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30th Annual Sun Prairie JazzFest

The 2023 Festival will be on February 18 and will be a celebration of 30 years!  We are excited to be a regional Essentially Ellington Festival and to be offering performance clinics in the morning and an afternoon full of masterclasses and improvisation sessions.  Bands will also have option to perform on the evening concert with one of our guest clinicians as a featured soloist with your band. Registration begins Tuesday, October 11 at 7:30am

Register

2022 Clinicians

Greg Abate - alto saxophone
David Lown - tenor Saxophone
Dan Wallach - alto/bari saxophone
Tatum Greenblatt - trumpet
Mary Robinson - trumpet
Darren Sterud - trombone
Reggie Thomas - piano
Rick Haydon - guitar
Laurie Lang - bass
​Jim Huwe - drums

2022 Scholarship Awards

$500 Birch Creek Scholarship
$200 Trombone - Shell Lake Scholarship
$200 Piano - Shell Lake Scholarship
$200 Guitar - Shell Lake Scholarship
$200 Bass - Shell Lake Scholarship
$200 Drums - Shell Lake Scholarship

Sun Prairie JazzFest Contact

Matt McVeigh
msmcvei@sunprairieschools.org
608-834-6781


Sun Prairie Jazz Links:

  • Sun Prairie Jazz
  • Essentially Ellington - Jazz at Lincoln Center
  • CHUMS Jazz
  • PMMS Jazz
  • PVMS Jazz
For over 25 years, the Sun Prairie Jazz Festival evening concert has showcased jazz bands from around the state and musician/educators from around the country.

Join Us in 2023

The Sun Prairie JazzFest will be on Saturday, February 18, 2023.  Once again, we will feature great clinicians who will make it a great day of Jazz Education.  Check back to register for 2023!

BANDS:

  • Sun Prairie High School
  • Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School
  • Patrick Marsh Middle School
  • Prairie View Middle School

SUPPORT:

EMAIL LIST:

  • Sun Prairie Band Boosters
  • Bernie Powers Foundation
  • Sun Prairie Area School District


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