Perform and be evaluated by a panel of nationally-recognized collegiate and jazz artists. Each ensemble receives meaningful written and recorded feedback as well as a post performance clinic.
Vocal Adjudicator
Jennifer Barnes is a highly sought-after vocalist, educator, clinician and arranger throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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Vocal Adjudicator
Steve Zegree is the Bobby McFerrin Professor of Jazz at Western Michigan University where he teaches classical and jazz piano; directs Gold Company, an internationally recognized jazz vocal ensemble; and performs as pianist with the Western Jazz Quartet, a resident faculty ensemble in the School of Music.
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Vocal Adjudicator
Connaitre Miller is currently Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Jazz Vocal Studies at Howard University in Washington, DC where she directs the award winning vocal jazz ensemble "Afro Blue," teaches vocal jazz improvisation, vocal jazz arranging, and gives individual voice lessons.
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Instrumental Adjudicator
Dr. Willie Hill is Director of the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and a Professor in Music Education.
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Fred Irby, III, a native of Mobile, Alabama, is a graduate of Grambling State University (Louisiana) and Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville).
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Dianthe "Dee" Spencer is a Professor of Music in the School of Music and Dance at San Francisco State University where she founded the jazz studies undergraduate degree program in 1990.
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