UMSL’s director of jazz studies, who is retiring from teaching this year, founded the festival in 2004 and has served as artistic director ever since.

UMSL’s director of jazz studies, who is retiring from teaching this year, founded the festival in 2004 and has served as artistic director ever since.
UMSL’s director of jazz studies, who is retiring from teaching this year, founded the festival in 2004 and has served as artistic director ever since.
UMSL’s director of jazz studies, who is retiring from teaching this year, founded the festival in 2004 and has served as artistic director ever since.
Steve Heinz earned his MPPA from UMSL while stationed at Fort Leonard Wood but was deployed to Iraq before he could attend his graduation in 2004.