Jazz

Faculty

Joe Clark is an arranger for The Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, writing for the Once Upon a Symphony and Orchestra Explorers programs.

Kevin Fort has established himself as one of the most in-demand pianists on the Chicago jazz scene.

Jazz trumpeter Derrick Gardner, inspired by the finest hard-blowing funky bop bands of the 1960s, is working to extend that great tradition as a performer, composer, and arranger.

Darius Hampton is currently a member of the South Side Big Band and Orquesta Sabor Latino.