Founded in 1980, Javacya Arts Conservatory (JAC) is one of Florida's premier youth classical music programs — a college-preparatory music institute in Tallahassee, FL dedicated to students ages 3 to 18. Through orchestras, recitals, competitions, and community concerts, our students develop the discipline, artistry, and confidence to pursue music at the highest levels.
“Honoring Excellence In Classical Music.”
A national celebration of a distinctive American story — recognizing the visionary artists, educators, and cultural leaders shaping the future of classical artistry, and the young musicians coming up behind them.
Arts-in-the-Heart Concert Series
Past Arts-In-The-Heart Special Guests
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Amadi Azikiwe
Amadi Azikiwe, violinist and violist, past guest artist at Javacya Arts Conservatory Arts-in-the-Heart Concert Series
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Noel Wan
Noel Wan, harpist, past guest artist at Javacya Arts Conservatory classical music concert series, Tallahassee FL
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Darryl Tookes
Darryl Tookes, singer, songwriter, and producer, guest artist at Javacya Arts Conservatory Arts-in-the-Heart Concert Series
Board Statement
Javacya was founded in 1980 to close long-standing gaps in access to classical music training and to give young musicians of exceptional talent and discipline a clear pathway into professional performance. Since 1980, Javacya Arts Conservatory — a program of Choice Impact Community Development Corporation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — has provided tuition-free orchestral training to under-resourced students. Our alumni are Grammy-nominated artists, physicians, attorneys, engineers, and public servants. The discipline of classical music, joined with our STREAM curriculum uniting the arts and sciences, builds both the creativity and the analytical excellence that carries our students from first lessons to lifelong achievement.
We, the Javacya Board of Directors, believe that access to excellent classical music training should be available to every talented young musician — not reserved for a select few.
Noteworthy
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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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