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The NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) is a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.

Pianist and drummer, Julius Rodriguez will lead his acclaimed Quintet of young Jazz stalwarts through an engaging and exciting set of standards and originals LIVE from the Jazz Forum, Tarrytown. Originally from White Plains, NY, 22-year-old Rodriguez has attended Juilliard in New York City and has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Jazzmeia Horn and Carmen Lundy among many others. His much-heralded Quintet has performed five sold-out weekends in the first three years of Jazz Forum presentations.

 

This summer we will be holding free Jitterbugs Jazz Events for kids outdoors and in-person in the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park! But before that, we will keep your kids jazzin' with two more fun-filled online events for all kids under 10 years. During these online events, we'll be playing musical games comparing jazz with other music styles, paint and play together!
 

You don't need to have joined any previous classes to participate in these online Jitterbugs Spring Events!
 

By the way, we are so proud to have been awarded the 2021 ArtsWestchester Education Arts Award! Learn more about what we do and watch a presentation about the success of our Jitterbugs program here: Jitterbugs Arts Award!

Watch the video to see clips from previous classes and hear Mark and Ellen talk about what Jitterbugs means to Jazz Forum Arts and to the Jazz community.