Monterey Jazz Festival

The Festival provides 3,000+ young people with direct access to the nationally recognized jazz musicians and music instructors. These programs fill an educational gap in our schools underfunded music programs and provide mentorship and performance opportunities to foster creativity for the next generation's jazz musicians. The education programs include: the MJF Regional All Star Band and Vocal Ensemble, MJF All Star Middle School Combo, Summer Jazz Camp, Jazz Uplifts!, master classes and workshops, and an instrument bank & sheet music library. National programs include the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and the Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo as well as our HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Partnership Program, which brings students from HBCUs throughout the U.S. to Monterey to provide career and performance opportunities.