The Chestnut Family Foundation donated $50,000 to the Savannah Music Festival (SMF) to support the Jazz Academy Music Director Fellowship. They’re a free after-school jazz program for students from 5th through 12th grade. The program provides free weekly private lessons, group classes, semester-end performances and instruments to its students. SMFJA serves under-resourced communities, promoting social justice through high quality, trauma-informed music education and mentoring of its students.
The Music Director Fellowship program ensures the continued growth and success of the jazz education initiative. The Fellow is the lead teaching artist for SMFJA and will nurture a trauma-informed, assets-based curriculum for all instructors and staff, guiding students toward instrumental proficiency and mastery of jazz forms.
The Chestnut Family Foundation is proud to support this important program and the SMFJA students across Chatham County.
