The Future of Jazz Shines Bright at the Musikfest Café
Don’t miss your chance to enjoy musical excellence at the 13th annual SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase!
Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA, February 12, 2025 – ArtsQuest is proud to present the 13th annual SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase sponsored by King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC. The competition will feature 26 bands and take place over five separate events from February 23 to March 23 at the Musikfest Café in the ArtsQuest Center. Finals showcasing the top scoring schools from the preliminary competition will be held on Sunday, March 23 at 2:00 p.m.
“KingSpry is thrilled to partner with ArtsQuest to present this festival again this year,” said Matthew Tranter, Deputy Managing Partner of King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC and a board member of the Friends of Levitt Pavilion. “Our education practice serves many of the schools represented in the competition, so we especially enjoy cheering for these incredible students on the ArtsQuest stage.”
Scholastic jazz groups from Pennsylvania and New Jersey will perform in front of a live audience and a judging panel comprised of music educators. Each school will have a private session with a judge after their performance to provide feedback and specific insight on their performance. The competition is a music-in-education program of ArtsQuest and Moravian University’s Music Department Jazz Studies Program. Tickets for the preliminary rounds are $7 plus fees and can be purchased at www.steelstacks.org or by calling 610-332-3378.
Sunday, February 23 at 12 p.m.
- Southern Lehigh School District Jazz Trane
- Wilson Area High School
- North Penn High School Columbia Jazz Band
- Southern Lehigh School District Jazz Society
- Kutztown High School
- North Penn High School Navy Jazz Band
Sunday, February 23 at 4 p.m.
- Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
- Freedom High School
- Saucon Valley High School
- La Salle College High School Lab Band
- North Hunterdon High School
- Pennridge High School
- La Salle College High School Comp Band
Sunday, March 2 at 12 p.m.
- Warren Hills High School
- Delaware Valley Regional High School (NJ)
- Upper Moreland High School Jazz One
- Pocono Mountain East High School
- The Hill School (Pottstown, PA)
- Upper Moreland High School Jazz Two
Sunday, March 2 at 4 p.m.
- Easton Area High School
- Phillipsburg High School
- Quakertown Community High School
- Bangor Area High School
- Plymouth Whitemarsh High School
- Council Rock North High School
- Delaware Valley High School
About ArtsQuest
ArtsQuest’s mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest™ supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events. Through festivals such as its flagship event, Musikfest; the ArtsQuest Creative Factory powered by PPL; and the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest’s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization’s programs and events, of which nearly 50 percent are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region.
