21st Century Big Band
Alive Music Orchestra
Art & Julie Stout performing at the 2005 Vacaville Jazz Festival
ALIVE MUSIC ORCHESTRA
The Alive Music Orchestra organization began nearly thirty years ago as a small dixieland jazz
band, formed by local Music Director Keith Stout
In the early 80's Keith Stout and his associates began to envision a big band dedicated to the
expression of American Jazz Music, Gospel, Pop & Folk, educating the public about America's
Jazz and it's original roots from the Southern Black Churches, which resulted in the discovery
and development of Jazz in New Orleans.
MUSIC OUTREACH
Alive Music Orchestra's growth expanded while Keith Stout was a music director
at Christian Life Center in Vacaville. Since 1990 their mission and outreach jazz ministry has
provided music for various churches, seniors, dances, charities,various music clinics for
aspiring students at Public Schools, Private & Christian Schools, as well as the general adult
public.
AMO has been instrumental in achieving their mission through the
Vaca Jazz Society's "Save Our Music" Vaca Jazz Festival every September.
Founded in 1999 by Keith Stout, along with his close associates, VJS' Vacaville Jazz Festival
has been supporting youth camps, providing scholarships, and music clinics for the North
Bay Area children. The valued partnerships with the Solano County Library and local
businesses have kept these programs alive. AMO's music outreach ministry has blessed the
public as well as the musicians within the community, investing in our children's lives, keeping
America's music alive, further educating our youth, that the "Genesis ofJazz"originated from the
Black Southern Churches of America. Our country's Jazz legacy is in the hands of the next
generation.
APPEARANCES & ENGAGEMENTS
AMO has recorded albums, appeared with popular Christian Artist Dave Boyer
on national television show, performed concerts for a variety of celebrities,
Major League Manager Tony La Russa and his ARF Foundation, Bay Area Jazz Festivals,
Theme Parks, Marine World, Nut Tree, Travis AFB, City Dept's , Senior Centers, and have
produced and supported local church ministry shows, and local productions, such as the "
History of Swing" Trilogy Series. AMO's annual public concerts are the following:
Veterans Day every year at the Fairfield Center for the Creative Arts, dedicated to our Veterans
and U. S. Military.
Vaca Jazz Society's Vacaville Jazz Festival which formed in 1999, has AMO featured during
the annual Jazz Festival and Gospel Jazz Sunday "Freedoms Gate" an annual "Tribute To Our
Military." Annual Trilogy Jazz Festival in Rio Vista & Swing Festivals.
Church productions and fundraisors for Christian Life Center, Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church,
Capital Christian Center, Walnut Creek Methodist, Pleasant Hill Catholic Church, St. Marys
Church, Fairfield First Baptist, Davis Alpha Pregnancy Ctr, Solano Rescue Mission, etc.
The Annual AMO Christmas shows since 1992, providing a family show with favorite Christmas
Carols and the true message of Christmas, the "Birth of Christ."
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