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On Saturday, April 20, the final concert of the annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival was held in the ICCU Arena. Throughout the four-hour show, guests and festival performers from across […]
University of Idaho students earned top awards for music education from the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) for the Chapter of Excellence Award for Service in April. The U […]
The Lionel Hampton Jazz Fest is a staple event at the University of Idaho. and you’ll definitely want to attend! Artists from all over grace the campus with their talents […]
The University of Idaho has a long history with Jazz, since the 1960’s the Lionel Hampton Music festival has been celebrating and honoring jazz music, with one of the oldest […]
The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival started in 1967 and for the last 53 years the festival has celebrated the culture and art of jazz music. The festival does not only celebrate music, it also celebrates other forms of art.
Doc Skinner sits at the head of a half-filled classroom of middle schoolers repeating to them the stories he has of Lionel Hampton. The students are silent except for the […]
Four hundred performances. One hundred workshops. Jazz Fest is upon us again. The annual celebration, which takes its name from legendary musician Lionel Hampton, has become both a treasured University […]
Struck by the keys, the strings encased in a piano offer complexity to the in- strument that surpasses the capability of others in its ability to form the illusion of […]
Three whistles. Short, sharp blasts that make new students cringe. Then drums — cadence. Marching band members with their brass instruments flood the stage. It is an immediate standing ovation […]
Student volunteer crews build Jazz Fest overnight The energy in the air was palpable as a group of University of Idaho students gathered in a dimly lit, dusty building near […]