MTSU Jazz Artist Series

Currently in its twenty-fourth season, the MTSU Jazz Artist Series brings internationally renowned jazz artists to the region for performances and educational workshops. Past guest artists have included some of the most important jazz musicians and educators in jazz history. Artists have included clarinetist Eddie Daniels, saxophonists Benny Golson, Phil Woods, David Liebman, Eric Alexander, Bob Mintzer and Dick Oatts, and Grammy-award winning artists Slide Hampton, Jim McNeeley, Tim Hagans, Peter Erskine, Rufus Reid, Randy Brecker, Paul Mckee, Donald Brown, and Terell Stafford. Committed to jazz education, we are proud to present this unique concert series to Middle Tennessee.

2025-2026 Jazz Artist Series

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Fall 2025

MTSU Jazz Artist Series – The Roland Barber Quartet

Thursday, October 23, 2025

8:00pm in Hinton Music Hall,

Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus

Individual tickets are $10

MTSU Students and Faculty FREE

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Spring 2026

Michael Jeffry Stevens Quartet

Wednesday, March 4, 8 p.m.

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MTSU Illinois Jacquet Jazz Festival

Saturday, March 28th, ALL DAY

The festival honors the legacy of tenor saxophonist/band leader ILLINOIS JACQUET, who rose to prominence in the 1940s with the big bands of Count Basie and Lionel Hampton.  To learn more about the Illinois Jacquet Foundation go to https://illinoisjacquetfoundation.org/. We hope that you and your students will joins us in this celebration of America’s great art form at Middle Tennessee State University.  Best wishes for continuing success in your programs.

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All concerts are in Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus. Individual tickets are $10. For more information, or to reserve tickets, contact: Jamey Simmons, email james.simmons@mtsu.edu.