212:. It is the only independent music conservatory in the United States devoted solely to jazz and related styles of music. Located in the Downtown Berkeley Arts District, the CJC offers Associate, Bachelor's, and Master's degrees in Jazz Studies. The conservatory also offers community education classes and workshops for instrumentalists and vocalists and precollege youth programs for beginning, intermediate and advanced musicians. In July 2024, the conservatory announced that it would end its degree programs due to "significantly decreased enrollment and financial constraints."
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enrolled in 1998 at the age of 60 to learn jazz piano. He studied under
Muscarella through 2004, and inspired a class for teaching poetry composition intended for music. After his "Jazzschool" term, Reed continued to work with pianist Mary Watkins, and in 2007 as the Ishmael Reed Quintet he produced
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In 2009, the "Jazzschool
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In 1997 Muscarella bought an old 1880s residence at 2377 Shattuck Avenue in downtown
Berkeley to house the school and a connected cafe called La Note, the latter run by her neighbor, environment designer Dororthée Mitrani-Bell. The California Jazz Conservatory enrolled about 130–150 students in its
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Muscarella stepped down as president in November 2023 and was replaced by music producer Nick Phillips the next month. In July 2024, the conservatory announced that it would end its degree programs due to "significantly decreased enrollment and financial constraints."
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first quarter, taught by some 25 local jazz musicians and educators. By 2001 the school enrolled 600 students each quarter. The street-level La Note space was used by the
California Jazz Conservatory after hours as a classroom and performance space seating 60.
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retail store in the middle of the
Downtown Berkeley Arts District—was rebuilt to contain 12 rehearsal rooms, 14 classrooms, a 60-seat concert space and a snack shop called Jazzcaffé. The performance space was named Hardymon Hall to memorialize
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