Jazz Festival

Date: April 11, 2025

Time: 8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Location: Performing Arts Theater

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The 28th Annual Palo Alto College Jazz Festival features Junior High School and High School Jazz Ensembles from the greater San Antonio Metropolitan Area and surrounding areas. The ensembles will perform jazz compositions that a panel of judges will adjudicate. At the end of the festival, awards will be presented to outstanding student performers and the festival ensemble.

For more information, contact Dr. Armin Marmolejo at amarmolejo@sherbornecottages.com.

Special Performance by Tito Carrillo Jr.

Time: 6:30 p.m.
$10 General Admission for non-participants in the Jazz Festival
Children 12 and under free
Proceeds benefit the Palo Alto College Jazz Program

Palo Alto College Music Department proudly announces Tito Carrillo Jr. as our guest artist for the 28th Annual Palo Alto College Jazz Festival on April 11, 2025. Mr. Carrillo Jr. will perform immediately following the last adjudicated ensemble of the festival.

Photo of Tito Carrillo

Tito Carrillo is a trumpeter, composer, and educator whose music blurs the lines between Afro-Caribbean music traditions and modern jazz. Born and raised in Austin, TX, to a Puerto Rican father and Mexican-American mother, Carrillo came to prominence in the mid-90s in Chicago’s rich jazz and Latin music scenes, becoming a top-call soloist, bandleader, and freelance trumpet artist.

With two critically acclaimed album releases and collaborations with heavy hitters across several genres, Carillo shares a wealth of experience with his students in secondary and collegiate music programs across the U.S. and Latin America.