The Clark College Jazz Festival is held the last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in January. Vocal Jazz Ensembles perform on Thursday, A-AA Jazz Ensembles perform on Friday, and AAA-AAAA Jazz Ensembles perform on Saturday. The preliminary competitions begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. all three days with the evening finals competitions beginning at 7:00 p.m. each evening. The Clark College Vocal Jazz Ensemble performs at noon and 9 p.m. on Thursday, and the Clark College Jazz Ensemble performs at noon and 9 p.m. on Friday, and at noon on Saturday. The previous year’s Sweepstakes Band holds the spotlight on Saturday evening at 9:00 p.m. General admission to the festival is $5 per day. Clark College students and children under 12 accompanied by an adult will be admitted free of charge.Clark College is located at 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Gaiser Hall is located on the northwest corner of the main campus on Fort Vancouver Way, between McLoughlin Blvd. and Fourth Plain Blvd. General admission should enter through the newly remodeled North entrance or the South entrance and participating bands should enter through the West entrance of Gaiser Hall.
For additional information, please contact:
Festival Director, Rich Inouye
(360) 992-2188
email: rinouye@clark.edu
Senior Secretary, Peggy Winston
(360) 992-2662
email: pwinston@clark.edu.
The information below is presented in PDF format and requires a PDF reader to view. Adobe Acrobat reader is one offered free on the Adobe Web site.Rules and regulations:
Vocal Jazz Rules | Jazz Ensemble Rules
Directors instructions for participating groups:
Vocal Jazz Instructions | Jazz Ensemble Instructions
Printable driving directions to the Clark College Jazz Festival
