Performance Opportunities

In addition to numerous concerts at MSU and throughout Michigan, MSU Jazz Studies musicians have performed several times in venues far and wide, including:

Lincoln Center

Multiple locations in Japan

Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, New York

Detroit International Jazz Festival

Jazz at the Center Series, Detroit

Detroit Symphony Club Series at the Max

Notre Dame and Elmhurst Collegiate Jazz Festivals

University of Trinidad Tobago Cultural Exchange

Awards include:

Jack Rudin Collegiate Jazz Competition, Jazz@Lincoln Center: Third Place (2020); First Place (2022); Third Place (2023)

Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival: outstanding ensemble award (2005, 2008); outstanding saxophone section award (2005, 2008); numerous outstanding soloist awards (2005, 2008); outstanding rhythm section award (2005)

Elmhurst Collegiate Jazz Festival: outstanding jazz ensemble award (2003, 2008); outstanding rhythm section award (2003, 2005); numerous outstanding soloist awards (2005, 2008); outstanding saxophone section award (2005, 2008)