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The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz is a nonprofit education organization with a mission to offer the world’s most promising young musicians college level training by internationally acclaimed jazz masters and to present public school music education programs for young people around the world.
The Institute preserves, perpetuates and expands jazz as a global art form, and utilizes jazz as a means to unite people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities. All of the Institute’s programs are provided free of charge to students, schools and communities worldwide. The Institute’s programs use jazz as the medium to encourage imaginative thinking, creativity, a positive self-image, and a respect for one’s own and others’ cultural heritage.
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Founded in 1986 as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the organization began operating as the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz in January 2019 in recognition of Mr. Hancock’s commitment to the Institute since its establishment, his expert guidance as Institute Chairman, and his immense contributions to and impact on music, education and humanity.
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The New York Preservation Archive Project
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The mission of the New York Preservation Archive Project is to protect and raise awareness of the narratives of historic preservation in New York.
Through public programs, outreach, celebration, and the creation of public access to information, the Archive Project hopes to bring these stories to light.
Download and read the New York Preservation Archive Project Fall/Winter 2021 Newsletter here.
Save Riverside's preservationPICTURED is also a community-wide project, and another example of a preservation effort that can be carried out during the restrictions imposed by the pandemic – and beyond.
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preservationPICTURED A Community Project encourages preservation and archiving using photos and brief descriptions to document and highlight overlooked and potentially endangered sites and architectural details.
Historic Districts Council
Saving our city is a group activity. Support HDC and help preserve New York City's historic neighborhoods.
