The Music Department at California State University, Stanislaus (Stan State), will hold a Jazz festival on March 11 and 12. The festival is a non-competitive event for nearby secondary and junior high schools to perform their works for clinicians.
Each evening will designate concerts featuring clinicians and Stan State’s jazz band with guest artist, Terell Stafford. 
“It’s jazz,” Jazz Studies Coordinator Joe Mazzaferro said. “It’s someone that’s at the top of the field. It’s music. It’s Americas art form. I just want to put on a good show, and the best show possible.” 
Mazzaferro expressed his desire for students to learn from Stafford.
“I think this gets overlooked a lot, especially with the G.E. classes that I’ve taught,” Mazzaferro said. “They’ve missed that seeing someone who is on top of their profession, seeing them work, seeing what pushes them, what drives them, motivates them and how they perform is beneficial to them because it’s things that you see. Terell [Stafford] doing the things that you can do in your own career, doesn’t matter what you’re doing, even if it’s not music.”
An evening concert featuring the clinicians will be held March 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Bernell and Floral Snider Music Recital Hall.
March 12 will hold an evening concert with Stan State’s Jazz Band featuring guest artist, Terell Stafford. The event will be held at Gallo Center for the Arts, also at 7:30 p.m.
For more information about tickets, visit the music department website or galloarts.com for the Terell Stafford and Jazz band concert.