Friday, April 4, 2025
Guest Artists/Clinicians: New York Voices
“New York Voices lives up to its reputation as the most exciting vocal ensemble in current jazz…to collect such quality voices in one group is rare enough, yet the real trick of New York Voices is how well they mesh…”
— Boston Herald
Vocal Jazz Festival Q&A:
When and where is the festival taking place?
The 2025 UWSP Wausau Vocal Jazz Festival will take place on the UWSP Wausau campus in Wausau, WI on Friday, April 4, 2025.
Where on the UWSP Wausau campus is the festival taking place?
The majority of festival events, including check-in, will take place in the UW Center For Civic Engagement building located at 625 Stewart Ave, Wausau, WI 54401. Bus directions can be found HERE.
How much does it cost?
Festival registration costs $310 per vocal ensemble. Festival attendees will also be able to purchase lunch and discounted $7 tickets to the evening guest artist concert. We will ask for lunch and concert ticket numbers 1-2 months prior to the festival and can send out a separate invoice for these payments as needed.
What does the festival include?
Each participating ensemble should prepare 2-3 songs in a jazz/pop style. You will have a warm-up room/time, performance time on stage in the Theater, and a clinic room/time to work with one of the members of the New York Voices.
Each school will also be able to nominate a solo singer to participate in a solo singing clinic with one of the members of the New York Voices.
The New York Voices will also be offering a masterclass to all attendees as well as a Q&A session.
Do schools need to bring their own sound equipment/rhythm section instruments?
UWSP will provide 18 wireless handheld microphones for the onstage performance for all vocalists. We will also supply a drum set, bass amp, and piano. The warmup room will have a rhythm section setup as well (keyboard, bass amp, and drums).
Is there an evening concert?
Yes! The New York Voices will perform a concert at 7p.m. UWSP’s award-winning vocal jazz ensemble will open the concert with a couple songs. Concert tickets are $20 general admission, with a reduced price of $7 for festival participants. It promises to be a great night of music!
For any other questions you may have, please feel free to contact Timothy Buchholz
CONCERT
7 p.m. UWSP at Wausau, James F. Veninga Theater
$20 – general admission ($7 for participating school groups)
Come enjoy an evening of unforgettable music by the internationally acclaimed vocal jazz group, the New York Voices!
You do not want to miss this opportunity to hear the one of the best vocal jazz groups on the planet!
General admission tickets are available in advance online by clicking here. If tickets remain, they will be sold at the box office beginning half an hour before the performance.
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