Fall 2026 Registration is Open!
Feel the energy of a jazz band firsthand. It’s time to make jazz a part of your repertoire. When you learn jazz, you learn it all, including:
- Playing complex rhythmic and melodic figures
- Improvising with confidence and creativity
- Collaborating with your bandleader and bandmates to form that unique jazz experience
Prerequisites: If you are in grade 7-12, have been playing for at least 2 years, and have excellent sight reading skills, you’re ready to join!
Highlights: Spring 2026 Kean Concert
Meet Bandleader Vinnie Turturiello
Vinnie Turturiello is a Grammy-nominated music educator. His Scotch Plains-Fanwood jazz band, The Moonglowers, has taken top honors in the NJ Association for Jazz Education’s Division II competition in 2014, 2015, and 2016. He is an adjunct professor at Kean University and Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He has been directing the NJ Jazz Academy since its founding in 2016.
Stream past concerts