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The International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers is FREE and OPEN to all who practice and love the art of jazz composition and arranging.

We invite you to please register your association with ISJAC IMMEDIATELY to ensure you are informed of all upcoming events & opportunities while documenting the power of our collective voice.

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  • 2021 ISJAC/USF Prize Winners Announcement

    The International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC) is thrilled to announce the 2021 winners of the prestigious ISJAC/USF Owen Prize in Jazz Composition and the inaugural ISJAC/USF Prize for Emerging Black Composers. All three winning compositions will be performed virtually by an acclaimed professional jazz orchestra at ISJAC’s Un[chart]ed Territory (March 18-20). Stay tuned for upcoming details!

  • 2020 ISJAC Giving Campaign – Can You Help?

    The 2020 ISJAC Giving Campaign will run from Monday October 19th through Thursday October 29th. This annual event is the primary fundraising initiative of our organization and helps provide the financial resources for our programming.

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Artist Blog

  • Helen Sung: Finding My Voice Through Jazz Composition

    Helen Sung reflects on her time composing and arranging, the emotions and thoughts she feels when doing so, and how her perspective on composition shifted during her transition to the jazz world.

  • Ingrid Laubrock: I Never Liked That Guy, Twice – Variations on a dream

    Ingrid Laubrock discusses writing a piece inspired by a dream, starting with trio and moving to large ensemble for the same piece, and, through, analysis, how she worked to convey they emotion inside the dream.

ISJAC’s Un[chart]ed Territory – March 18-20, 2021

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ISJAC is pleased to present Un[chart]ed Territory in March 2021. While not a replacement for the immensely successful Jazz Composers’ Symposium (postponed to 2022), Un[chart]ed Territory seeks to inspire, motivate, offer our members a chance to showcase their own work, facilitate conversation, and serve as a conduit for creativity and collaboration – much like our flagship in-person conference. Un[chart]ed Territory will run three consecutive evenings (plus a Saturday afternoon) in March 2021 with both synchronous and asynchronous sessions that include the celebration of our recent Owen Prize for Jazz Composition and Prize for Emerging Black Composers winners, the induction of the 2021 ISJAC Hall of Fame class, all-star panel discussions, networking opportunities, chats with elite guest composer artists, a very special pre-recorded capstone performance, and a creative opportunity for you to have conversations about your recent project or check out the new work/research of other composers and arrangers that you admire. Please apply (by January 29th) if you’d like to share your work at ISJAC’s Un[chart]ed Territory!

ISJAC is a community-centered organization that offers much love and support to composers in a nurturing and positive environment.

Jihye Lee

The symposium brings jazz composers from across the world together in a way that nothing else does. I feel an incredible warmth and spark talking shop with other passionate writers and creators. Something like this is really special.

Zachary Bornheimer

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