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Anchor 5
The Future is Now
2021
A cross-country collaboration including Iolani School (Honolulu, HI), Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas, TX), Face the Music at Kaufman Music Center (New York, NY), Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington, D.C.), Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) (Oakland, CA), and Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (RASOTA) (San Francisco, CA).
Oakland School for the Arts
Instrumental Music
Department Overview
2014 - Present
The NEWBERRY Project
1920 Telegraph, Oakland, CA 94612
An 8,000 sqft space repurposed and entirely remodeled to
accommodate a thriving instrumental music program.
Project Manager: Nick Kanozik
Assistant Manager: Dave Ellis
Facilities Manager: Paul Schultz
Chief Business Officer: Jonathon Foustine
Seminario 2018: Jazz Explorations
Cal Performances
Hosts: Rica Anderson and Sabrina Klein
At Zellerbach Hall, University of CA Berkeley
Event Coordinator / Conductor: Nick Kanozik
Guests: Marcus Shelby / Chuy Valera / Dave Ellis
JALC with Wynton Marsalis and Jon Batiste
Collaborations with Mercury Soul
Hosts: Mason Bates at the DNA Lounge
Event Coordinator: Marko Bajzer
Light Organ Instrument Inventor / Conductor: Nick Kanozik
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