Organizing Change Pt. II: Leaving a Legacy for JGEI’s Future
By: Carly Stock I was perusing some of the blog posts on the El Paso Jazz Girls site and was heartened to come across a post from my...
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epjazzgirls
- Mar 5, 2021
- 5 min
Recommended Reads: Women's History Month Edition 3
By: Amanda Ekery Happy Women’s History Month! I’m happy to share some exciting books I’ve recently read that have shaped new thoughts and...
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epjazzgirls
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Fungi, Social Media, & an Idea
By: Amanda Ekery Over the past few months I’ve been really interested in fungi – how they decompose material, how they connect plants...
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epjazzgirls
- Mar 1, 2020
- 4 min
Recommended Reads: Women’s History Month Edition 2
By: Amanda Ekery During Women’s History Month read something new, something exciting, and something that will make you think! Below are...
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epjazzgirls
- Jan 7, 2020
- 2 min
Intentions for the New Year
By: Amanda Ekery With the start of the New Year comes new plans, ideas, hopes, and goals. It seems everyone has been posting their...
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epjazzgirls
- Oct 19, 2019
- 4 min
Bringing Awareness into Our Creative Lives
By: Dr. Joyce Hsu This is the time of the semester where everyone is swamped by multiple responsibilities – marching band, rehearsals for...
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epjazzgirls
- Sep 14, 2019
- 4 min
Organizing Change: Starting the Women in Jazz Initiative at UNT
By: Jess Goodrich Within the past year, a few colleagues and I, with the help of the chair of the University of North Texas’s jazz...
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epjazzgirls
- Aug 10, 2019
- 5 min
Military Band Life
By: Ally Hany Albrecht A few months ago, I traveled to New York to play with the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. I was hanging around backstage at...
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epjazzgirls
- Jul 2, 2019
- 3 min
Year Two in the Books
By Amanda Ekery El Paso Jazz Girls 2019 just wrapped up and I’ve been recalling all of the wonderful ideas, collaborations,...
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epjazzgirls
- May 14, 2019
- 5 min
Summer Playlists: Night and Day
By: Gabby Byrd As you probably well know, Texas doesn't exactly experience regular "seasons"; still, I've come to find that most people...
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epjazzgirls
- Apr 2, 2019
- 3 min
Sitting With It: Thoughts on Inspiration & Creativity
By: Melissa Weikart Inspiration is a strange concept. People inspire, events inspire, art inspires, the way the sun peeks out from behind...
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epjazzgirls
- Feb 28, 2019
- 4 min
Recommended Reads: Women’s History Month Edition
By: Amanda Ekery This Women’s History Month is a great time to read some wonderful books about music, adventure, civil rights, and more!...
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epjazzgirls
- Jan 19, 2019
- 5 min
Taking the Lead: Leadership as a Female Musician
By Raychel Taylor My role as a woman in music is a culmination of my experiences as a performing musician, music educator, and arts...
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epjazzgirls
- Dec 1, 2018
- 6 min
Music Scholarship is Fun!
By Hannah Grantham Why do we study music? Have you ever asked the question, "I wonder why they wrote that" while listening to music? Did...
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epjazzgirls
- Sep 17, 2018
- 4 min
All-State Audition Advice: You've Got This!
By: Grace Ward My decision to audition for TMEA All-State Jazz was one made on a whim. It was the result of me thinking “Surely it can’t...
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epjazzgirls
- Jul 8, 2018
- 2 min
Getting Started - El Paso Jazz Girls' Inaugural Clinic
By: Amanda Ekery I started planning for El Paso Jazz Girls on April 2, 2018. I remember the date because a peer posted a sexist comment...
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