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Chicagoland
JAZZ WORKSHOP

3rd Annual Chicagoland Jazz Workshop

Please join us at Buffalo Grove High School for the 3rd annual “Chicagoland Jazz Workshop” (CJW) that will take place on Saturday, January 25, 2025. This event is open to both middle and high school jazz bands.  

 

The purpose of this festival is to allow students and their bands to perform in front of top jazz adjudicators and get their immediate feedback on tone quality, intonation, balance/blend, rhythmic feel, interpretation, dynamics, rhythm section feel, programming/presentation, and improvisation. After the performance, the band will receive a clinic on stage from the adjudicators. Following the on-stage clinic, ensembles performing in the theatre will move to a clinic room for an additional 40-minute clinic.

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The 2025 CJW will offer 3 performance spaces: The BGHS Theatre, Band Room, and Orchestra Room. The Theatre will host High School ensembles for an onstage performance and extended clinic in a separate clinic space. The Band and Orchestra rooms will carry over the TMS Jazz Jamboree format, which includes performing for an audience, an excellent panel of adjudicators, a non-competitive festival experience, and a performance by a professional jazz organization. 

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We encourage all family members, friends, and the community to attend and support these great bands as they perform amazing music. Please be sure to stop by this page frequently, as it will be updated with more information as the event approaches.
 

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We're proud to announce the 2025 CJW Featured Performing Ensemble, the Tom Matta Big Band!

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2025 Festival Details

Pre-Workshop Opportunities

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  • 2025 Clinicians:  

    Scott Burns

    Lara Driscoll

    Charles Heath

    Joan Hickey

    Mike Lehman

    Tom Matta

    Crystal Rebone

    Jim Stombres

    Reggie Thomas

    Steve Weist

    Glenn Williams

  • 2025 Participating Schools:
    Antioch Upper Grade School, Bayside Middle School, Buffalo Grove High School, Clarendon Hills Middle School, Cooper Middle School, Emerson Middle School, Grayslake Middle School, Fremd High School, Holmes Middle School, Libertyville High School, Lincoln Middle School, MacArthur Middle School, Maine South High School, Matthews Middle School, Northbrook Jr. High, Parkland School, Prospect High School, River Trails Middle School, Rolling Meadows High School, Saint Viator High School, South Middle School, Thomas Middle School, Wauconda Middle School, Warren Township High School

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