Founded in 1980, Javacya Arts Conservatory (JAC) is a college preparatory institute for ages 3 to 18. A leading advocate for diversity and inclusion in the performing arts in the States and abroad, JAC consistently provides life developing opportunities through formal training and discipline through music.
Arts-in-the-Heart Concert Series
Past Arts-In-The-Heart Special Guests
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Amadi Azikiwe
Violin/Viola
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Noel Wan
Harpist
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Darryl Tookes
Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Teacher
Black players make up less than 2% of the nation’s orchestras, and the Metropolitan Opera existed for 138 years before it presented its first opera by a Black composer in 2021, “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” by Terence Blanchard.
Diversity Matters
Because of the exclusion of people of color in classical music from the 19th century through the present, Javacya exists. We, the Javacya Board of Directors, believe that artists' diversity within classical music should be the rule and not the exception.
Through education and performance, Javacya, standing on numerous other leaders' shoulders, has taken a commanding leadership role to support professional classical Black, Indigenous, and people of color in classical music's professional field to champion their value, historical contributions, and relevance.
Our end goal is to enlighten modern societies about the normalcy of high-caliber professional people of color in classical music. A catalyst for change, the artists represented in the Arts-In-The-Heart Concert Series reflect the communities in which we live. Diversity is the rule.
Diversity Rule
Noteworthy
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Javacya Elite Chamber Principal Violist Hope Ward set out to raise $20,000 for students requiring assistance to attend Javacya Arts Conservatory and I-9 Sports Academy. The campaign began in August 2020. Thus far, she has raised over $8,000."
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As a child, concert violinist and professor Elwyn A. Adams was a musical prodigy of some notoriety in the African American community of Cleveland, Ohio, where he was born on August 3, 1933. At age five he gave his first violin recital at East Mt. Zion Baptist Church, and at age seven he could be heard on local radio.
ELWYN ALBERT ADAMS (1933-1995)
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Violist Meredith Harris conducted a masterclass via Zoom on bow usage and vibrato for students at Javacya Arts Conservatory.
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