NEA Jazz in the Schools
Produced by the National Endowment for the Arts
In partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Supported by the Verizon Foundation
The curriculum is released in partnership with IAJE
(The International Association for Jazz Education).
Patrice Walker Powell, Acting Chairman
Wayne S. Brown, Director of Music and Opera
Sarah Cunningham, Director, Arts Education &
Project Director, NEA Jazz in the Schools
Victoria Hutter, Communications Specialist
Yosi Sergant, Director of Communications
David Low, Web Manager
Katja von Schuttenbach, Jazz Specialist
Curriculum Producers:
Michele Schroeder, Associate Director, Education
Samantha Samuels, Manager, Education
Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director
Adrian Ellis, Executive Director
Laura Johnson, Executive Producer
Erika Floreska, Director, Education
Mary Fuss Fiance, Director, Public Relations
Lorna McKenzie, Counsel
Charles Rooker, Intern, Business and Legal Affairs
Amelia Stanley, Assistant, Education
Lesson Essay Writers:
Stanley Crouch, David Kastin, John Szwed, Geoffrey C. Ward
Lesson Plans and Curriculum Consultant:
Dr. Robert Horowitz, Associate Director of the Center for Arts
Education Research, Teachers College, Columbia University
Photo Research and Rights Clearance:
Natalie Bullock Brown, Ascension Productions
Music Research and Rights Clearance:
Dan Morgenstern, Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
Rick Eisenstein, Diamond Time Music & Media
Graphic Design:
Agnieszka Gasparska, Art Direction and Design
Hollye Chapman, Design Production
Web Site Production:
Rowland Holmes, Arturan
Reprint Project Manager:
Thomas Bellino
