Alumni Happenings Oct 25 – Nov 7, 2023 Trumpeter Benny Benack III (2008) teams up with VJ Workshop education director John Clayton for performances at Jazz St. Louis (MO), October 27-28. The next night,...

Alumni Happenings Oct 11 – 24, 2023 Congratulations to pianists Esteban Castro (2018) and Brandon Goldberg (2023) for being selected by the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz as semi-finalists for the Institute’s 2023 International...

Alumni Happenings Sept 27 – Oct 10, 2023 2014 trumpet alum Anthony Hervey leads a quintet – including his Workshop classmate Isaiah J. Thompson (piano) – at the Jazz Gallery in NYC on September...

Alumni Happenings Sept 15 – 28, 2023 2023 Vail Jazz Workshop students Elijah Allen (trumpet), Miles Cole (trombone), Evan Dexter (trombone), Brandon Cole (piano), Miriam Goroff-Behel (alto saxophone), Læsio Littlejohn (bass), Beckett Miles (drums),...

Alumni Happenings Sept 1 – 14, 2023 The former Vail Jazz Workshop students who comprise the 2023 Alumni Sextet during the 29th annual Vail Jazz Party already underway in Vail CO are: Benny Benack...

Alumni Happenings Aug 18 – 31, 2023 2008 Vail Jazz Workshop alum Grace Kelly is a sensation on the alto and tenor saxophone, and she just won the DownBeat Annual Critics Poll for Rising...

Alumni Happenings Aug 4 – 17, 2023 Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin (1999), fresh off this year’s release of her highly-acclaimed album, Phoenix, takes the stage under the tent at Vail Square in Lionshead on August...