Lizz Wright at Ridgefield Playhouse June 25
Date Posted: Jun 17, 2016 – Bring your family to see this incredible performance with Lizz Wright! NEAE is offering you ½ price tickets to this show – and free tickets for students 18 and under! Click for more info. Ms. Wright appeared on the Festival Mainstage in 2003 and
Sponsor Spotlight – North Coast Brewing Co
Date Posted: Jun 15, 2016 – This summer we welcome a very special first-time sponsor, North Coast Brewing Co. from Fort Bragg, California. North Coast is unique in the industry: they are true jazz benefactors with a special interest in jazz presentation and education. We first heard about them from
Dr. Lonnie Smith Receives Jazz Master’s Award
Date Posted: Jun 14, 2016 – Congratulations to the amazing organist Dr. Lonnie Smith for his NEA Jazz Master’s Award announced this week! Dr. Lonnie was featured on the Litchfield Jazz Festival in 2003, and 2011. Twenty years ago pianist David Grausman called after LJF’s inaugural festival and told us
“Generations of Jazz”: Meet the Stars – Nicole Zuraitis
Date Posted: May 18, 2016 – To celebrate 20 years of Litchfield Jazz Camp, this summer’s festival lineup showcases successful artists who, back in the day, were Litchfield Jazz Campers. They will each feature a mentor who made a lasting impact on their music. We’d like you to get to
Kudos to our DownBeat Winners
Date Posted: May 18, 2016 – A number of jazz campers were winners in this year’s DownBeat Student Music Awards. We are very proud of all of them. In the Junior High School Jazz Soloist category, there were two winners, both of them former Litchfield Jazz Campers! Estaban Castro
THANK YOU!
Date Posted: May 7, 2016 – Thanks to our generous supporters we were able to raise a total of $5,070 for Litchfield Performing Arts in just 36 hours last week. We would’t be able to do this with out you!
Save The Date! May 3-4 Give Local
Date Posted: Apr 25, 2016 – The Connecticut Community Foundation is hosting Give Local Greater Waterbury & Litchfield Hills on May 3-4, 2016. This 36 hour online giving event will help you support local nonprofit organizations that work every day to make our community stronger. Every dollar donated to participating
Jazz & Friends – April 24th
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2016 – Tickets are still available for An Afternoon of Jazz & Friends, Sunday April 24. This wonderful party and concert benefits Litchfield Jazz Camp’s need-based scholarships. Music is provided by Litchfield Jazz Camp instructors, top students, and two Monk Competition finalists, vocalist Veronica Swift and
International Jazz Day – April 30!
Date Posted: Apr 8, 2016 – The National Museum of American History designated April as Jazz Appreciation Month. They chose April because so many jazz greats were born this month. Among them are Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Gerry Mulligan, and Tito Puente. Tito closed the 1998 Litchfield Jazz Festival with
Bill Henderson 1926-2016
Date Posted: Apr 5, 2016 – Mourning Bill Henderson, an amazing singer and beautiful human being. We were honored to present him not once but twice at the Litchfield Jazz Festival. Our hearts go out to his beautiful daughter and his whole family. Bill had just turned 90. Bill Henderson,