Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation

Upcoming Events

November 14 | 8:00 pm

Creative Arts Orchestra

Hankinson Rehearsal Hall
Earl V. Moore Building

Free - no tickets required

This is a unique, largely improvisation-based group that invites interaction with other performance fields such as dance, theatre, and music technology.

Concert Free Interdisciplinary North Campus
Players on guitar, strings, saxophone and drums performing with the Creative Arts Orchestra
November 24 | 2:00 pm

Michigan Youth Jazz Orchestra

McIntosh Theatre
Earl V. Moore Building

Free - no tickets required

Conductor/ Faculty Director Dennis Wilson

Concert Free North Campus
MYJO students
November 24 | 3:00 pm

Sunny Wilkinson, vocal jazz

Cady Room
Stearns Building

Free - no tickets required

Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Sunny Wilkinson presents a master class as part of the Chisholm Jazz Master Class Series.

Free Talk Workshop North Campus
Sunny Wilkinson
November 24 | 7:30 pm

Small Jazz Ensembles


Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N 4th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Free - no tickets required

Student ensembles perform from the Small Jazz Ensembles program, coached by Professors Andy Milne, Robert Hurst, Marion Hayden and Nate Winn. The groups range in size from duos to sextets, performing original and standard repertoire.

Free
November 25 | 7:30 pm

Small Jazz Ensembles


Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N 4th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Free - no tickets required

Student ensembles perform from the Small Jazz Ensembles program, coached by Professors Andy Milne, Robert Hurst, Marion Hayden and Nate Winn. The groups range in size from duos to sextets, performing original and standard repertoire.

Free
December 4 | 8:00 pm

Campus Jazz Ensemble

Rackham Auditorium
Rackham Graduate School

Free - no tickets required

Livestream Link

Dennis Wilson, conductor

Concert Free Live-stream Option Central Campus
December 5 | 8:00 pm

Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Lab Ensemble

Rackham Auditorium
Rackham Graduate School

Free - no tickets required

Livestream Link

Jazz Ensemble: Ellen Rowe, conductor / Jazz Lab Ensemble: Dennis Wilson, conductor

Concert Free Live-stream Option Central Campus
A close-up of three players in the saxophone section during a performance of the Jazz Ensemble
February 27 | 8:00 pm

Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Lab Ensemble

Rackham Auditorium
Rackham Graduate School

Free - no tickets required

Jazz Ensemble: Ellen Rowe, conductor / Jazz Lab Ensemble: Dennis Wilson, conductor

Concert Free Central Campus
A close-up of three players in the saxophone section during a performance of the Jazz Ensemble
March 20 | 8:00 pm

Creative Arts Orchestra

Hankinson Rehearsal Hall
Earl V. Moore Building

Free - no tickets required

This is a unique, largely improvisation-based group that invites interaction with other performance fields such as dance, theatre, and music technology.

Concert Free Interdisciplinary North Campus
Players on guitar, strings, saxophone and drums performing with the Creative Arts Orchestra
March 26 | 8:00 pm

Campus Jazz Ensemble

Rackham Auditorium
Rackham Graduate School

Free - no tickets required

Dennis Wilson, conductor

Concert Free Central Campus