Next Jazz Legacy

ABOUT

Next Jazz Legacy is a national apprenticeship and mentorship program focused on elevating early-career jazz artists. Designed by New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, the program’s mission is to increase opportunities for musicians who will contribute to a vibrant and inclusive jazz future, and to create waves of lasting change that benefit the whole jazz community. Next Jazz Legacy invests in its awardees through a comprehensive support package that includes intergenerational apprenticeships and mentorship, showcases, cohort learning, and an unrestricted grant that contributes to awardees’ creative and professional development. Next Jazz Legacy is made possible by New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, with funding from the Mellon Foundation. GRAMMY-winning artist and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington is the program’s Artistic Director, and is supported by Aja Burrell Wood, Managing Director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and a New Music USA board member. Next Jazz Legacy welcomes applications from musicians of all gender and sexual identities to achieve the goal of true gender representation in the field. newmusicusa.org/program/next-jazz-legacy