Interested in what it takes to be a successful musician and recording artist in today's music industry? Here's your chance to find out. In keeping with Tiffin's reputation as the "Education City," a new Education Night will be held on the second day of the festival (September 11). The final Jazz Night at the Mill will serve as the warm-up party on September 10, with the full-day line-up of live musics taking place on September 12.
This open-to-the-public event will bring together both of the town's college jazz ensembles from Tiffin University and Heidelberg University, along with area musicians, high school students and interested residents to interact with Jazzin' Tiffin headliner Chris Standring. The TU Dragon Big Band will perform with Standring on one of his songs, in a new arrangement for big band written by band director Nathan Santos, and Standring will demonstrate jazz techniques and discuss topics such as:
- Guitar technique and composition
- Survival in the music business
- What it takes to be an an artist