STUDENTS: We still have a few open chairs in VJC @ Ravenscroft ensembles. Tuesday night's Indigo Big Band needs one saxophonist (alto or tenor) plus one or two trumpeters. Thursday night's Sapphire Big Band needs two saxophonists (tenor & baritone) plus one or two trumpeters. Please reach out to VJC Director Russell Schmidt and apply if you have interest.
EDUCATORS: Check out our new Flexible Instrumentation Big Band charts, newly released by VJC Publications. Throughout the month of January, use the Coupon Code JEN25 to receive 25% off all VJC Publications purchases! And you can listen to most of these publications HERE on the VJC YouTube channel.
SERVICE

Reaching Our Community
In developing the Valley Jazz Cooperative, there has been a strong sense that service to others should guide many of the choices we make. In fact, that’s one reason why Valley Jazz Cooperative ensembles are offered free of charge to participants. But beyond the educational needs of young musicians, there are other individuals and groups who could use even more meaningful assistance, both those within our community and from elsewhere.
Through its ongoing partnerships with area outreach and charitable organizations, MSW Ministries (the parent organization to the Valley Jazz Cooperative), offers assistance, guidance, and encouragement to individuals in great need. If you have interest in exploring collaborative opportunities with VJC that can help enrich the lives of people in our own community or elsewhere, please contact Russell Schmidt. Whether it be through a benefit concert, coordinated school service projects, or some other venture, the VJC is listening. And we hope to make our corner of the world a better place, through education, through music, and through service to our community.