The Jazz Mentors Panel Discussions are open forums where invited panelists discuss a specific topic that speaks to the current environment within the Jazz community. Topics range from music performance to touring to management to publicity including cultural and social justice topics. Students and audience members are given the opportunity to directly engage with pre-eminent jazz musicians, historians, business, publicity and marketing experts and exchange ideas and information in a dynamic setting.
There is always a Q&A component to these informative events that allows audience participation and interaction with these seminal industry experts, inviting open dialogue and further discussion of related topics.