Director Chuck Redd and guest directors Shirley Andress, Lynnea Barry, Siri Vik, Vanessa Greenway and Will & Peter Anderson continue their year-long celebration (begun in January at OFAM 2025 Winter) of the dynamic and vibrant relationship between the Classic Songbook and jazz as popular and jazz musicians alike have taken up, interpretted, and reinterpretted existing compositions from both traditions and contribute new ones. Notable composers and performers they’ll be looking at include Jerome Kern, Harry Warren, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Anita O’Day, Peggy Lee, June Christy, Frank Sinatra, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, and more). 9 historic popular music & jazz concerts, the summer jazz party 2 community sing-alongs, 8 films & 9 talks, and 2 Road Scholar programs Join us!