The Villanova Jazz Festival provides local high school and college jazz ensembles with an opportunity to compete and share musical experiences with one another. Students also get the opportunity to learn from some of the most noted jazz musicians in the nation. Each Jazz Festival has one or more concerts by jazz greats who at past festivals have included Randy Brecker, Denis Diblasio, Jon Faddis, Ellis Marsallis, Nestor Torres, Allen Vizzutti, and Maynard Ferguson.
2012 marks the 51st Annual Villanova Jazz Festival.
The festival schedule is shown below. For more information contact Bill Whitaker, Jazz Festival Director.
- March 18, 2012, St. Mary's Chapel
- High School Big Band Festival, 1pm, (free admission)
- Clinic/Workshop with Yamaha Artist Denis DiBlasio and his quartet featuring some of the best jazz musicians in the tri-state area (free admission)
