How to Program a Great Jazz Series for a World Class Arts Festival

South Carolina Public Radio | By Jeanette Guinn

Published May 27, 2015 at 10:32 AM EDT

Jazz, a veritable melting pot of musical flavors, has a broad definition for good reason. But, if you think you know jazz, Michael Grofsorean is ready to challenge your expectation. He’s the artistic director for the Wells Fargo Jazz series, and he talks with Spoleto Today's Bery Dakers about programming the rhythm of America’s original art form at Spoleto Festival USA, a task that is far from improvisation and anything but standard.

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Jeanette Guinn

Jeanette Guinn is a professor in the Arts Management Program in College of Charleston’s School of the Arts and is pleased to have former students working in the US, Europe and Australia. After interning at the South Carolina Arts Commission during graduate school, Jeanette spent 25 great years working as an arts manager.

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