Address

6140 Hwy 6, Suite 289
Missouri City,
TEXAS 77459

Phone: 832-784-1781
Email: info@docfestjazz.org

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DocFest `22 Featuring Grammy Award Winner Melissa Manchester

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In 1980, MELISSA MANCHESTER became the first recording artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a single year, “Through The Eyes Of Love” from Ice Castles and “I’ll Never Say Goodbye” from The Promise, and to perform them both on the Oscar telecast.  MELISSA starred in the national tours of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Music Of The … Read More DocFest `22 Featuring Grammy Award Winner Melissa Manchester

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Jazz Scholarship

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Upon the opening of New York’s New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music (NS/J) in 1986, there was an immediate bond between NS/J and Houston’s High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), thanks to the outreach of NS/J’s founding artistic director, Arnie Lawrence (1938 – 2005). Largely due to Mr. Lawrence’s efforts, HSPVA bassist Chris Walker was a member of NS/J’s very first … Read More Jazz Scholarship

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KEITH VIVENS INDUCTED IN KINDER HSPVA JAZZ HALL OF FAME

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As a prominent component of DocFest, Inc., the Board of Directors voted unanimously in 2014 to establish the HSPVA JAZZ HALL OF FAME, members to be highly successful and prominent alumni of the HSPVA jazz program, as selected by the Board.  Recipients will be inducted annually at DocFest, and, in most cases, will headline their respective DocFest concerts. About BASSIST, Keith Vivens HSPVA ’80 … Read More KEITH VIVENS INDUCTED IN KINDER HSPVA JAZZ HALL OF FAME

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Celebrating Al Jarreau Concert Highlights

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DocFest Fall Benefit Concert, Celebrating Al Jarreau…Starring Chris Walker & Friends, was a huge success! The full house concert took place on September 7th, in the new state-of-the-art Denney Theatre, located in Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), downtown Houston. DocFest celebrated Al Jarreau & special guests, a Kinder HSPVA Hall of Fame induction and a surprise proclamation delivered by Mayor … Read More Celebrating Al Jarreau Concert Highlights

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DocFest Musicians Conduct Master Class

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Highlights of 2019 Master Class On Friday, September 6, 2019 DocFest Co-founder & President, Chris Walker and Friends conducted a Master Class at Kinder HSPVA with Warren Sneed’s top big band during his Jazz Ensemble I class.  Warren Sneed is the Director of Jazz Studies at Kinder HSPVA and Vice President of DocFest.  DocFest’s honoree, Robert “Doc” Morgan, the Jazz Studies Director at HSPVA … Read More DocFest Musicians Conduct Master Class

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Address

6140 Hwy 6, Suite 289
Missouri City, TX
77459

(832) 784-1781
info@docfestjazz.org

DocFest

The Mission of DocFest, Inc. is to support higher education for HSPVA alumni.

This is primarily accomplished by an annual series of benefit concerts featuring successful HSPVA graduates and renowned guest artists.

DocFest, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)

Helen and Bob Morgan Scholarship Foundation

Thanks to Patron View for partial website sponsorships

 

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