For Immediate Release: The Washington Women in Jazz Festival Presents Jazz Girls Day DC

JAZZ GIRLS DAY DC for high school and middle school students Saturday, March 30th, at 11:00 am - 5:00 pm John Calvin Presbyterian Church in Annandale, VA With Special Culminating Free Concert Led by Women Jazz Musicians Featuring Women Jazz Composers 4:00 pm John Calvin Presbyterian Church in Annandale, VA (ANNANDALE) — The Washington Women in Jazz Festival is honored to present the first ever Jazz Girls Day DC workshop and concert on Saturday, March 30th, at John Calvin Presbyterian…

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JazzCast Ep7: Interview with Amy Bormet

***Update*** So sorry everyone, I had accidentally turned down the volume of the second song on the original version - audio has been fixed, and hopefully is better quality now - thanks for checking by!!  sorry for the inconvenience! ****  Welcome to Episode 7 of the JazzCast, the podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions by jazz musicians! Today's episode is an interview with Amy K. Bormet, who is a DC-based-but-transplanted-to-LA pianist, composer, educator, and leader of the Washington Women in Jazz Festival! March 15…

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JazzCast Ep 5: John Kocur part 1

Welcome to the 5th episode of the JazzCast, the only jazz podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions by jazz musicians! Today you will hear an interview with John Kocur, jazz saxophonist and professor of music at Northern Virginia Community College. I decided to split the interview up into two parts, both of which will be posted today but in separate posts. I just wanted to have smaller file sizes for people to download and I also wanted to make each…

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