Rules and Regulations

Contestants
The Temple College Jazz Festival is open to all college, high school and middle school big bands, combos, vocal jazz ensembles and show choirs.

Format
The Temple College Jazz Festival is a non-competitive event, offering directors the option to receive a confidential rating. All performance groups will receive adjudicated digital and written comments along with a compact disc of their performance. Each performing ensemble will receive a 20-25 minute clinic with one of their adjudicators immediately following their performance. The total time on and off stage for each ensemble is 30 minutes. Internationally-known educators and performers will conduct clinics and seminars during the day.

Cost
Each group registration fee of $225 includes digital adjudication recordings, individual group clinics, performance compact disc and unlimited access to all clinics and adjudicated performances by other participants. Student participants and directors will also receive free tickets to the evening concerts. Directors should request tickets, for participants only, at the time of their check-in at the festival office.

Registration
Deadline is March 9, 2012. To enter, simply fill out the registration form, (one per participating group or soloist) with $225 per ensemble to:

Temple College Jazz Festival
Att. Benjamin Irom
Temple College
2600 South 1st St.
Temple, TX 76504

For more information, please call Benjamin Irom at (254) 298-8554
or email at benirom@templejc.edu.