Jazz at Lincoln Center – Education
Mission-Driven Storytelling
Creating a visual voice for JALC’s educational initiatives through short-form documentary, narrative film and digital design. These pieces highlight the organization's work in bringing world-class jazz pedagogy to classrooms and community centers across Brooklyn and beyond.
A short film created for an educational fundraising drive, highlighting the Jazz for Young People program and its mission to bring the transformative power of music into schools. Shot on location at the Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences, a charter school in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
Educational short film highlighting Jazz at Lincoln Center's national school initiatives. Shot on location in a New Orleans charter school and New York City.
Intro short film for Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala highlighting all the education Programs.
Student reporters in action: Middle school academy students host red carpet interviews at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual gala.
Rebrand of visual identity
https://jazz.org/education/school-programs/essentially-ellington/
Rebrand and design of digital educational platform
https://jazz.org/education/school-programs/let-freedom-swing/
Behind the mission: An inside look at how Jazz at Lincoln Center shapes music education and empowers young musicians nationwide.
Educator Spotlight: Bassist Endea Owens shares her JALC roots and her evolution from student to educator. She would later go on to be a member of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert house band.
Educator Profile: Patricia Gilkes of the Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences shares a personal perspective on how music and jazz helped her family navigate grief.
A promotional trailer for WeBop—Jazz at Lincoln Center’s early-childhood program introducing young children and their caregivers to the fundamentals, instruments, and icons of jazz through play and movement.