A home for jazz arrangers and composers.
The international home for the people who write the music. Award funding, performance opportunities, and a global community.
What members get
Award eligibility
Submit to ISJAC’s commission, prize, and Launchpad programs — open only to members.
Global directory
Find collaborators around the world. Filter by instrumentation, location, and specialty.
Quarterly sessions
Live virtual masterclasses with the field’s leading composers and arrangers.
Hall of Fame
ISJAC Honors Celebration & Fundraiser
Each year at Dizzy’s Club in New York, ISJAC celebrates the year’s Hall of Fame inductees — recent honorees include John Coltrane, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Maria Schneider, Oliver Nelson, and Pat Metheny — at our annual Honors Celebration & Fundraiser, the evening that powers our commissions, education, and community programs.
About ISJAC
Who we are
The International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to the people who write the music — and the only organization in the world built solely around their work.
Founded in 2016, ISJAC unites more than 2,500 composers, arrangers, and supporters of their work across six continents, awards commissions and prizes, runs year-round educational programs, and convenes the field at our annual Honors Celebration in New York.
Annual ISJAC Commission, the Bob Brookmeyer New Music Award, and the Launchpad emerging-composer prize — open only to members.
Quarterly virtual masterclasses with leading composers and arrangers, plus member-only access to the recorded archive.
The Hall of Fame, ISJAC Honors Celebration at Dizzy's Club, and an active global directory of working composers and arrangers.
Join us, or help us keep going.
Membership opens funding, programs, and a community of peers. One-time gifts of any size keep our work running.