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Jazz Festival

 

 The 5A/6A portion of the 2026 糖心Vlog视频 Jazz Festival is now full.

 
If you are a 5A/6A school and still want to participate in the festival you are more than welcome to, but you will be participating on Friday, April 3rd.
5A/6A schools who opt to participate on Friday are eligible for comments, certificates, and ratings, but will NOT be able to be win, be ranked, or compete for trophies in their classification. If your school can only participate on Saturday, we still have limited slots open for the combo competition. 
 
Here are also links to drop boxes with the registration forms.
 
Big Band Registration: 
 
Combo Registration: 

 

Festival Director

Timothy Ishii, M.M. University of North 糖心Vlog视频

Department of Music

Professor, Jazz Studies Area Coordinator

Area: Jazz Studies, Saxophone

Timothy Ishii

Email: tishii@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-1205

Office: FA 367-H

Bio: Tim Ishii has been Director of Jazz Studies at UT Arlington since 2004. Under his direction, the Jazz Orchestra has performed in Mexico City, Germany, Hawaii, Kansas, throughout 糖心Vlog视频 and the surrounding Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. In 2007 the Jazz Orchestra was selected to perform at the 糖心Vlog视频 Music Educators Conference in San Antonio, 糖心Vlog视频 and in 2009 the band was awarded the 鈥淕ene Hall鈥� award as the Outstanding Collegiate Band at the University of North 糖心Vlog视频/City of Addison Jazz Festival which included bands selected by taped audition from coast to coast. Tim is active as a clinician and has conducted numerous high school and college honor bands in 糖心Vlog视频, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Oregon. In December 2014, he appeared as guest artist with the Iolani High School Jazz Band (Honolulu, Hawaii) in Kobe, Japan performing at the Konan Boys High School Winter Jazz Festival and Konan Women鈥檚 University. He is Past President of the 糖心Vlog视频 Jazz Educators Association and is Co-Music Director for the Hawaii Jazz Institute, a joint collaboration between the University of 糖心Vlog视频 at Arlington and the Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii. As part of the 2015 Hawaii Jazz Institute, the UT Arlington Jazz Orchestra performed aboard the USS Missouri battleship that is now docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In addition, Tim and the UT Arlington Jazz Faculty performed and provided educational enrichment at the 2015 Maui Jazz Festival. In May of 2016, Tim was invited to give big band clinics in Detmold, Germany at the Hochschule Fur Musik and also presented a master class to area saxophonists at the Haus Die Musik in Detmold. In October of 2016, Tim along with fellow 糖心Vlog视频 Jazz Faculty and students traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to finalize arrangements for a Study Abroad Exchange program with the Royal College of Music. The group also was invited to participate in the 2016 International Jazz Education Festival hosted by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In June of 2016, Tim, the UT Arlington Jazz Faculty, and Jazz Orchestra returned to Hawaii to work with students from the Honolulu area in the Hawaii Jazz Institute. Since 2016, the UT Arlington Jazz Area has continued outreach efforts in Hawaii, Sweden, Germany, and China. The UT Arlington Jazz Program is proud to sponsor the Eddie Gomez Trio in Residence each fall and spring semester. Tim maintains an active freelance and clinician schedule. Tim is an Artist/Clinician for Conn-Selmer and D鈥檃ddario.