The ASCAP Foundation is dedicated to nurturing the music talent of tomorrow, preserving the legacy of the past and sustaining the creative incentive for today’s music creators. The Foundation provided funding to establish the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards, enhancing the existing Young Jazz Composer Awards program which encourages and celebrates young jazz composers from around the United States.
The California Jazz Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to aid and assist California Jazz musicians in crisis. Committed to providing access to quality social and economic services for all eligible applicants, CJF engages a team of caring, knowledgeable professionals in collaboration with community partners.
The California State University Northridge Jazz mission is to guide each student toward artistic and practical success as a contemporary professional jazz musician.
18th Street Art Center’s mission is to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art-making, with the belief that the creative process is just as important as the outcome, and that artists contribute to a vibrant, healthy, and just society. Through the Foundation’s Make Jazz Fellowship, one Jazz musician is selected annually for a three-month residency during which he/she has space and time to compose new work and showcase their unique talents throughout the vibrant Los Angeles Jazz scene.
American Composers Orchestra is the only orchestra in the world dedicated to the creation, performance, and promulgation of music by American composers.