The Villanova Jazz Festival provides local high school and college jazz ensembles with an opportunity to compete and share musical experiences with one another. Students also get the opportunity to learn from some of the most noted jazz musicians in the nation. Each Jazz Festival has one or more concerts by jazz greats who at past festivals have included Randy Brecker, Denis Diblasio, Jon Faddis, Ellis Marsallis, Nestor Torres, Allen Vizzutti, and Maynard Ferguson.
2012 marks the 51st Annual Villanova Jazz Festival. This year's Guest Artist will be announced soon.
The festival schedule is shown below.
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- March 16, 2012, Connelly Center
- Collegiate Combo Festival, 7:30pm, (free admission)
- Collegiate Combo Festival, 7:30pm, (free admission)
- March 17, 2012, Connelly Center
- Collegiate Big Band Festival, 11:30am, (free admission)
- Clinic/Workshop with Guest Artist, 4:30pm, (free admission)
- Evening Concert (tickets, $20) , 7:30pm: Winning College Jazz Band with the Guest Artist
- March 18, 2012, Connelly Center
- High School Big Band Festival, 1pm, (free admission)
- Clinic/Workshop with the Guest Artist, (free admission)
