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Feb 9, 2023 - Living Jazz Names Lyz Luke Executive Director of Living Jazz
Oct. 26, 2022 - Living Jazz Children’s Project Expansion Announced for the 2022-23 School Year
Nov. 13, 2020 - Living Jazz Presents - Call & Response: Intimate Talks with Jazz Icons
Feb. 3, 2020 - Living Jazz Presents: Jazz Search West 2020
Dec. 27, 2019 - Living Jazz Announces 2020 Humanitarian Award Recipient
Nov. 5, 2019 - Living Jazz Presents 18th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute
IN THE NEWS
Bay Area News Headlines: Friday, October 28, 2022
Living Jazz, a Bay Area jazz-rooted education non-profit is expanding its after school music and dance programs in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Listen Now!
In brief: West Contra Costa schools’ performing arts education expanding
Living Jazz, a Bay Area jazz-rooted education nonprofit, has announced that the Living Jazz Children’s Project’s (LJCP) is expanding into the West Contra Costa Unified School District and will serve after-school programs in four more schools this term. This brings the nonprofit group’s total of public schools served across the greater East Bay to 11, with more than 1,300 students. Read Article
LIVING JAZZ OVERCOMES PANDEMIC BLUES WITH 'CALL & RESPONSE'
"In a time when so many people seem inaccessible, it's quite an achievement for Living Jazz to be able to gather such iconic jazz messengers for intimate conversations."
– D. Scot Miller, East Bay Express
LIVING JAZZ, VISION FESTIVAL HEALING SOUL
"Their current Pickup Sessions is a perfect example [of thinking outside the box], a collaboration led by Living Jazz in partnership with the West Oakland Food Pantry is a response to issues around food insecurity and the stigma and shame often associated with them."
– Ron Scott, New York Amsterdam News
SF Classical Voice: August 8, 2023 - Two Oakland Conservatories Specialize in Black and Roots Music
Living Jazz, another public conservatory in Oakland, also offers programs for both adults and kids. Lyz Luke, the organization’s executive director, believes Living Jazz offers a way for people of all ages to come together. A cornerstone of the organization, she says, is the annual Jazz Camp West each June. Emily Wilson, SF Classical Voice
STACEY HOFFMAN KEEPS JAZZ MORE THAN ALIVE
“While Hoffman is passionate about the arts, she sees the communal activity of learning and playing music as a vehicle serving a larger end, as a “natural bridge to overcome division and discrimination.” – Andrew Gilbert
LIVING JAZZ HONORS MLK WITH 18TH ANNUAL MUSICAL TRIBUTE
“Living Jazz believes that music education taught through the lens of cultural diversity, cultural respect and cultural pride is a necessary and effective antidote for the extreme division in this country and throughout the world.
“In the Name of Love” highlights the importance of music education for young children and the understanding of how music can be a powerful tool for social and cultural change.” – Marty Gonzalez
2019 SF BAY AREA JAZZ HERO STACEY HOFFMAN
“The San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene would look and sound a lot less interesting without Stacey Hoffman. More than a tireless jazz advocate, she’s the co-founder and driving force behind the non-profit, grassroots arts organization Living Jazz, a veritable empire comprising Jazz Camp West, Jazz Search West, and the Living Jazz Children’s Project, a free music education program for low-income public elementary schools that serves more than 300 second and third graders.” – JJA Jazz Journalist Awards
ABC7 STARS - NON PROFIT LEADERS IN THE BAY AREA - STACEY HOFFMAN
A Bay Area woman has spent more than three decades Building a Better Bay Area by opening up the world of jazz to all age groups, especially the young. – By Mimi Kwan
JazzEd: February 9, 2023 - Living Jazz Names Lyz Luke Executive Director
Living Jazz announces the appointment of Lyz Luke as its new Executive Director. Founded in 1984 by Stacey Hoffman, Living Jazz has built and cultivated jazz rooted music education and performance programs for the Bay Area and beyond. Christian Wissmuler, JazzED Magazine
The Mercury News: Friday, February 14, 2023 - Will $1 billion for California be enough to fill the arts education gap, end nomadic life for Bay Area Teachers?
Today, only one in five California public schools has teachers dedicated to the arts. That gap is often filled by nonprofit organizations like Living Jazz, private companies that contract teachers to multiple schools, or instructors hired by a school district to visit classrooms throughout their networks. Elissa Miolene, The Mercury News