SF/Arts Curator Insight

Awarding grants to local Bay Area artists to specifically create works to be performed at their New Works Festival, San Jose Jazz acknowledges the unique hardships the local arts community has faced during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with this program. An extraordinary two weeks of concerts will feature 20 world premieres of the works created by musicians who won grants, at a state-of-the-art venue, The SJZ Break Room in downtown San Jose.