HPPAA AACME Elevate Grant 2026
Double Vision Jazz Ensemble Series
Location: Austin, Texas
Presented by: H Project Performing Arts Association (HPPAA)
Featured Ensemble: Double Vision Jazz Ensemble
H Project Performing Arts Association is proud to present the Double Vision Jazz Ensemble Series as part of its 2026 AACME Elevate-supported programming in Austin, Texas.
This grant-supported series advances original contemporary jazz performance, community engagement, youth education, and interdisciplinary artistic collaboration through concerts, workshops, public presentations, and video documentation. The project places Austin-based musicians, composers, educators, and partner organizations in direct conversation with the city’s cultural history and its current creative music community.
Co-led by Hank Hehmsoth and John Mills, Double Vision Jazz Ensemble brings together original composition, improvisation, jazz history, and collaborative performance in programs designed for concert, educational, and community settings. Through HPPAA’s AACME Elevate support, Double Vision’s 2026 activities contribute to Austin’s cultural life through artist-led performance, public access, intergenerational learning, and cross-disciplinary programming.
About the Series
The 2026 Double Vision Jazz Ensemble Series presents a range of public-facing jazz activities in Austin, from historical tribute programming to youth education and new chamber-jazz collaboration. Each event is designed to serve both audiences and artists: presenting high-level original music, supporting working musicians, building partnerships among Austin arts organizations, and creating documentation that can continue to reach the public after the live events.
The series also reflects HPPAA’s broader mission to support creative work that connects performance, education, research, and community engagement.
Series Highlights — Featured 2026 Events
Eddie Durham Tribute
Sunday, June 21, 2026 · Texas Music Museum
HPPAA presented Double Vision Jazz Ensemble at Texas Music Museum in a tribute to Eddie Durham, the San Marcos-born Texas jazz pioneer, arranger, guitarist, trombonist, and innovator. The program brought together live performance, historical context, guest artists, and public documentation in partnership with Texas Music Museum and Austin Jazz Society. Learn more →
Double Vision Youth Jazz Workshop + Jam Session
Sunday, August 9, 2026 · Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches
HPPAA presents a free youth jazz workshop and jam session with Double Vision Jazz Ensemble at Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches. This student-friendly, family-friendly event connects young musicians with Austin’s creative jazz community through live demonstration, improvisation, ensemble interaction, and mentorship. Learn more →
Double Vision + Invoke — Live at Monks Jazz
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · 7:30 PM · Monks Jazz
HPPAA presents Double Vision Jazz Ensemble with Austin-based string quartet Invoke for a special 8-piece chamber-jazz collaboration at Monks Jazz. Co-leaders and composers Hank Hehmsoth and John Mills will present new arrangements and original music written for jazz quartet and string quartet, expanding the Double Vision sound into a setting that brings together contemporary jazz, improvisation, and chamber strings. Learn more →
Educational Programming
Double Vision Jazz Ensemble’s educational programs include youth jazz workshops, university masterclasses, composition and improvisation labs, and interdisciplinary art-and-sound workshops.
These programs are designed to support young musicians, emerging artists, university students, and community audiences through direct engagement with professional Austin-based performers and composers.
Double Vision Educational Programs & Workshops →
Community Impact and Documentation
HPPAA is documenting the 2026 Double Vision Jazz Ensemble Series through event pages, public listings, photography, video, audience records, partner communications, and web analytics. This documentation supports AACME reporting while also creating a public archive of Austin-based jazz activity.
Video documentation and selected performances by Double Vision Jazz Ensemble are available on the ensemble’s official YouTube channel:
Watch Double Vision Jazz Ensemble on YouTube →
Partners and Supporting Organizations
The 2026 series includes collaborations and support from Austin cultural partners including:
Austin Arts, Culture, Music, & Entertainment
H Project Performing Arts Association
Double Vision Jazz Ensemble
Austin Jazz Society
Texas Music Museum
Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches
Monks Jazz
Invoke
This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music, & Entertainment.
Video documentation and selected performances by Double Vision Jazz Ensemble are available on the ensemble’s official YouTube channel:
Watch Double Vision Jazz Ensemble on YouTube
