Featured Guest Artist:
Orbert Davis - Soul Migration
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022
7:00pm
Evanston Township High School Main Auditorium - 1600 Dodge Avenue
About The Festival
Established in 2004 as a non-competitive, all-day jazz immersion event, the Evanston Township High School Jazz Festival hosts nearly 50 middle and high school jazz groups from around the region. Students of all levels are inspired by professional musicians, enlightened by our clinics, lectures, and master classes, and encouraged to take their playing to the next level. This educational and cultural jazz festival has earned its distinction by providing the opportunity to showcase local, national, and international artists. It is the mission of the Evanston Township High School Jazz Festival to provide an important supplement to the students’ pursuit of jazz by highlighting the enduring elements and important innovations of this distinctly American music.
Festival Events
Student Performances
Jazz ensembles from schools large and small perform in front of an audience to build their performance experience. Our adjudicators and clinicians are world-class professional musicians, university professors and educators that share their expertise with each group during a 30-minute clinic following its performance.
Clinics & Master Classes
Play By Ear Workshop - Todd Kelly - 11:00 - 11:50 A.M.
Rhythm Section Clinic - Joan Hickey (Piano), Joel Spencer (Drums), John Tate (Bass) - 1:00 - 1:50 P.M.
Improvisation Clinic - Mark Bettcher - 1:00 - 1:50 P.M.
Special Lecture/Clinic with Orbert Davis and bandmates - 4:30 - 5:30 P.M.
Noontime Concert
The Chris Greene Quartet
Evening Concert
Orbert Davis Soul Migration (octet)
DIRECTOR INFORMATION
Director Forms:
Equipment Needs/Meal Form (complete online)
Repertoire Form (complete online)
Stage Plot Form (complete and email back)
Final Director Mailer (Coming in January)