Fountain City Jazz Fest

The 2025 Fountain City Jazz Fest will be held on campus on March 28/29th, 2025.

Since 2018, the Fountain City Jazz Fest has provided Jazz programs with the opportunity to perform and receive feedback from our panel of incredible clinicians. This festival is open to all ability levels and age groups! The format for the Fountain City Jazz Fest is a performance/clinic setup that provides comments and clinics that will help both directors and students achieve growth.

All performances take place on stage in the De Soto HS Theater. All participating bands will receive feedback from our panel of clinicians, a recording of their ensemble, and a one-on-one clinic with one of our clinicians.

FCJF History

Invoice for FCJF

The Improv Intensive

The Fountain City Jazz Fest expanded in 2024 to include an improvisation mini camp known as the Improv Intensive. In addition to hosting big bands for performances and clinics, this portion of the festival features an improvisation camp. The Improv Intensive provides personalized attention and feedback, for students to develop their improvisational abilities in a collaborative environment. Participants work with a clinician throughout the day working on improvisation techniques and jazz theory concepts.

Last year, in addition to our clinicians, participants also had the opportunity to learn from our headliner, Michael Dease who presented a masterclass on performing and working as a professional musician.

The Improv Intensive is for all ability levels and is a great opportunity to take your improvisation skills to the next level. Don't miss out!

Information:

Cost: $25 per student. Students will receive a tshirt, lunch, a ticket to the finale concert and a masterclass from our guest artist in addition to camp instruction.

Where: De Soto High School- 815 Amvets Drive, De Soto, MO 63020

Registration Closes: March 15, 2025

Tentative Schedule

8am- Registration and directions

9-12pm: Combo assignments and Instruction

12-1pm: Lunch provided

1pm-4pm: Afternoon combos and concert prep

4-5pm: Dinner Break (not provided)

5:30pm: Combos begin performing

6pm: Finale Concert featuring our guest artist and the DHS Jazz Ensemble

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Darrell Boyer