San Diego Jazz Please consider supporting the San Diego Jazz Party Scholarship Program The San Diego Jazz Party Scholarship Fund was established in 2017 by Dan Reid. It was Dan’s vision to create a Scholarship Fund to encourage young jazz musicians to pursue higher education to expand their talents and follow their dreams of furthering mainstream jazz to the world. This scholarship program was the first of its kind for the SDJP in the years of entertaining patrons and other guests with mainstream jazz in San Diego. Being able to observe young people succeed in the world of jazz was near and dear to his heart. The San Diego Jazz Party Scholarship Fund will be his lasting legacy. As finances permit, The San Diego Jazz Party awards scholarships to students who attended High School in the San Diego area and are enrolled as full time undergraduates studying Jazz at any College or University in the United States. Evaluation criteria include: Musical ability and stage presence
Financial need
Academic achievement
Scholarships will be awarded to new or continuing students as funds are available. Children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews of San Diego Jazz Party Board Members are not eligible for the scholarships. San Diego Jazz Party is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization chartered under federal and California law. Contributions are fully tax-deductible. San Diego Jazz Party Scholarships are derived from donations, grants, bequests and fundraising activities of the San Diego Jazz Party Thank You from The Board of Directors of the San Diego Jazz Party
The San Diego Jazz Party organization awards scholarships to promising young musicians to allow them to pursue their dreams of furthering world-class jazz to the world. This year’s recipients have shown great musical talents at young ages in guitar, saxophone, clarinet, flute, piano, trumpet, violin, and vocals.
Christian Rodriguez Christian Rodriguez attended Mission Bay High School. He started playing guitar at the beginning of his freshman year when he was 14. He also played the violin in middle school, and banjo in high school. Rodriguez studied with Jaier Batiz in the beginning and later on studied with Martinez Castro before he died. He later joined Young Lions’ Jazz Conservatory and studied with Ian Buss and Gilbert Castillnos. He also studied with Mark Dresser at the UCSD Jazz Camp in 2018, and most recently, with Tommy Collins and Endea Owens. He is currently attending two colleges to pursue two majors.
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