45th Annual UMM Morris Jazz Fest Friday, April 10, 2026
Clinics: Throughout the day
Evening Concert: 6:30 p.m., Edson Auditorium in the Edward J. and Helen Jane Morrison Performing Arts Center
Ticket options
- Concert attendance only
- Enhanced Ticket for individual (adult or student). Provides access to the afternoon masterclasses and the evening concert.
- Band director Small Ensemble. Includes band clinic timeslot and access to afternoon masterclasses and evening concert for a band up to 10 students.
- Band director Large Ensemble. Includes band clinic timeslot and access to afternoon masterclasses and evening concert for a band up to 20 students.
Featuring International and Regional Guest Artists-To be announced.
About the Director:
UMM Morris alumni Dustin Retzlaff returned to Morris in the Fall of 2025 to direct the Jazz Ensembles and annual UMM Jazz Fest. He teaches courses in jazz studies, double bass, composition, and also is the director of the AgCountry Challenge youth program at UMM. Mr. Retzlaff is an active jazz performer in the region, and studied music at the University of Minnesota, the University of South Carolina School of Music, and the University of Northern Colorado. He is also a Registered Piano Technician with www.ptg.org, and has trained at Steinway & Sons piano factory in NYC. Prior to returning to the Morris area, he ran several small businesses and performed in many jazz festivals, private concerts, studio recording sessions, and many jazz clubs in South Carolina and other cities on the Atlantic coast.
For more information about the UMM Jazz Festival - contact Dustin Retzlaff