Jazz Festival
The TCU Jazz Festival, one of Texas’ premier events, connects middle and high school jazz ensembles with guest artists and TCU’s jazz faculty. Since 1978, the festival has attracted over 20,000 talented students from across the country.
The TCU Jazz Ensembles have performed alongside renowned international artists, including Paquito D’Rivera, John Fedchock, Duffy Jackson, and Roger Pemberton, among others.
For questions, contact:
2026 Festival
The TCU School of Music and Department of Jazz Studies is proud to announce this year’s festival guest artist is saxophonist and vocalist, Camille Thurman. Please join us February 27-28, 2026!
Ensemble Participant Registration: Registration is full and has ended.
Performance Calendar View the complete performance calendar for the academic year. Livestream Our Events The School of Music is committed to fostering the best in performance, teaching, creativity
and scholarship in music. Interested in having a TCU School of Music student perform at your event? Fill out
the form.
Musician for Hire