All City Jazz Missoula
Welcome to our 2026-2027 Season!
We are excited to kick off another year of the Missoula All-City Jazz program. Applications are now open for both High School and Middle School students.
Visit the registration page to sign up today!
OUR MISSION
The mission of this program is to provide additional opportunities for instrumental students to grow in a creative environment through jazz instruction. The methods used to enrich students’ musical experiences will include improvisation, creative literature, masterclasses, workshops, and performances with nationally acclaimed musicians. Musical and leadership skills gained through the program can then be brought back and shared with the students’ own school programs.
BRIEF PROGRAM HISTORY
The Missoula All-City Jazz Program was founded in 2017 to provide local high school musicians with an opportunity to develop their improvisation skills in a small-group setting separate from their existing band programs. The organization, which annually serves 25–35 student musicians, now provides an educational experience for both high school and middle school students throughout the Missoula community. Students perform at Missoula on Main (formerly First Night Missoula), Jazzoula, the UM Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival, and other community events.
The All-City season begins in October and runs through May.
*Priority Registration Deadline: Sept. 25, 2026
All-City Jazz is fiscally sponsored by Arts Missoula
WELCOME!
On behalf of the Missoula All-City Program and our staff, I would like to thank you for your interest in and support of this wonderful program. The All-City Jazz Program and our student ensembles for middle school and high school musicians are here to help our wonderful educators and student musicians — bringing confidence, musical growth and student leadership to our community. Students in this program will have the opportunity to work with the region’s finest educators and musicians.
If you have any questions about the Missoula All-City program or would like to donate to this exceptional experience, please feel free to contact me at any time. Thanks for your support of jazz education in our community.
Looking forward,
Rob
2026-2027 PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON, SO
PLEASE PLAN AHEAD FOR REHEARSAL ABSENCES!
As always, please contact Rob Tapper at 509.280.2284 or email Robert.tapper@umontana.edu If you have questions.
