Hampshire College

Whether you are a fan of Benny Goodman or Radiohead, there will be something for you to enjoy and discover at the second Five College Jazz Festival, to be held March 26 and 27 at Amherst College’s Keefe Campus Center.

Eleven ensembles—including the Hampshire College Jazz Improvisation Orchestra—will cover a wide range of styles, from a cappella vocal jazz to improvisational orchestra to chamber jazz. Some 200 Five College students in nearly a dozen bands will come together to play over two days.

The Festival began in 2004 at Smith, and expanded to include bands from all Five College campuses at UMass in 2008.

The festival begins at 7 p.m. in the Friedmann Room of Amherst College’s Keefe Campus Center on Friday, March 26, and the continues from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 27. People are expected to come and go throughout both days at the Festival, which is free and open to the public. Parking is available for free throughout the campus. For more information, visit fivecolleges.edu.

The bands:
Hampshire College Jazz Improvisation Orchestra
Amherst College Jazz Combos
Amherst College Jazz Ensemble
Mount Holyoke Jazz Ensemble
Mount Holyoke Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Smith College Jazz Ensemble
UMass Jazz Ensemble
UMass Chapel Jazz Ensemble
UMass Chamber Jazz Ensembles
UMass Jazz Lab Ensemble
UMass Vocal Jazz Ensemble

The Five College Jazz Festival is supported by Five Colleges, Inc., the Five College Music Department chairs and the music departments of the Five College campuses, the Keefe Campus Center and the Five College Student Coordinating Board.