North County Jazz Festival
The 28th Annual North County Jazz Festival will be hosted at North County High School in Bonne Terre, MO on Saturday, April 15th, 2023. Our goal for this festival is to provide a positive, educational experience for students and directors. Each performing band will receive a clinic with one of the judges after their performance.
Our festival is a non-ratings festival. We have decided to focus our attention more directly on providing a quality, educational experience. We will still be recognizing Individual Outstanding Musicianship Awards and are adding more opportunities for students, like multiple levels of jam sessions.
Our evening concert is set to begin at 7:00pm.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.
You may purchase your tickets in advance here:
LINK to purchase student tickets ($5)
LINK to purchase adult tickets ($10)
We are thrilled to announce that our traditional guest artist role for this year has been replaced by a guest band. Our evening concert will feature the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra under the direction of Mike Vax!
The evening concert will be opened by the North County Jazz Ensemble and the Mineral Area Kicks Band . The North County Jazz Ensemble (2017) and the Mineral Area Kicks Band (2014 & 2022) have both recently received the honor of performing at the MMEA state convention at Tan-Tar-a.
Registration is open through 3/25/23 for the 2023 North County Jazz Festival on
April 15th, 2023!
Registration FORM for 2023.
Registration will close 3 weeks prior to the festival date.
If full capacity is reached, any future registrations will be placed on the waiting list.
2023 INVOICE
Stage / Warm Up Area Provided Equipment List
Area Restaurants and Points of Interest
This year's panel of clinicians will be:
Clinician #1: Ron Sikes
Clinician #2: Matt McKeever
Clinician #3: Justin Stanton - Evangel University
Clinician #4: TBA
Each band will receive adjudication from our panel of clinicians, followed by a clinic from one of the clinicians.
If you have any questions or concerns at this time, please don't hesitate to make contact.
Dobie Carroll
Director of Bands
North County High School
7151 Raider Rd.
Bonne Terre, MO 63628
tcarroll@ncsd.k12.mo.us
573-238-8824
www.northcountybands.com
North County Jazz Festival Guest Artist History
2023 - Mike Vax and the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra
2022 - University of Missouri - Dr. Sam Griffith
2021 - Canceled
2020 - Canceled
2019 - Jefferson College - Dr. Joel Vanderheyden, Travis Lewis, and Joe Pastor
2018 - Missouri State University - Randy Hamm and Kyle Aho
2017 - SIUe - Jason Swagler, Garrett Schmidt, Miles Vandiver
2016 - Dave Dickey
2015 - Kris Berg
2014 - Tim Aubuchon
2013 - Dr. Joel Vanderheyden
2012 - Serafin Aguilar
2011 - Phil Brown
2010 - Bill Watrous
2009 - Jim Widner, Gary Brandes
2008 - Bill Watrous
2007 - Reggie Thomas
2006 - Kim Park
2005 - Bill Watrous
2003 - Bill Watrous
2000 - Arturo Sandoval
Registration will close 3 weeks prior to the festival date.
If full capacity is reached, any future registrations will be placed on the waiting list.
2023 INVOICE
Stage / Warm Up Area Provided Equipment List
Area Restaurants and Points of Interest
This year's panel of clinicians will be:
Clinician #1: Ron Sikes
Clinician #2: Matt McKeever
Clinician #3: Justin Stanton - Evangel University
Clinician #4: TBA
Each band will receive adjudication from our panel of clinicians, followed by a clinic from one of the clinicians.
If you have any questions or concerns at this time, please don't hesitate to make contact.
Dobie Carroll
Director of Bands
North County High School
7151 Raider Rd.
Bonne Terre, MO 63628
tcarroll@ncsd.k12.mo.us
573-238-8824
www.northcountybands.com
North County Jazz Festival Guest Artist History
2023 - Mike Vax and the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra
2022 - University of Missouri - Dr. Sam Griffith
2021 - Canceled
2020 - Canceled
2019 - Jefferson College - Dr. Joel Vanderheyden, Travis Lewis, and Joe Pastor
2018 - Missouri State University - Randy Hamm and Kyle Aho
2017 - SIUe - Jason Swagler, Garrett Schmidt, Miles Vandiver
2016 - Dave Dickey
2015 - Kris Berg
2014 - Tim Aubuchon
2013 - Dr. Joel Vanderheyden
2012 - Serafin Aguilar
2011 - Phil Brown
2010 - Bill Watrous
2009 - Jim Widner, Gary Brandes
2008 - Bill Watrous
2007 - Reggie Thomas
2006 - Kim Park
2005 - Bill Watrous
2003 - Bill Watrous
2000 - Arturo Sandoval