Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation
Upcoming Events
Jazz Lab Ensemble
Arthur Miller TheatreWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
Designed to rehearse, perform, and examine the repertoire of the jazz big band, the Jazz Lab Ensemble explores classic, historically significant repertoire as well as new arrangements and/or compositions. Dennis Wilson, conductor.
Jazz Ensemble
Arthur Miller TheatreWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
The University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble is the most competitive of the University’s jazz ensembles. Open by audition only, most seats are filled by majors within the Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation.
Creative Arts Orchestra
Hankinson Rehearsal HallEarl 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. Marcus Elliot, director.
Small Jazz Ensembles
McIntosh TheatreEarl V. Moore Building
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.
Small Jazz Ensembles
McIntosh TheatreEarl V. Moore Building
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.
Campus Jazz Ensemble
Rackham AuditoriumRackham Graduate School
Free - no tickets required
The University of Michigan Campus Jazz Ensemble is the premier non-major jazz performing experience offered by SMTD, with membership by audition only. Dennis Wilson, conductor.
Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Lab Ensemble
Rackham AuditoriumRackham Graduate School
Free - no tickets required
The University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble is open by audition only, most seats are filled by majors within the Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation. The Jazz Lab Ensemble, which is also a class, is designed to rehearse, perform, and examine the repertoire of the jazz big band.
Jazz Lab Ensemble
Rackham AuditoriumRackham Graduate School
Free - no tickets required
Designed to rehearse, perform, and examine the repertoire of the jazz big band, the Jazz Lab Ensemble explores classic, historically significant repertoire as well as new arrangements and/or compositions. Dennis Wilson, conductor.
Jazz Ensemble
Rackham AuditoriumRackham Graduate School
Free - no tickets required
The University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble is the most competitive of the University’s jazz ensembles. Open by audition only, most seats are filled by majors within the Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation.
Creative Arts Orchestra
Hankinson Rehearsal HallEarl 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. Marcus Elliot, director.