Each season, 1,000 aspiring jazz musicians in MDCPS get an in-depth look at the behind-the-scenes workings of a Jazz Roots concert at the Arsht Center. Through an educational partnership with MDCPS, every high school jazz music student is invited to witness a real working sound check in the Knight Concert Hall, talk with internationally acclaimed jazz musicians and experience a live Jazz Roots concert — all free of charge. Throughout the program’s history, students have participated with jazz legends such as Chris Botti, Chucho Valdes, Candy Dulfer, Aaron Neville and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to name a few.
To learn more about attending Jazz Roots Sound Check, click HERE.
Performance dates:
Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet on February 7, 2025
Jason Moran Performs the Music of Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings on March 21, 2025
Arturo Sandoval: A Master of Afro-Cuban Jazz on April 11, 2025
This program is free for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Please email education@arshtcenter.org for private school inquiries.
Arsht Center Jazz Roots Education and Community Partnerships
The Jazz Roots: Sound Check program provides an in-depth, behind-the-scenes performance and educational opportunity for local high school music students. In collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, MORE THAN 9,000 STUDENTS have taken advantage of free tickets, special sound checks with the artists, lectures, performance opportunities and Q and A sessions!
Jazz Roots: Sound Check is presented by Baldwin Richardson Foods, and made possible in part by Quint Family Foundation and Hazel Rosen.
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