WHO WE ARE

Tenor saxophonist/pianist/composer Jessica Jones is an innovative jazz educator and consultant, working with children on improvisation, composition, and oral traditions for Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Camp for Female Instrumentalists (Pretoria, South Africa), Stanford Jazz Workshop, Brooklyn Friends School, and others. She has played with Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, and Don Cherry. The primary outlet for her compositions for the past 20 years has been the Jessica Jones Quartet, a pianoless quartet which has several recordings out and has played many US festivals.

Ms. Jones' zeal for creating accessible music programs for youth led to her partnering with various organizations to found and direct music programs. These include a sleep-away jazz camp for kids, where all music is learned by ear, facilitated by the City of Oakland Cultural Arts Department; a songwriting program for incarcerated girls, facilitated by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency; “Jam Camp West,” a youth offshoot of the successful “Jazz Camp West,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s JazzGirls Day; and the Visionary Youth Orchestra facilitated by the Vision Festival’s ‘Arts for Art’ organization among others. Through REVA, a wider constituency can be reached, and more programs can be launched to further access to arts education.

Ms. Jones' zeal for creating accessible music programs for youth led to her partnering with various organizations to found and direct music programs. These include a sleep-away jazz camp for kids, where all music is learned by ear, facilitated by the City of Oakland Cultural Arts Department; a songwriting program for incarcerated girls, facilitated by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency; “Jam Camp West,” a youth offshoot of the successful “Jazz Camp West,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s JazzGirls Day; and the Visionary Youth Orchestra facilitated by the Vision Festival’s ‘Arts for Art’ organization among others. Through REVA, a wider constituency can be reached, and more programs can be launched to further access to arts education.xt goes here

Saxophonist, composer and artisan woodworker Tony Jones has spent decades honing his parallel crafts, working alongside master musicians and master cabinetmakers alike. Growing up in a family deeply rooted in jazz, he brings this aesthetic to his creations. Recent works include "Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness," an LP released on New Artists Records.

Jenny Holland is a life long musician, music educator, songwriter and performer, based in the East Bay. She plays and teaches piano, flute, guitar, voice and percussion, and has written and performed for live theater as well as traditional music groups. As a teacher, she has created and sustained programs for youth and adults in schools throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and in her private teaching studio. She is an eclectic collector of styles, but usually ends up somewhere in the pop, folk, soul, jazz and Brazilian soundscapes. Her latest collection of songs, released in 2018, is called Secret World. Jenny holds a B.A. in Philosophy from The Colorado College and an M.A. in Educational Psychology from University of California at Berkeley. She was a Thomas J. Watson Traveling Fellow. She administered and taught at Blue Bear Waltzes School of Rock and Roll, Cazadero Music Camp, Black Pine Circle School, Walden Center and School, Tibetan Teachers College, and Berkwood Hedge School.

Karen McKie is a Berkeley storyteller, sculptural artist and arts advocate. Her work has shown widely, and she has served on the board of the Berkeley Public Schools Fund. She is tirelessly overseeing the Shared Resources project of REVA, helping arts organizations share their supplies and resources across the community to help equalize access to arts programs in the Bay Area.