| The Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education partners with several organizations to promote jazz and jazz education. Current and recent activities include: Summer Scholarships For Summer 2010, the Dakota Foundation awarded scholarships to each of these organizations: Click here to download information about scholarships and an application form. The Dakota Combo The Foundation has allocated funds to support the four editions of the Dakota Combo to date (through summer 2010), a partnership with MacPhail Center for Music. Funding covers auditions, rehearsals through the school year, student tuition at MacPhail, school visits and a variety of performance opportunities, including a weekend with a visiting guest artist. In 2009, the Foundation supported a studio recording production. Twin Cities Jazz Festival The Foundation has funded the student stage at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, held in June in St. Paul. Annual Jazz Piano Scholarship Competition In partnership with the Schubert Club, the Foundation cosponsors the annual Jazz Piano Scholarship Competition for students ages 15–18, hosts a performance competition and award ceremony for finalists at the Dakota Jazz Club, and awards $2000 in scholarships to the winners. New in 2010 On February 11, 2010, the Foundation will cosponsor a special night at the Dakota Jazz Club for the Minnesota Music Educators Association annual conference, in partnership with the Shell Lake Jazz Camp, featuring the Dakota Combo and the Shell Lake Jazz Faculty Ensemble. Dakota Combo students joined MacPhail Center for Music voice students to present an evening of music at Honey in northeast Minneapolis, March 2010 Jane Award To date, the Foundation has presented its Jane Award for Jazz Education to three outstanding jazz educators—Felix James, Leigh Kamman, and Kelly Rossum. The Jane Award is named in honor of Jane Matteson, benefactor and cofounder of the DFJE. Would you like to partner with us? Do you have an idea that would support our mission [link to mission on site] and promote jazz and jazz education? Send a brief description to 
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