The Festival Jazz Ensemble presents three concerts each year and occasionally performs off campus in the Boston area. Rehearsals are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays 5-7pm. Woodwind doubles in the saxophone section are often called for and experience in improvisation is preferred but not required for selection into the ensemble. Instruments such as French horns, double reeds, and strings are encouraged to participate and should see Fred Harris if interested. All members of the Festival Jazz ensemble will have the opportunity to develop their improvisational skills and combos will be formed out of the large ensemble.
Membership is by audition only.