[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jazz performer, educator and instructor, Jennifer Madsen, has been tapped to co-present a clinic with Cherly Bentyne (of Manhattan Transfer fame) at the 2017 Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]
[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The Jazz Education Network is a global non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States of America that seeks to advance jazz education, promote performance and develop new audiences. JEN was founded in 2008 in Chicago and now has over 1,500 members in 23 countries, every USA state and 7 Canadian provinces.The organization operates with a volunteer board, two part-time employeers and two independent contractors, and hundreds of volunteers from around the world. The Founding Steering Committee, led by co-founders Mary Jo Papich and Dr. Lou Fischer, created the mission that JEN lives by today:
“The Jazz Education Network is dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance, and developing new audiences.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]