Roberta Flack Music Excellence Program

The DCJF's Robert Flack Music Excellence Program includes collaborative education initiatives for students of all ages in support of music education, notably jazz, as a vehicle to cultivate the whole child experience. Our arts integration approach aims to contribute to core literacy skills while encouraging creative thinking, innovation, imagination, and discipline. Our objective is to:

• Ensure that each year thousands of students in the District of Columbia learn about jazz, the important role jazz has played and continues to play in our nation’s capital, and in American history and culture; and highlight the unique contributions of jazz greats.
• Engage students with the improvisational fun and surprise of jazz, helping to encourage creative thinking and build confidence.
• Provide enriching cultural programming while promoting a greater appreciation for jazz.

Current programs include free concerts, young performer programs, and interactive master classes and workshops in partnership with the THEARC; Atlas Performing Arts Center; DCPS; The Phillips Collection, and Sitar Arts Center.
DCJF Education Initiatives

Music Excellence Program

Jazz for a Healthier Generation

Jazz America and the Visual Arts