NAU Jazz Festival

February 20-22, 2020

NAU Jazz Festival 2020

February 20-22, 2020

The 58th annual NAU Jazz Festival will feature world-class guest artists, clinicians, NAU faculty masterclasses, and many talented participating bands from throughout the region. The festival is a non-competitive forum where high school and junior high bands perform for a panel of esteemed adjudicators, receiving ratings, comments, recordings, and clinics.

There will be NAU faculty masterclasses, performances, and clinics offered throughout the festival in addition to our featured Guest Artist Concert on Friday, February 21^st at 8pm in Ardrey Memorial Auditorium.

We are pleased to announce our 2020 guest artist: acclaimed trumpeter Philip Dizack. Philip is widely recognized as one of the most talented trumpet players of our generation and regularly collaborates with jazz luminaries such as Bobby Watson, Eddie Palmieri, Jimmy Cobb, and more. He is also the newly appointed Assistant Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of North Texas.

Read more about Philip Dizack.

Philip will present a general masterclass on Friday, February 21^st at 1:00 pm in Ardrey Memorial Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Our Guest Artist Concert will also be Friday, February 21^st at 8pm featuring the Philip Dizack with a combined adjudicator/faculty group, and NAU Jazz Ensemble One. Tickets will be available starting in early January through the NAU Central Ticket Office at (888) 520-7214.

The application form for participating bands is available to download. Applications will be processed as they are received.

Additional information on participating school performances, NAU faculty masterclasses, and more will be posted on this website in the weeks leading up to the festival.

We hope you can join us!

Chris Finet
NAU Jazz Studies