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.