Jazz Fest 2025
Featuring Eddie Barbash
Join us for a great day of jazz performance and jazz education!
Guest saxophonist Eddie Barbash is a founding member of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" house band and is currently touring the world with Cory Wong and the Wongnotes.
Guest saxophonist Eddie Barbash is a founding member of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" house band and is currently touring the world with Cory Wong and the Wongnotes.
Event Details
Friday, February 21, 2025*
*Note – Saturday, February 22 might also be added as a date if there is enough interest.
Spend the day on the Missouri State University campus performing and learning with highly respected jazz educators and clinicians.
Jazz Festival 2025 will have both competitive and non-competitive tracks and will also provide an educational opportunity to improve the performance level of your jazz groups for other competitive festivals.
- Registration is required and space is limited.
- Categories are available for your middle school or high school big bands and jazz combos.
- Each group will perform for a panel of jazz clinicians and receive an interactive clinic immediately following their performance.
Sponsored by Ernie Williamson Music
Jazz Clinicians
Big Band
- TBA
Combo
Contact
For further event information, contact Jazz Studies Director Jason Hausback at 417-836-5974.
Registration fees
Registration deadline is February 7, 2025.
- Big Band: $250 (If entering more than one Big Band, cost lowered to $200 each.)
- Combo: $200