The South Jersey Jazz Society is proud to announce Will Keiter as their 2024 Jazz Scholarship Recipient. Will is a talent young jazz saxophonist that graduate from Mainland Regional High School Will has experimented with various forms of music but his first love has always been jazz. His brother P.J Keiter received this same award five years ago. The award will be presented during the South Jersey Jazz Autumn Festival that will be held in Somers Point from October 10-12.
This $1000 scholarship is designed to allow the selected jazz student to work one on one with a professional jazz educator.
This scholarship is named in honor of Bob Simon a longtime supporter of the arts, and specifically jazz in southern New Jersey.