From Farm Shares to Jazz Shares

FROM FARM SHARES TO JAZZ SHARES: ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED MUSIC PRESENTING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

A Talk and Presentation by Jason Robinson

Using a shareholder model common in the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement, Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares is a thriving unconventional non-profit arts organization in western Massachusetts that presents concerts in towns and cities along the Connecticut River. Jazz Shares flourishes at an intersection of community organizing, established and emerging food and arts sustainability practices, jazz and African American musical histories specific to the area, and institutional and institution-independent arts presenters that create and nurture musical communities while sidestepping many of the dynamics of commercial arts culture. Since 2011, Jazz Shares has presented an annual season of ten or more concerts at community arts spaces and music schools, churches, and music venues, featuring early career and established national and international touring jazz groups, whose musical approaches often privilege experimentalism within jazz. Jazz Shares models innovative community-based arts presenting, nurtures musicians and audiences, and encourages artistic experimentation and listener inquisitiveness. In time, the success of Jazz Shares will surely inspire other innovative local arts presenting models.

The Forum

601 West 125th Street

Rm 301

New York, NY 11027

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