D R A F T

2017 Season Sponsorship

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Jazz Houston promotes the cultivation of Jazz music globally through performance & education and honors the Houstonians and Texans who have and continue to be major contributors to Jazz through the celebration of their legacies and the performance of their works.

Jazz Houston is Old and New. New to Houston with world-renowned Artistic Director Vincent Gardner and old as the spirit and soul of Jazz which includes staff and support with decades of experience.

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Jazz Houston’s Vision

is to present high-quality programming that demonstrates the richness and variety of Jazz from all of its eras, and to provide focused, enriching education programs while cultivating and growing the greater Houston jazz audience. Jazz Houston seeks to build and manage a vibrant organization that explores the wide array of styles within jazz and celebrates the history of jazz, while preserving and promoting the music for the greater Houston community. At the center of our vision is the creation of a swinging, world-class resident jazz orchestra, which will be made up of and attract musicians of the highest caliber to perform in Houston. Our resident orchestra will present jazz concerts and education programs for the community, annually.

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The Jazz Houston Orchestra is led by Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, Vincent Gardner and made up of fifteen of the finest instrumentalists in the world. Mr. Gardner has spent the last seventeen years as a performer, teacher, composer, music director and touring the world with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Gardner has been able to convert that experience into assembling a swinging powerful Jazz Orchestra that is Houston’s own. Jazz Houston is one of the only four Jazz Institutions in the United States, the only one in the state of Texas and only the second in the country that features a Jazz Orchestra as its performing ensemble. The majority of the orchestra is made up of Houstonians, however the opportunity to perform with the group has led to a few members traveling from outside of the Houston area to take part. Its members include acclaimed professional musicians, and professors from leading University Music Departments such as The University of Houston, University of North Texas and others. The orchestra will perform regularly on Jazz Houston’s Concert Season and its repertoire will include commissioned works from all the eras of Jazz Music by acclaimed composers-arrangers as well as original compositions from the orchestra members.

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Education sets Jazz Houston apart because our orchestra members regularly lead community educational opportunities for children and adults including workshops, public school programs and educational residencies. Jazz Houston's education programs will enable Houstonians of all ages to develop a relationship with jazz and serve to cultivate new audiences for jazz. Our educational concerts will be led by Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director Vincent Gardner, with participation by our featured Guest Artists!

o Jazz Houston will offer jazz appreciation experiences for adults, students, and young children.

o Education programming will also extend into the community through teaching artists collaborating with hospitals, museums, and other non-profit organizations.

o In-school programs will include mentoring student players as well as introductory appreciation concerts for young children.

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Upcoming Season

Wynton Marsalis

Belinda Munro-Gardner

Vincent Gardner

Jazz Houston’s Unique Programming invites adults, students and children to:

o Evening Feature Concerts o Matinee Educational Concerts o Rehearsals and the Performance Processes o Q & A Session During Rehearsals

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Upcoming Season

SEPTEMBER 2017 1. "Ella Centenial - Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald 1917-2017" - A Jazz Concert held on September 29, 2017 at MATCH Theater 4, Houston, TX, celebrating the Centennial legacy of legendary Jazz Vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald. This concert will be led by Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, Vincent Gardner and will feature the Jazz Houston Orchestra, vocalist Belinda Munro-Gardner and additional guest vocalists.

A Jazz-themed educational concert for school-aged children entitled “Who Is Ella Fitzgerald?” to be held on September 28, 2017 at a location TBA. This will consist of a one-hour presentation that tells of significant events of her life, how she treated other people, how she empowered women by leading an orchestra in the 1940’s, and how she was beloved throughout her career. Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, featuring the Jazz Houston Orchestra and one or all of the guest vocalists from the Ella Fitzgerald Centennial concert, will lead it.

NOVEMBER 2. "The Blues: From The Duke to The Delta" - A Jazz and Blues Concert on November 4, 2017 to be held at a location TBA, featuring legendary Blues vocalist/guitarist Steve Miller and vocalist Jimmy Vaughan. This concert will be led by Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, and will also feature the Jazz Houston Orchestra.

A Blues and Jazz-themed educational concert for school-aged children entitled “What are the Blues?” to be held on November 3, 2017 at a location TBA. It will consist of a one-hour presentation which introduces the concepts of call and response, teaches students how to hear the musical form known as the 12-Bar Blues, how to recognize human feeling in music and how to introduce it into everyday activities, and coveys the blues-based way to manage when bad things happen and continue moving forward. Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, will lead this educational concert, and it will feature the Jazz Houston Orchestra, Steve Miller and Jimmy Vaughan.

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Upcoming Season

MARCH 2018 3. An Easter Jazz and Gospel Concert to be held on March 16, 2018, featuring a prominent gospel artist, to be held at a location TBA. This concert will be led by Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, Vincent Gardner and will feature the Jazz Houston Orchestra and an additional instrumental artist. This will become an annual event.

A Gospel and Jazz themed educational concert for school-aged children entitled “Why are Gospel and Jazz musical brothers?” to be held on March 15, 2018 at a location TBA, which will consist of a one-hour presentation which explains the connection between gospel music, the blues, and jazz by demonstrating feeling and inflection in all of those genres. The program also introduces key jazz figures that explored spirituality such as Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, and through performance demonstrates the common threads in all of them. This concert will be led by Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, and will feature the Jazz Houston Orchestra and one or more of the guest artists from the concert.

MAY 4. A Jazz Concert to be held on May 25, 2018 to be held at a location TBA, featuring multiple Grammy award and Pulitzer Prize winning jazz artist, Wynton Marsalis. This concert will be led by Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, and will feature the Jazz Houston Orchestra.

A Jazz-themed educational concert for school-aged children entitled “What is Swing?” to be held on May 24, 2018 at a location TBA which will consist of a one-hour presentation that teaches, using the American genre known as “Swing”, the function of the Rhythm Section in the Jazz Band, concepts of working together which are fundamental to Swinging, and how to apply those same concepts to working with each other in life. The program also introduces names of key figures in jazz such as Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington. This concert will be led by Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director, and will feature the Jazz Houston Orchestra and also our guest artist, Wynton Marsalis.

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Branding Opportunities through Jazz Houston concerts and educational programs will

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Branding Opportunities

Founding Season Sponsor $50,000 PROMOTION

• Recognition and Listing as Founding Season Sponsor on all printed and electronic vehicles • Full-page advertisement in all concert programs • Special Branded Post on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram from the Jazz Houston’s Artistic Director • Host “Facebook Live” interview with the Artistic Director (additional production expenses) • Private Corporate Performance for employees with the Jazz Houston Orchestra • Opportunity to deliver a brief (2 minutes) curtain speech at one of the season concerts • Product Exclusivity on all promotional materials • Hosting a pre-concert client or employee event (additional cost for food and beverage) • Recognition placard or optional display table in lobby of all concerts

TICKETS

• Five (5) Backstage Passes to meet the Artistic Director, Orchestra Members and guest artists • Twenty (20) premium seating pairs of tickets to all concerts • Ten (10) pairs of tickets to “Meet the Jazz Houston Orchestra Members” Rehearsals • Fifty (50) Educational Concert Tickets

Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

Founding Season Co-Sponsor - $25,000 • Opportunity to deliver brief remarks at one (1) educational concert • Recognition and Listing as Founding Season Co-Sponsor on all printed and electronic vehicles • Full-page advertisement in all concert programs • Recognition placard or optional display table in lobby of all concerts • Product Exclusivity on all promotional materials • Hosting a pre-concert client or employee event (additional cost for food and beverage) • Ten (10) pairs of premium seating tickets to all concerts • Eight (8) pairs of tickets to “Meet the Musicians” Rehearsals • Thirty (30) Educational Concert Tickets • Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

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Branding Opportunities Founding Season Participating Sponsor - $15,000 • Recognition and Listing as Founding Season Participating Sponsor on all printed and electronic vehicles • Full page advertisement in all concert programs • Recognition on placard in the lobby at all concerts • Six (6) premium seating pairs of tickets to all concerts • Five (5) pairs of tickets to “Meet the Musicians” Rehearsals • Twenty (20) Educational Concert Tickets • Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

Founding Season Partner - $10,000 • Recognition and Listing as Founding Season Sponsor on all printed and electronic vehicles • Half-page advertisement in all concert programs • Listed as a sponsor of Educational Concerts • Recognition placard or optional display table in lobby of all concerts • Five(5) premium seating pairs of tickets to all concerts • Two (2) pairs of tickets to “Meet the Musicians” Rehearsals • Ten (10) educational concert tickets • Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

Founding Educational Concert Sponsor - $5,000 • Recognition and Listing as Founding Season Sponsor on all printed and electronic vehicles • Two (2) premium seating pairs of tickets to all concerts • Five (5) preferred seating pairs of tickets to all concerts • Two (2) pairs of tickets to “Meet the Musicians” Rehearsals • Five (5) Educational Concert Tickets • Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

Founding Small Business & Non-profit Sponsor - $1,000 • Listed as Founding Season Small Business & Non-profit Sponsor • Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

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You’re valuable to Houston and its Jazz Culture and we truly appreciate your support of our vision.

For Details and to Confirm Your Support:

Belinda Munro-Gardner Director of Operations

JazzHouston.org

Belinda@JazzHouston.org 770-490-2424