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January 6, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
From: Jazz Promo Services
Press Contact: Jim Eigo, jim@jazzpromoservices.com
www.jazzpromoservices.com


Pre-registration Deadline for Jazz Connect Conference Ends Today

Jazz community to convene January 9-10, 2014 at Hilton New York Hotel

The Jazz Connect Conference at APAP|NYC 2014, organized by JazzTimes in conjunction with the Jazz Forward Coalition, has announced that pre-registration for the event has been extended through January 2.  Pre-registration is only $100 until Monday, January 6 at 5 pm EST, with additional discounts offered to members of various organizations, such as AFM, JJA, JazzWeek, Chamber Music America, SESAC and others. Registration is free for APAP members, although they must pre-register at www.jazz-connect.com.  On-site registration is $150.One of the largest gatherings of the professional jazz community, the Jazz Connect Conference will be held January 9-10, 2014 on the third floor of the Hilton New York in New York City and will feed into the annual APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) Conference as well as Winter Jazzfest.  Over 700 people have already pre-registered for the Jazz Connect Conference. This is a great opportunity to network, exchange ideas and receive valuable knowledge from the experts in the field.

Jana La Sorte of Ambassadora is organizing an “Ask the Experts” networking session in which emerging artists and professionals can meet 1:1 for 10 minutes with various jazz professionals in four categories: Recording, Management & Legal; Booking & Touring; Publicity, Promotion & Airplay; Marketing & Distribution.  That session will be held on Thursday, January 9 at 3:45 pm.  Interested parties should simply come to the Trianon Ballroom at the opening of that session and sign up for their area of interest.

Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, will be the keynote speaker for the conference.  In addition to Cameron’s address, the keynote plenary session will feature short inspirational presentations or “solos” by jazz professionals and artists, including Wendy Oxenhorn (Jazz Foundation of America), Eddie Palmieri, Patricia Parker (Arts for Art), Meghan Stabile (Revive Music Group) and Janis Burley Wilson (Pittsburgh Cultural Trust).  Focusing on the conference theme of “The Road Ahead,” these five soloists will share their experiences and talk about the challenges facing them as well as the jazz community at large.

The rest of the Jazz Connect Conference at APAP|NYC will feature a collection of essential workshops, panels and events held over the course of two days.  The conference will bring together a wide cross-section of the jazz community for 12 workshops and 5 plenary sessions, on topics such as: “Navigating Social Media”; “The Role of Education in Presenting Jazz”; “The New Paradigm for Record Labels”; “Radio Airplay & Promotion 101”; “Jazz Grantmaking”; “Expanding the Language of Jazz”; “Engaging the Jazz Media Gatekeepers”; “New Models and Streams for Presenting Jazz” and other timely and engaging subjects. Moderators and panelists include an impressive cross-section of artists and professionals.

For a complete schedule and list of speakers, visit the conference website.

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