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Modern Improvisational Music Association
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MIMA is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit music organization located in Princeton, New Jersey that invites college jazz musicians to give free music lessons to under-served public school children. The non-profit runs an after-school program called Spinjazz providing improvisational music education.
Beginnings
MIMA was founded by Christoph Geiseler in 2004, who turned his own thesis into a music appreciation program for inner-city children[1]. Originally a music association at Princeton University, MIMA was involved in organizing events ranging from drum circles and national capoeira events to academic conferences on electro-acoustic music [2].
MIMA's formal advisory board consists of scholars including Cornel West, Lawrence Lessig and Scott Burnham [3]
History
Music education outreach project and video documentaries in China (2005) and in Brazil (2006).
Awards
The 2006 DeLucia Award [4]
References
- ^ [1] Thesis Inspired Non-Profit
- ^ [2] Listening in the Sound Kitchen
- ^ [3] MIMA Advisory Board
- ^ [4] The Mocking Bird Foundation
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