{"id":27769,"date":"2025-02-18T12:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T17:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=27769"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T17:10:07","slug":"marshall-to-present-56th-annual-winter-jazz-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/marshall-to-present-56th-annual-winter-jazz-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall to present 56th Annual Winter Jazz Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Marshall University School of Music will present the 56th MU Winter Jazz Festival Wednesday through Friday, Feb.26-28, at Smith Recital Hall. The festival is among the longest-running collegiate jazz festivals in the country and features performances by 20 different ensembles from middle school to professional groups. All concerts are free and open to all.<\/p>\n<p>A hallmark of the annual festival is the featured guest artist. This year\u2019s featured guest artist is David Smith, a sought-after trumpet player based in New York City who has been recognized as a 2025 Joan C. Edwards Distinguished Professor in the Arts. Smith has released three albums featuring his original compositions and has appeared on the GRAMMY Award-winning albums Bianca Reimagined from the Dan Pugach Big Band (2025) and Four Questions from Arturo O\u2019Farrill\u2019s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (2019).<\/p>\n<p>Smith has also performed and recorded with Harry Connick Jr., Tom Jones, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and The Who. Currently, Smith is Artist Teacher in trumpet at the Jackie McLean Institute at the Hartt School, University of Hartford in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, we seek to invite a guest artist who is both a luminary performer and an inspiring educator,\u201d said Jeff Wolfe, director of Jazz Studies at Marshall. \u201cDavid\u2019s experience, dedication to teaching and exceptionally high level of musicianship will edify our students and entertain our audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the Winter Jazz Festival schedule are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Wednesday, Feb.26, 7:30 p.m.: Morehead State University Jazz Ensemble and the Jewel City Jazz Orchestra<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Thursday, Feb.27, 1 p.m.: Clinic for student participants with David Smith; 6\u00a0p.m.: MU Jazz Combo I and David Smith with Marshall University jazz faculty Nick Vassar on guitar and Lars Swanson on bass, as well as clinician Jesse Nolan on drums<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Friday, Feb.28, 1 p.m.: Clinic for student participants with David Smith; 6\u00a0p.m.: The Thundering Herd All-Star Jazz Ensemble, and MU Jazz Ensemble I, featuring David Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The Winter Jazz festival also includes performances from regional middle and high school jazz ensembles from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb.27, and Friday,<\/p>\n<p>Feb.28. For more information about the festival, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/music\/jazz\/events\/jazzfest.\/\">www.marshall.edu\/music\/jazz\/events\/jazzfest.\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marshall University School of Music will present the 56th MU Winter Jazz Festival Wednesday through Friday, Feb.26-28, at Smith Recital Hall. The festival is among the longest-running collegiate jazz festivals in the country and features performances by 20 different ensembles from middle school to professional groups. All concerts are free and open to all. 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