The Prairie State College (PSC) 29th Annual Jazz Fest, featuring some of the nation’s top jazz musicians, will be held at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17.
The program will be in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium in the Conference Center.
hand to teach at Prairie State College’s annual jazz
festival. (Provided photos)
The Prairie State College (PSC) 29th Annual Jazz Fest, featuring some of the nation’s top jazz musicians, will be held at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17.
The program will be in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus, 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights.
be among the featured
musicians at the PSC Jazz
Festival.
Featured musicians include trumpeter Orbert Davis, drummer Ernie Adams, bassist Larry Gray, saxophonist Ed Petersen and percussionist Rubén P. Alvarez with PSC’s Professor of Music Valerie Nicholson on piano.
In addition, there will be special guest appearances by percussionist Rubén P. Alvarez and select young musicians.
Guests attending the evening concert are invited to a 6 p.m. reception for the Jazz Fest musicians hosted by the PSC Foundation. The PSC Student Jazz Ensemble will entertain reception guests.
The ticket package for the concert and reception is $25 per person. For more information, email [email protected] or call 708-709-3631.
Ticket prices for the concert are $15 for general admission. Students and senior citizens tickets are $10 each. Tickets will be available at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays at the PSC Business Office on campus.
The Friday performance is part of the annual two-day festival hosted by PSC, which also includes instrumental clinics led by the featured artists. The clinics, for local junior high and high school jazz ensembles, gives young musicians an opportunity to receive instruction in technique and performance from the jazz masters.
Select students from the instrumental clinics also will be invited to perform with the guest artists during the Friday evening performance.
For more information on the Jazz Fest, or to purchase tickets to the concert, call 708-709-3500.