Student Music Education is on full display at the 2022 Telluride Jazz Festival! Dive in the 8 student groups and over 20 student performances set for the 2022 Festival!

The future of jazz music and student music education will be on full display at the 2022 Telluride Jazz Festival! Produced by the Telluride Society for Jazz and generously supported by Raynier Institute and Foundation, Dworbell Inc., Telluride Foundation, Western Jazz Presenters Network and the National Endowment for the Arts we are pleased to share the details of this year’s student programing featuring performances from the Telluride Student All-Star Jazz Ensemble, bands from Caleb Chapman’s Soundhouse and Stillwater All Stars.

Telluride Student All-Star Jazz Ensemble

Telluride Jazz Festival’s flagship educational scholarship program is the Telluride Student All-Star Jazz Ensemble. Dedicated Jazz students are invited to send audition recordings of their musical skills to program directors Prof. Bob Montgomery and Josh Quinlan. These esteemed jazz performance educators accept elite musicians to travel to Telluride the week preceding the festival to work on compositions and study music together.

The Telluride Student All-Stars Jazz Ensemble perform around town the week leading up to the festival weekend, and are then rewarded with a festival opening performance on the Town Park main stage.

2022 All-Stars Performers

Koki Renwick - trumpet
Shota Renwick - tenor sax
Jack Bendure - trombone
Evan Fort - piano/keyboards
Andrew Vinther - double bass
Jonah Minkus - drums
Lazlo Torok - vibes

2022 All-Star Schedule

Tuesday August 9 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM New Sheridan Historic Bar
Wednesday, August 10 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM New Sheridan Historic Bar
Thursday, August 11 4:00 - 6:00 PM Last Dollar Saloon
Saturday, August 13 12:00 - 1:00 PM Main Stage
Sunday, August 14 12:30 - 1:30 PM Society Stage At Elks Park

Caleb Chapman’s Soundhouse Bands

The Telluride Jazz Festival and Telluride Society for Jazz are thrilled to partner with Caleb Chapman’s Soundhouse again to bring six bands comprised of over 20 students to the 2022 Festival.

Caleb Chapman’s Soundhouse is a multi-disciplinary, independently-owned, award-winning Contemporary Music Program. The program encompasses the advancement of music education, performance training, touring, and studio recording. Soundhouse producers and directors are all practicing musicians, and whether working collaboratively or independently, they do so in friendship.

Caleb Chapman’s structure is unique with a conviction that great music education cannot happen without passion, intelligence, and — above all — personal commitment, a fact demonstrated by a portfolio of programs and award-winning bands spanning two decades and over 5,000 musicians with virtually 100% receiving college scholarship offers.

Stillwater All-Stars

Durango’s primary music education hub

The Stillwater All Stars are a group of select students and faculty from Stillwater Music Program, a non-profit based music school in Durango, Colorado. Students in this group tour and gig during summer months in the Four Corners Area performing an exciting set that covers jazz, funk, Latin and more. Since its start in 2006, Stillwater's award-winning groups have been featured at many venues and festivals including performances at the Fort Lewis College Jazz Festival, Reno Jazz Festival, and the Telluride Jazz Festival.

Saturday August 13

12:30 - 1:30 PM Stillwater Allstars Society Stage

Society Stage (Elks Park)

All shows on the Society Stage are free and open to the public!

Up-and-coming Jazz music students bring their talent, skills, and knowledge to the Telluride community, sharing them all on the Society Stage at Elks Park. These intimate and interactive artist sessions will help promote the Telluride Society for Jazz's mission of student education and music outreach. Taking place in the heart of historic downtown Telluride in the grassy outdoor amphitheater at Elks Park, these performances give you a chance to interact with artists and music students, all while learning about jazz culture, history and methods.

society stage schedule

“The Green” at the Madeline Hotel & Residences

All shows at The Green at The Madeline Hotel are free and open to the public!

Enjoy free improvised and full energy performances from two Caleb Chapman’s Soundhouse Bands on “The Green” at the Madeline Hotel & Residences in Mountain Village. Only a quick and scenic gondola ride from Telluride “The Green” is a great place to catch a great student performance on Friday or Saturday of the Festival with upscale dinning and beverage options steps away at the indoor/outdoor Timber Room.

Deep Pocket will perform funk and soul hits on Friday, August 12 at 8pm and Vicious Beat will wow with jazzy rock on Saturday, August 13 at 6:30pm.

The Madeline

Morning Jam

Start your Telluride Jazz Festival mornings off with pleasant live jazz music, coffee and breakfast at the Phoenix Bean. Morning Jam will offer a jazzy wake up to a full day of music on Saturday and Sunday of the Festival. Attendees and students can enjoy and join in on an improvised jazz jam, along with enjoying a variety of breakfast dishes, baked goods and coffee drinks from the Phoenix Bean in the heart of downtown Telluride.

Any and all musicians are welcome and encouraged to join in on the jam for an improvisational performance to get their day swinging. The jam will be will be first-come-first-play, with a sign up sheet.

The music jams will go from 9-10 am on both Saturday and Sunday. The event is free and open to the public, coffee and food are available for purchase.

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Ticket alert! 3-Day Passes, All That Jazz Passes and Saturday Passes are very limited. These will sell out in advance and won’t be available at the box office. Get yours today and don’t miss out!

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Music Education at the 2022 Telluride Jazz Festival