Schedule

The 56th annual Elmhurst University Jazz Festival returns to Hammerschmidt Chapel, in-person. All sessions will also be live-streamed online. Tickets go on sale December 1, 2022.

Thursday, February 23

12:30 p.m. CST

• High School Invitational
  • Big Foot High School – Walworth, WI
  • Lyons Township High School – La Grange, IL
  • Oswego High School – Oswego, IL
  • Richwoods High School – Peoria, IL
  • Mundelein High School – Mundelein, IL

• Tamir Hendelman, Dennis Mackrel and Terell Stafford with the Elmhurst University Jazz Band (at approx. 4:30 p.m. CST)

Friday, February 24

12:00 p.m. CST

• University Performances
  • Late Night Blues – Elmhurst University
  • Jazz Ensemble II – University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • Elmhurst University Combo – Elmhurst University
  • Columbia College Fusion Ensemble – Columbia College
  • Lab Band – Elmhurst University
  • Jazz Ensemble I – University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

7:30 p.m. CST

• Drake University Jazz Ensemble One – Drake University
• Featured Performance: Tamir Hendelman, Dennis Mackrel and Terell Stafford with the Elmhurst University Jazz Band

Saturday, February 25

10:00 a.m. CST

• Free clinic/masterclass with Tamir Hendelman, Dennis Mackrel and Terell Stafford.

12:00 p.m. CST

• University Performances
  • UIC Jazz Ensemble – University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Hillsdale College Big Band – Hillsdale College
  • Wayne State University Jazz Band – Wayne State University
  • Purdue Jazz Band – Purdue University
  • UIC Jazz Combo – University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of Kentucky Mega-Sax – University of Kentucky

7:30 p.m. CST

• Elmhurst University – Big Band “Jazz Band”
• Feature Performance: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
  In-person tickets – SOLD OUT   – Livestream tickets are still available

Sunday, February 26

11:30 a.m. CST

• University Performances
  • Harper College Lab Band – Harper College
  • DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble – College of DuPage
  • JJC Jazz Band – Joliet Junior College
  • Harper College Jazz Ensemble – Harper College
  • Large Jazz Ensemble – Roosevelt University
  • Calvin Jazz Ensemble – Calvin University
• Featured Performance: John Pizzarelli Trio (at approx. 4:30 p.m. CST)
     *The “John Pizzarelli Trio” will not be live-streamed and will be In-Person ONLY. 
  University Performances will still be live-streamed starting at 11:30 a.m.