Walter Reed Jazz Festival 2025

We look forward to hosting you at the 5th Annual Walter Reed Jazz Festival. Our mission is to provide an experience where all big bands and combos will have the opportunity to play on stage, receive a clinic, and watch a professional level performance. This year will be a competitive festival that recognize placements and ratings. The special guest performance this year will be the Pandemonium Big Band. At the end of the event we will have an awards ceremony where groups are honored with plaques, certificates, and ratings.

Please contact Stewart Rosen at stewart.rosen@lausd.net for more details.

Date: 04/11/2025 11am-10pm

Adjudicators & Clinicians:  

Jim Mooy – Santa Barbara City College

Dennis Crystal – VP of Jazz Education SCSBOA Newbury Park High School

Maurice Limón – Azusa Pacific University, Citrus College

Brian Peter – Westlake High School, Visual & Performing Arts Conejo USD

Clinician – TBA

Guest Performance: Pandemonium Big Band

How to Apply:

  • Click on Application and fill out that form.
  • Click on General info, this will tell you how to pay the fees for the groups you are bringing and give you more details about the event.
  • Email your stage plots/performance info sheets to stewart.rosen@lausd.net
  • If you have any questions, please email stewart.rosen@lausd.net

Forms:

Online Application

WRJF General Info 2024

WRJF Jazz Rubric Sheet

Stage Plot