EWU Jazz Ambassadors seek to inspire children through music

The Eastern Washington University Jazz Ambassadors, a newly-formed group of 18 music students dedicated to teaching and inspiring others through creative action, debuted with a performance at Spokane’s Shriners Hospital on Veterans Day.

The inaugural concert and workshop was held, Monday, Nov. 11, where the Ambassadors not only performed but taught kids some of the finer points of making music.

“One of our goals is to inspire children though the arts,” Phil Doyle, an EWU lecturer in music who is leading up the project, said. “The Ambassadors hope to show that through the positive elements of m...