Registration Open for First-Ever "Jazz Girls Day" to Take Place in California on March 2, 2025

Registration
is now open for Jazz Girls Day at Idyllwild Arts Academy —taking place from 9am
to 4pm on Sunday, March 2, 2025 — an inspiring traveling masterclass that
was founded by Dr. Colleen Clark in 2021 and is generously supported through
her position at the University of South Carolina. Featuring
masterclasses, jam sessions and a concert, the daylong clinic is free and open
to all female identifying improvising musicians, middle school to high
school aged (10-18 years old). 

Since Jazz is historically a male-dominated genre, Jazz Girls Day is an
important way to help bridge gender disparity for women in jazz through
encouraging girls to learn jazz while also building a supportive community.
Clark’s initiative aims to inspire students across the country and — while
it’s already landed in many states from Arizona to Idaho — this will be the
first time it lands in California amidst her ongoing vision to help cohost
a USC Jazz Girls Day event in all 50 states by 2030. The future for women
in jazz is important and Clark’s program puts a spotlight on the disparity
while repairing it.

There is no audition, and a healthy variety of experience levels are welcome!
All participants can expect to learn and be challenged in a supportive
environment. It is an open invitation to middle and high school girls for a day
of masterclasses, connection, concert and jam session. Taking place at
Idyllwild Arts Academy (52500 Temecula Rd #38, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA),
registration is required via:  https://fmp.music.sc.edu/fmi/webd/JazzGirlsDay?homeurl=https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music/community/community_events/jazzgirlsday.php