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In November, the Madison Jazz Society awarded grants totaling $7,650 from its School Grant Fund to music programs in sixteen Wisconsin schools. The grants are funding jazz centered programs designed to help students learn about and perform jazz.

In announcing the awards, MJS President Linda Marty Schmitz stated, “We are very proud that the money awarded this year and since the program began in 1989 brings the total amount of scholarships and grants awarded by our all-volunteer group to over $126,000. We are pleased that these grants will assist students from all over Wisconsin now and i...