2027 Judges and Clinicians.
JAZZ BANDS
BLAKE SHAW
Blake is a dbl/elec bass player, vocalist, band leader, composer/arranger, private lessons teacher and jazz professor at Mt Mercy University.
CHRIS MERZ
Professor of Music, Chris has served as Director of Jazz Studies and Director of the award-winning UNI Jazz Band One at the University of Northern Iowa.
FLINT ANGEROTH FRANKS
Professor of Music at Simpson College. Flint is the Trumpet Instructor and Director of the Simpson Jazz Ensemble and hosts the Simpson Jazz Festival each January.