The NDSU Challey School of Music is set to host its 40th NDSU Jazz Festival Feb. 2-3 in Festival Concert Hall at the Reineke Fine Arts building. NDSU will welcome 20 middle school and high school groups from around North Dakota, Minnesota and the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Tickets for each day are $5 for adults and $2 for seniors and non-NDSU students. NDSU student tickets are free with a valid student ID card. All performances also will be streamed online.
Guest artists will adjudicate for the school bands and also perform alongside the NDSU Jazz Ensemble as featured soloists. Guests include trumpeter Scott Belck, baritone saxophonist Ted Hogarth and bass player Devon Gillingham.
The NDSU Jazz program is led by Matthew Patnode, professor of saxophone, and Jeremy Brekke, associate professor of trumpet.
The full festival schedule is:
Thursday, Feb. 2
9 a.m. – Fargo North High School Jazz Band III
9:30 a.m. – Moorhead High School Jazz Band
10 a.m. – Mandan Middle School “Braves”
10:30 a.m. – Mandan High School Jazz Ensemble III
11 a.m. – Mandan Middle School “Mandan”
11:45 a.m. – Lunch break
12:30 p.m. – Clinics
1:30 p.m. – Minot Memorial Middle School
2 p.m. – Glenburn High School Jazz Quartet
2:30 p.m. – Mandan High School Jazz Ensemble II
3 p.m. – Minot High School
3:30 p.m. – Mandan High School Jazz Ensemble I
4:30 p.m. – Break
5 p.m. – NDSU Jazz Lab Band
5:30 p.m. – NDSU Jazz Ensemble w/guest artists
Friday, Feb. 3
9 a.m. – West Fargo High School Jazz Ensemble
9:30 a.m. – Maple Grove High School Jazz II
10 a.m. – Liberty Middle School Jazz Band
10:30 a.m. – Maple Grove High School Jazz I
11 a.m. – Central Cass Jazz Band
11:45 a.m. – Lunch break
12:30 p.m. – Clinics
1:30 p.m. – Horizon Middle School Jazz Band
2 p.m. – Willmar High School Jazz Ensemble
2:30 p.m. – Fargo South High School Studio Band
3 p.m. – Alexandria Area High School Jazz Ensemble
3:30 p.m. – Fargo South High School Jazz Orchestra
4:30 p.m. – Break
5 p.m. – NDSU Jazz Lab Band
5:30 p.m. – NDSU Jazz Ensemble w/guest artists
If you go…
40th Annual NDSU Jazz Festival
February 2, 2023 – 5 to 7 pm
February 3, 2023 – 5 to 7 pm
NDSU Festival Concert Hall
12th Ave N & Bolley Dr., Fargo, ND 58105
