For the second time in the 30 year history of the IASJ, the New School is hosting the IASJ Jazz Meeting. From Monday 6 to Saturday 11 July 2020 over eighty students, teachers and directors from top level schools form all over the world, will perform in jam sessions and concerts, teach, give lectures and workshops, exchange ideas and reinforce networks. Jazz music, jazz education and jazz research makes a major step forwards during the 2020 IASJ Jazz Meeting in New York.
- jam session for all participants in famous spots in New York
- a concert in which teachers from all over the world present themselves
- two concerts in which student combos formed during the week present their own music
- ongoing dialogues on the state of jazz education and jazz research
- hands on lectures/interactive presentations for all participants
- networking, establishing international jazz groups that perform world-wide
In 2020 the IASJ, the International Association of Schools of Jazz, celebrates its 30th year of existence. Founded in 1989 by David Liebman, having its first IASJ Jazz Meeting in 1990 in The Hague, The Netherlands hosted by Wouter Turkenburg at the Royal Conservatory, the IASJ has grown into a world-wide organization.