Education Inc. is the people.

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