

Featured 2025 Clinician
Scotty Barnhart
Scotty Barnhart is an internationally acclaimed jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, and author. The current Director of the Count Basie Orchestra, he has been a featured trumpet soloist with the orchestra since 1993.

2024 Winners: Lincoln High School
"Basically Basie" Competition
A competition for bands who are judged on their ability to capture the essence of the Kansas City style as best exemplified by the Count Basie Orchestra.