Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson with Jazz Ensemble I and Faculty Combo

Founded in 1992, Jazz Week, now known as Jazz Fest, is an event that regularly features some of the biggest names in the jazz world The Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program is active in international exchanges with leading institutions from around the world. Student and faculty groups, from a duo to more than forty, have toured and performed in numerous foreign countries.

The 560-seat Margaret Comstock Concert Hall houses three Steinway and a Bösendorfer “Imperial” concert grand pianos as well as a 64-rank Steiner-Reck organ, the largest of its kind in the Midwest.