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In 2006, Chris Hagen presented an entire month of Jazz and Blues at Broadie’s Tavern in Tianjin, China, featuring an American Jazz singer with a young band of recent music graduates. During the month of September, we ascertained that there is an audience for Jazz in Tianjin, composed of Chinese and foreign patrons. Hagen and his partners are serious about having a Jazz club here in Tianjin, China's third largest city (population: 10 million). The young band is willing to learn Jazz music but has little opportunity because they have no professional Jazz or Blues musicians to model after, except in Beijing, two hours away. So, there is a definite NEED for the presence of professional and experienced Jazz and Blues musicians from other countries, in Tianjin. Wang Tong International Music Center serves to teach young people Jazz music. There are 500 students in three schools, leaving a huge population of other students who may want to study and play Jazz music. Foreign Jazz musician who would come to Tianjin to live, perform and teach workshops could serve this population. September is a good month to hold a festival/conference in Tianjin because the weather not too cold or too hot. In 2007, we chose the second week of September to kick-off this new festival that will include concerts in Beijing and a three-day music conference, in Tianjin, where music professors from around the world will lead clinics and workshops in Jazz and Blues for music students from China and the world. The INTERTECH HOTEL will host the conference, scholars, musicians and nightly shows. A jam session and nightly shows will take place at Broadie’s. The Crystal Palace and Dickson Hotels will house visitors to the festival. |
The People’s Hall has two auditoriums, one seating 800 and the other 2000. This venue is perfect for larger events in 2008 and 2009. Ground transportation (van, SUV), will be secured to transport musicians from place to place. Corporate sponsorship and government funding will be secured to fund this project. Companies like Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, Toyota, SONY, China Mobile, Tianjin Electric, Northwest Airline, JAL, United Airlines, American Airlines, China Eastern Airline, musical instrument companies, etc., will be approached to be partners. They will receive logo visibility in exchange and passes for in-kind airline tickets, hotel rooms, meals, ground transportation and musicians' fees. Grants will be written in the China, U.S.A. and Europe to set up exchange programs for musicians between the three continents to perform and hold workshops; and for sending Chinese students to the U.S.A. and Europe to study and have the first-hand experience of seeing Jazz and Blues musicians perform. Liaisons with Tianjin Commerce University, Wang Tong International School, Tianjin International School, Tianjin University and Music Departments of other area schools would be formed. A three-year plan for 2007 through 2009 includes a three-day festival with internationally known artists and a music conference. In 2008, immediately following the Tianjin Water Olympics, the CUE JAZZFEST and Music Conference will be held and it can piggyback on publicity and advertisement campaigns. Also, Chinese musicians and musicians who are invited from other countries, particularly, U.S., Japan and Europe, will perform at various venues, during the Olympics. Our staff will execute the three-year plan for the festival/conference. Please give me your thoughts on this project as soon as possible. We look forward to your company or institution partnering with us in this cultural adventure. |
This plan is for a mini-festival and conference, in September 2007; a larger festival and conference, in 2008, immediately following the OLYMPICS in Beijing and Tianjin; and another in 2009. Sponsorship: Cash: Projected amount needed for festival in Tianjin/Beijing, in September 2007, is $100,000; $500,000, in 2008; and $1 million in 2009. In-kind services (hotel rooms, airline tickets, ground transportation, meals) Potential Sponsors:
Who will attend? Chinese residents, local and international music scholars and students, tourists, music aficionados, media, producers, musicians, jazz and blues society members and fans, photographers, videographers, historians |
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