District Jazz

Please contact Phil Soule for any questions related to District Jazz Band.
District Jazz Band Dates:
Monday, October 19, 2026 - 11:59 PM - Audition Registrations Due
November 3, 2026 - 5:00 PM - District Jazz Auditions at Carthage HS
January 12, 2027 - 6:00-8:30 PM - District Jazz Sectionals at Joplin HS
January 16, 2027 - 6:00-8:30 PM - District Jazz Rehearsal at Neosho HS
January 16, 2027 - 9:00-12:00 AND 1:30-4:30 District Jazz Rehearsals at Neosho HS
January 16, 2027 - TBD - District Jazz Performance at Neosho HS
2026-2027 All-District Jazz Clinician
TBD

Previous District Jazz Clinicians

2026 - Mr. Clarence Smith - Metropolitan Community College - Penn Valley (retired)
2025 - Ms. Lori Hutton - Drury University
2024 - Mr. Tim AuBuchon - Truman State University
2023 - Dr. Joseph Parisi, University of Missouri - Kansas City
2022 - Dr. Joel Vanderheyden, Jefferson College
2021 - Event Cancelled
2020 - Mr. Jim Mair, Kansas City Kansas Community College
2019 - Mr. Jim Widner, University of Missouri - St. Louis
2018 - Mr. Rob Babel, For Zumwalt North High School
2017 - Mr. Freddie Greene - Missouri Southern State University
2016 - Mr. Randy Hamm - Missouri State University
2015 - Dr. Tommy Poole - Northeastern State University
2014 - Dr. Todd Wilkinson - Ottawa University
2013 - Mr. Euell Hanna - Verdigris High School