Performing Arts

Triton Jazz Festival

The fourteenth annual Triton Jazz Festival will be held Tuesday, January 12 through Friday, January 15, 2027. Area high school jazz band directors, we invite you and your students to take part in this educational opportunity!

Each participating band will be allowed a performance to an adjudication panel of 3 jazz educators. Following each performance, bands will receive a clinic from an educator in a separate rehearsal room. Bands will perform by IHSMA class, with 3A bands performing on Tuesday, January 12; 1A bands performing on Wednesday, January 13; and 2A performing on Thursday, January 14. 4A bands will perform on Friday, January 15. A change from past practices, place awards will be announced for the top 5 schools in each class (with the top 3 receiving trophies) and remaining rankings not being made public.

Entry fee for the Triton Jazz Festival will be $175 per band. A maximum of 20 bands per day will be allowed to perform. Admission for spectators will be FREE of charge. Deadline for registration and payment is December 7, 2026. Unfortunately we cannot offer refunds due to weather or transportation/mechanical issues. If we are able to reschedule a band, we will do so in our performance lineup. There is no makeup day in the unlikely event the festival were to be cancelled.

Required and related forms (soloist sheet, repertoire sheet, campus maps, schedules and instructions) are available online and will be emailed to registering directors. For traveling schools, we again will have meals available to purchase in our campus cafeteria for a nominal fee. We hope you will encourage your students to listen to the performances of other schools.

The Triton Jazz Festival was created when several directors expressed to us the desire for a festival in our area of the state, as well as a festival that provides feedback to bands before IHSMA state contest. We welcome your bands to our campus, to our festival and are confident the festival will meet these needs and more. Bands now attend from across the state of Iowa, as well as occasionally from out of state, to get the educational experience from our clinicians and adjudicators, as well as the experience of traveling to start the contest season. If you are interest in participating, or have any questions, please reach out to Jeremy Smith, Director of Athletic Bands at smith_jeremy@iowacentral.edu or at 515-574-1207

Thanks to all that participated in the 2026 Triton Jazz Festival

Band results and soloist awards are now posted. We look forward to hosting you again in 2027!

2026 Solo Awards
2026 Rankings
Historical Rankings

Past Photo Galleries

Future Jazz Festival Dates

Dates are tentative and subject to change.

2027 - January 12, 13, 14, 15
2028 - January 11, 12, 13, 14
2029 - January 9, 10, 11, 12
2030 - January 8, 9, 10, 11

2021 Virtual Concert Performance

The campus has a spectacular structure. ICCC has individual learning, as it is a school with a "smaller" number of students, the teachers give you more attention which helps you better understand the subject. The ARC helps students, as there is a reading and writing center inside, as well as tutors for general subjects.

Juliana Vidal
Engineering

Triton Jazz Festival

Thanks to all that participated in the 2026 Triton Jazz Festival

Past Photo Galleries

Register Your Band!

Important Forms for Participating Bands

Performance Schedule

Future Jazz Festival Dates

2021 Virtual Concert Performance

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