Each year, nearly 40 of the most accomplished college bands in the country bands perform at the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival. Here’s a list of the participating bands since the Festival’s founding in 1967.

A–C   D–J   K–N   O–T  U–Z

A–C

Albion College
American Conservatory of Music
Aquinas College
Ashland University
Augustana College
Austin Peay State University
Baldwin-Wallace College
Ball State University
Bowling Green State University
Bradley University
Butler University
Capital University
Carroll College
Case Western Reserve University
Cedarville University
Central College

 

Central Michigan University
Central Missouri State University
Central State University
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Chicago College of Performing Arts      (Roosevelt University)
Chicago State University
Clark Terry Institute of Jazz Studies
Clarke College
College of DuPage
College of Lake County
College of St. Benedict/St. John's      University
Columbia College
Concordia University
Culver-Stockton College

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DePaul University
DePauw University
Drake University
Duquesne University
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Michigan University
Elgin Community College
Elmhurst College
Ferris State College
Governors State University
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Valley State College
Grinnell College

 

Harper College
Heartland College
Hillsdale College
Illinois Central College
Illinois State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University, South Bend
Iowa State University
Jefferson College
Joliet Junior College

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Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kaskaskia College
Kennedy-King College
Kent State University
Kirkwood Community College
Knox College
Lake Forest College
Lawrence University
Lincoln Trail Community College
Lorain County Community College
Loyola University, New Orleans
McHenry County College
Macalester College
Malcolm X College
Marshall University
Mayville State University
Memphis State University

 

Miami University (Ohio)
Michigan State University
Millikin University
Mineral Area College
Missouri Western State College
Monmouth College
Moraine Valley Community College Morehead State University
Morton College
Murray State University
Newberry College
North Park University
Northeastern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Kentucky University
Northwestern University

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Oakland University
Oakton Community College
Oberlin Conservatory
Ohio Northern University
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Penn State University
Principia College
Purdue University
Quincy University

 

Rock Valley College
South Suburban College
Southern University
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
St. Mary's University, Minnesota
Taylor University
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Tiffin University
Triton College

U–Z   back to top

University of Akron
University of Cincinnati
University of Connecticut
University of Dayton
University of Evansville
University of Findlay
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
University of Indianapolis
University of Iowa
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
University of Manitoba
University of Mary
University of Michigan
University of Missouri, Columbia
University of Missouri, Kansas City
University of Missouri, St. Louis
University of Northern Iowa
University of Notre Dame

 

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Valdosta State University
Vandercook College of Music
Waubonsie Community College
Western Illinois University
Western Michigan University
Wheaton College
William Penn College
Winona State University
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
Wright College
Wright State University