Monterey, Calif.; April 20, 2015; Monterey Jazz Festival and the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa announce the third installment of “Wine, Dine and Jazz” events to benefit the Festival’s jazz education programs.
The third “Wine, Dine and Jazz” will take place on Thursday, May 14 from 6-9 p.m. at the TusCA Ristorante at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa, located at 1 Old Golf Course Road in Monterey, hosted by chef Steve Johnson.
“Wine Dine and Jazz“ features a four-course meal paired with Twisted Roots Wines, with special jazz-inspired desserts created by Leigh Zimmerman and Domenick Allen of Monterey Meringues. Dinner is served during a live jazz performance by Hyatt jazz director/drummer David Morwood, and members of the Monterey Jazz Festival’s County All-Star Band and Honor Vocal Ensembles directed by Paul Contos. The Monterey County All-Stars are hand-selected jazz students from Monterey County schools.
The cost is $85 per person inclusive. Tickets can be bought online at www.winedinejazzmonterey.com.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will support the Festival’s local jazz education programs that affect over 1500 students from 26 Monterey County middle and high schools—including the Traveling Clinicians, Summer Jazz Camp, Instrument Bank and Sheet Music Library, and County All-Star Band programs.
“For over 50 years, the Hyatt Monterey has enjoyed our partnership with the Festival, the artists, and a most loyal fan base. ‘Wine, Dine and Jazz’ is a natural progression of this half-century relationship,” said Steve McNally, general manager of Hyatt Regency Monterey.
“The Monterey Jazz Festival is best known for its annual festival in September, but this is an opportunity to see what the organization is up to the rest of the year,” said Colleen Bailey, managing director of Monterey Jazz Festival.
About Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in the jazz world since 1958, celebrates the legacy of jazz, expands its boundaries, and provides opportunities to experience jazz through the creative production of performances and educational programs.
About Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course
Nestled in 22 acres of soaring Monterey Pines, the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course is a destination resort providing the discerning traveler the quintessential Monterey experience. The hotel offers both leisure and business travelers a Northern California respite of unmatched serenity and comfort, including 550 guestrooms and 32 suites; the President’s house; TusCA Ristorante, Knuckles Sports Bar, and Fireplace Lounge; and personalized concierge service at the Regency Club, a 2,000 square foot fitness facility, with tennis courts, pools and whirlpools, and 12,000 square foot full-service spa. The hotel is located at 1 Old Golf Course Road in Monterey, California. For information call 831.372.1234 or visit www.hyattregencymonterey.com.
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For more information please contact:
Timothy Orr
Marketing Associate
Monterey Jazz Festival
831.646.8670
[email protected]
www.montereyjazzfestival.org
or
Marci Bracco Cain
Chatterbox Public Relations
831.747.7455
[email protected]
www.montereyjazzfestival.org
Monterey Jazz Festival Partners:
Scheid Family Wines, North Coast Brewing, Macy’s, The Jazz Cruise, Hertz, Yamaha, Amoeba, DownBeat, JazzTimes, KUSP 88.9FM, Pandora, SmoothJazz.com Global, Gallien-Krueger, Remo, Zildjian, Inns of Monterey, Hyatt Regency, Monterey-Salinas Transit, Monterey Peninsula College, Big Sur Land Trust, First Night Monterey
Monterey Jazz Festival also receives support for its Jazz Education Programs from: ACTION Council of Monterey County, Alvarez Technology Group, Inc.; Arts Council for Monterey County, AT&T Foundation, California Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Monterey County, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.; D’Addario Music Foundation, 1st Capital Bank, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Harden Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Integrated Wealth Counsel, LLC; Jamieson Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Macy’s, McGraw-Hill Education, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pebble Beach Company Foundation, Quest Foundation, Rotary International, Stevenson School, Upjohn California Fund, Scheid Family Wines, Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop, York School, and generous individual contributors.