Schedule of Events. Friday, March 31. Sunday, April 2 / Visit the College Fair!

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1 Schedule of Events Friday, March 31 7:00 PM Doors Open / Danae Greenfield Quartet, from Berklee College of Music 7:30 PM Opening Night Judges Concert - 1 Student Jam Session De Anza Ballroom Saturday, April 1 / Visit the College Fair! - 1 Berklee Scholarship Auditions Cottonwood Room (Portola Hotel) - High School Competition / Big Bands - 1 High School Competition / Combos De Anza Ballroom - 5:00 PM Spotlight Performances Bay of Pines Jazz Club - 6:00 PM Spotlight Performances Dali 17-6:00 PM Spotlight Performances Turn 12 Bar & Grill - 11:50 AM Clinic: Engaging in Musical Conversation with Danae Greenfield Quartet, from Berklee College of Music 1 - High School Competition / Big Bands - 5:30 PM High School Competition / Vocal Ensembles De Anza Ballroom 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Clinic with John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton and Gerald Clayton, Artists-In-Residence 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Special Guest Performance: Monterey Jazz Festival Middle School Honor Band, High School Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble & High School All-Star Band 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM College Combo Division Competition De Anza Ballroom 6:15 PM Announcement of top three High School Big Bands, Combo, and Vocal Ensemble Winners, Soloist Awards and Scholarships 8:00 PM Finalist Warm-Ups 3rd Fl. 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM 2017 Next Generation Jazz Festival High School Showcase Concert the top three Big Bands, first and second place Vocal Jazz Ensembles and the top Combo 10:00 PM Announcement of Winning High School Big Bands and College Combo Awards 10:15 PM - 10:50 PM Special Guest Performance: University of North Texas One O Clock Lab Band 1-11:45 PM Student Jam Session: Led by the Danae Greenfield Quartet, from Berklee College of Music De Anza Ballroom Sunday, April 2 / Visit the College Fair! - 1 Berklee Scholarship Auditions Cottonwood Room (Portola Hotel) - 1 Middle School Big Bands Performances De Anza Ballroom - 1 High School Vocal Soloist Competition Portola Room - 1 Conglomerate High School Big Band Competition - 5:00 PM Spotlight Performances Bay of Pines Jazz Club - Spotlight Performances Dali 17 - Spotlight Performances Turn 12 Bar & Grill 12:20 PM - 1 Announcement of Middle School Awards De Anza Ballroom 12:45 PM - 12:55 PM Announcement of Conglomerate Division Awards - High School Conglomerate Combo Competition Portola Room - College Vocal Jazz Ensemble Competition De Anza Ballroom - College Big Band Competition - Clinic with Alan Baylock, Director, with members of the University of North Texas One O Clock Lab Band Redwood Room (Portola Hotel) 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Special Guest Performance: UNLV Joe Williams Scholarship Combo 5:15 PM Announcement of College Big Band, College Vocal Ensemble, and High School Conglomerate Combo Awards

2 Saturday, April 1 High School Big Bands / Warm-Ups on the 3rd Floor Half-hour Prior to Performance Los Alamitos High School Jazz I Downey High School Jazz Ensemble Golden Valley High School A Jazz Ensemble Valley Christian Conservatory of the Arts Jazz Ensemble Clinic: Engaging in Musical Conversation with the Danae Greenfield Quartet, from Berklee College of Music El Cerrito High School Jazz Ensemble Upland High School Jazz Ensemble I Buchanan High School Jazz Band "A" Northgate High School Jazz Band I Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble Folsom High School Jazz Band I Rio Americano High School AM Jazz Ensemble Roosevelt High School Jazz Band 2 Clinic with John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton and Gerald Clayton High School Combos / De Anza Ballroom, Portola Hotel Crossroads School Jazz "A" Band Folsom High School Jazz Combo I Berkeley High School Combo A Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Jazz Combo Hamilton High School Jazz Ensemble A Harvard-Westlake School Jazz Explorers High School Vocal Ensembles / De Anza Ballroom, Portola Hotel Folsom High School Jazz Choir Natomas Charter School Vocal Ensemble Valencia High School Two 'N' Four Vocal Jazz Ensemble Downey High School EPIC Jazz Choir Break Marin School of the Arts Jazz Choir 1 Valencia High School Soundwaves Vocal Jazz Ensemble Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Vocal Jazz Ensemble Booker T. Washington HSPVA Jazz Singers College Combos / De Anza Ballroom, Portola Hotel USC Thornton Jazz Tuesday Combo California Jazz Conservatory Blue Ensemble California State University, Northridge Rainbow Sandwich Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Plummer Sextet The FROST Sextet from the University of Miami USC Thornton Jazz Composers Collective 1 1 4:15 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM

3 Saturday, April 1 Dali 17 Spotlight Performances Oak Middle School Jazz Band The University of the Arts "Z" Big Band Eckstein Middle School Sr. Jazz Band Downey High School Jazz Ensemble Stanford Jazz Workshop Giant Steps Big Band Tucson Jazz Institute Ellington Band Roosevelt High School Jazz Band III Nogales High School Apache Jazz Band Mission Viejo High School Azusa Pacific University Jazz Ensemble Los Alamitos High School Jazz I Cal State East Bay Big Band Sacramento State Jazz Ensemble University of Nevada, Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble Golden Valley High School A Jazz Oakland School for the Arts Turn 12 Bar & Grill Spotlight Performances Roosevelt High School JB3 Combo Cal State University, Northridge Rainbow Sandwich California Jazz Conservatory Blue Ensemble Kansas City Early College Academy Crossroads Jazz "A" Band Windward School Harvard-Westlake Jazz Explorers Eckstein Middle School Combo El Cerrito High School Jazz Trio Joshua Tazman Trio Nogales High School International Academy of Jazz San Diego Church of Jazz Ensemble Bay of Pines Spotlight Performances Roosevelt High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble Valencia High School Two N Four Vocal Jazz Ensemble Valencia High School Soundwaves Vocal Jazz Ensemble Mt. San Antonio College Singcopation College of the Canyons Just Jazz Sacramento State Vox Now Sacramento State Jazz Singers Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts St. Pat's Jazz Band (Quebec) Eckstein Middle School Vocal Combo American Music Program Pacific Crest Jazz Combo Roosevelt High School Vocal Jazz Combo 1 1 5:00 PM 5:30 PM POST PHOTOS ON INSTAGRAM Monterey Jazz Festival wants YOU to post pictures of your experience at this year s NGJF to Instagram! Use these hashtags: #NextGenJazz17 #MontereyJazz TAG YOURSELF and share your shots! Look on Monterey Jazz Festival s Facebook page for action shots from the 2017 Next Generation Jazz Festival! You might recognize some people! JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Use these hashtags: #NextGenJazz17 #MontereyJazz SAVE THE DATE! 48th Next Generation Jazz Festival, April 6-8, 2018

4 Sunday, April 2 Conglomerate Big Bands / Warm-Ups on the 3rd Floor Half-hour Prior to Performance Stanford Jazz Workshop Miles Ahead Big Band Tucson Jazz Institute Ellington Big Band Colburn Jazz Workshop Big Band SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Orchestra Tucson Jazz Institute Basie Big Band California Jazz Conservatory Jazzschool Studio Band Middle School Big Bands / De Anza Ballroom, Portola Hotel Folsom Middle School Jazz Band Palm Desert Charter Middle School Jazz Ensemble Los Cerritos Middle School West Coast Jazz Band Foothill Middle School Jazz Band Sutter Middle School Jazz Band Oak Middle School Jazz Band High School Vocal Soloist / Portola Room, Portola Hotel Warm-Ups in Ironwood Room Half-hour Prior to Performance Jasmine Lee, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Matthew Ahn, Valencia High School Denisse Alvarado, Downey High School Benjamin Nicholas, Kingsburg High School Valentina Shelton, Windward School Joshua Tazman, Nueva Upper School Conglomerate High School Combos / Portola Room, Portola Hotel Warm-Ups in Ironwood Room Half-hour Prior to Performance Colburn Jazz Workshop Thursday Night Band American Music Program Pacific Crest Jazz Combo SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Combo International Academy of Jazz San Diego Church of Jazz Ensemble Colburn Jazz Workshop Monday Night Band California Jazz Conservatory Jazzschool Advanced High School Jazz Workshop College Big Bands / Warm-Ups on the 3rd Floor Half-hour Prior to Performance University of Kansas Jazz Ensemble California State University, Northridge Jazz A Band University of Nevada, Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble Azusa Pacific University Jazz Ensemble The University of the Arts "Z" Big Band SAC State Jazz Ensemble Special Performance: UNLV Joe Williams Scholarship Combo College Vocal Ensembles / De Anza Ballroom, Portola Hotel SAC State School of Music Vox Now College of the Canyons Just Jazz SAC State School of Music Jazz Singers Mt. San Antonio College Singcopation American River College Vocal Jazz Ensemble Contra Costa College JAZZ-ology 4:15 PM

5 Sunday, April 2 Dali 17 Spotlight Performances Roosevelt High School Jazz Band II University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band Eckstein Middle School Senior Jazz Band Pacific Grove Jazz Club Big Band Stanford Jazz Workshop Giant Steps Big Band South Turn 12 Bar & Grill Spotlight Performances Roosevelt High School JB2 Combo Kuumbwa Jazz All-Stars Eckstein Middle School Landmark Middle School St. Pat's Jazz Band (Quebec)