JCC Community Connections

JCC Community Connections aims to foster a love and passion for music and art among underserved audiences through world-class chamber music performances in community venues.

Continuing its partnerships with Allegro Music Consultants and WRTI in 2025/26, JCC Community Connections presents five days of educational programming in Philadelphia public schools and multiple performances at senior living facilities in the greater Philadelphia region.

The Jasper String Quartet is nationally renowned for its powerful performances in concert halls and its passion for connecting with audiences beyond the stage. The Quartet is a recipient of Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award and is the Professional Quartet-in-Residence at Temple University’s Center for Gifted Young Musicians. The Quartet has received numerous Picasso Project grants from Public Citizens for Children and Youth to support its ongoing work with public schools in Philadelphia, as well as the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association’s Educator Award, recognizing the Quartet's "outstanding and imaginative programming for children and youth in the United States.”

Community Connections 2025-26 venues:
Spring 2026: John H. Taggart Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA)
Spring 2026: Northeast High School (Philadelphia, PA)
Spring 2026: Greenfield Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA)
Spring 2026: Girard Academic Music Program (Philadelphia, PA)
Spring 2026: Athenaeum of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
Spring 2026: John H. Taggart Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA)
Spring 2026: Northeast High School (Philadelphia, PA)

Visits will be focused on deepening appreciation and understanding of chamber music through the repertoire presented in JCC’s season programs. The Jasper String Quartet has decades of experience designing and presenting educational programs for audiences of all ages and understands how music can powerfully plant seeds of openness, compassion, and curiosity.