Jazz Arts Group Employee Directory
Entertainment ProvidersOhio, United States11-50 Employees
Jazz Arts Group (JAG) is a Columbus-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to producing, performing and promoting jazz. It operates as an umbrella for the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, performance activities at the Lincoln Theatre, the Jazz Academy, and the JAG Affiliate Musicians program, pairing artistic programming with education. The organization is positioned in the entertainment providers sector with a focus on both live performance and educational initiatives. The Columbus Jazz Orchestra, led by Byron Stripling, presents over twenty concerts each season at the historic Southern Theatre and runs an outdoor JazZoo! concert series at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. JAG supports lifelong learning through its Jazz Academy programs, Jazz in the Community and Jazz in Schools, and in June 2009 opened a community instructional space of nearly 5,000 square feet for multi-generational and recreational music making, ensembles, after-school programs, and lectures. In March 2024, the organization named Kelly Hebblethwaite Johnson as vice president of development.