The CNY Jazz Arts Foundation, established in 1998, is now the primary year-round provider of scholastic and public jazz programs for the Upstate New York.
CNY Jazz’s growing list of programs includes the Cabaret Concert Series, Scholastic Jazz Jams, Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival, Stage of Nations Blue Rain ECOfest, Jazz Vespers Series, SummerJazz Workshop, Jazz in the City, the Black History Month Cabaret Series, Syracuse Parks and Rec Stan Colella “All-Star” Big Band, and more.
CNYJAF serves a total public audience of 80,000 each year, trains more than 4,000 students annually, and presents students in performance to an annual audience of more than 40,000.