2023 – 12th Annual Highland/ASU Jazz Festival

Guest Artist

ASU Faculty & Alumni Jazztet

Featuring… Clark Gibson, Alto Saxophone, Director of Education at The Nash Clark Gibson is a jazz saxophonist, composer and the ...

Festival Clinicians

Todd Stoll – Vice President of Education – Jazz at Lincoln Center

In over three decades as a music educator, Todd Stoll has taught young musicians at every level, from elementary school ...

Katie Ernst – Professor of Jazz Ensembles and Jazz Bass at Wheaton College

Katie Ernst is a jazz bassist, vocalist, and educator from Naperville, IL. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz ...

Juli Wood – Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Improv at Music Institute of Chicago

For the past twenty years with four albums as a leader, several studio projects as a side man, and countless worldwide ...

Victor Garcia – Professor of Trumpet at Loyola University of Chicago

GRAMMY-NOMINATED VICTOR GARCIA IS A MUSICAL FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH… Examiner.com’s Neil Tesser calls him “one of the most exciting ...

Patrick Langham – Program Director of Jazz Studies at University of the Pacific

Patrick Langham joined the Conservatory of Music in the fall of 2003 as associate professor and Director of Jazz Studies ...

Andy Baker – Clinical Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Trombonist, composer, and conductor Andrew Baker, born and raised in London, began performing professionally at the age of 14 and had ...