New England Collegiate Jazz Festival - Spring 2025

Friday, April 4, 2025 @ 6 - 11pm, Bezanson Hall
Saturday, April 5, 2025 @ 8:30am-1pm, Bezanson & Tillis Halls
(overlapping with the High School Jazz Festival on April 5)

New England Collegiate Jazz Festival

Coordinated by Jeffrey Holmes and Tom Giampietro

Along with UMass Amherst ensembles, the festival features combos and big bands from the University of Connecticut, University of Rhode Island, Western Connecticut State University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Smith College, Amherst College, and Holyoke Community College.

Ensembles from the UMass Jazz & African American Music Studies area will round out the festival, overlapping with the 27th Annual High School Jazz Festival the following day, April 5.

Schedule, Friday, April 4:
6pm - UMass Chamber Jazz Ensemble
6:30pm - Holyoke Community College Combo
7pm - Smith College Jazz Ensemble
7:30pm - University of Rhode Island "Standards Combo"
8pm - UConn Jazz Combo "MHS JV Tennis Team"
8:30pm - UConn Jazz Combo "Freak Bop"
9pm - WestConn State University "Weisz I Combo"
9:30pm - Amherst College "Anscombe"
10pm - Worcester Polytechnic Institute Stage Band
10:30pm - UMass Jazz Ensemble I

Saturday, April 5
8:30am - UMass Jazz Lab Ensemble in Tillis Hall
8:55am - UMass Chamber Jazz Ensemble (Sanbone)
9:20am - UMass Chamber Jazz Ensemble (Nelson)
9:45am - UMass Chapel Jazz Ensemble in Tillis Hall
11am - UMass Chamber Jazz Ensemble (Bambino)
11:25am - UMass Graduate Jazz Quartet
11:50am - UMass Chamber Jazz Ensemble (Holmes)
12:40pm - University at Albany "Nanojazz"