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T. J. Wheeler is a blues and jazz guitarist,
vocalist, educator, and overall musical activist. As a soloist or
with his band, T.J. takes his audience from Delta Blues to New
Orleans second line jazz to his contemporary blues and jazz original
compositions. His workshop/concert tour Hope, Heroes and the Blues
has been performed forver 150,000 students throughout the country
and won accolades from such diverse sources as the The Memphis Blues
Foundation, Face Magazine and the Boston Globe. T.J. has performed
at major jazz, folk, and blues festivals throughout the U.S., Europe
and Canada. He is a 1993 recipient of the WC Handy "Keeping the
Blues Alive Award" in education and received a 1996 Artist
Fellowship from the State Arts Council. TJ was the resident blues
scholar on the Magic Bus seen on C Span in the fall of 1997. In
January, 2000, he won the music in the school award from the
National Music Foundation.
Specialty:
Programs Offered:
- performances
- lecture-demonstrations
- workshops
- master classes
- residencies
- summer camp programs
- teacher conferences on integrating the arts into curriculum
- collaborations with other artists
Populations Served:
- all, including people in institutions and youth at-risk
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