Claire-Ann Williams directs a JFK and Northampton High School Jazz Ensemble, Hotel Northampton Jazz Brunch, 2018
About Us
The Northampton Jazz Festival, founded in 2011, is dedicated to carrying forward our great American music tradition of live jazz for generations to come.
We renewed the popular festival for 2018, with a rich line-up of jazz artists from across the globe and around the region. We initiated the Jazz in the Schools program in partnership with Claire-Ann Williams, Band and General Music Instructor at the JFK Middle School in Florence, MA. We are bringing professional jazz musicians in to work and play with her jazz band students three times a year. And in 2019, we are expanding the program to the Northampton High School.
We are also pleased to be partnering with the Downtown Northampton Association (DNA) directed by Amy Cahillane. Amy’s leadership of several successful downtown Northampton events, along with her affiliations with city government and the downtown merchants, gives us the foundation to ensure continued success for the Northampton Jazz Festival.
We renewed the popular festival for 2018, with a rich line-up of jazz artists from across the globe and around the region. We initiated the Jazz in the Schools program in partnership with Claire-Ann Williams, Band and General Music Instructor at the JFK Middle School in Florence, MA. We are bringing professional jazz musicians in to work and play with her jazz band students three times a year. And in 2019, we are expanding the program to the Northampton High School.
We are also pleased to be partnering with the Downtown Northampton Association (DNA) directed by Amy Cahillane. Amy’s leadership of several successful downtown Northampton events, along with her affiliations with city government and the downtown merchants, gives us the foundation to ensure continued success for the Northampton Jazz Festival.
