The sounds of big band jazz will fill the air in Egg Harbor across the county beginning on Wednesday. After the symphony season concludes on Saturday, big band jazz students will begin reporting to Birch Creek Music Performance Center on Sunday before playing their first concert on Wednesday. In addition to the performances inside the barn on Birch Creek’s campus, the center’s Jazz Ambassadors will circulate through the county, playing venues from Sturgeon Bay to Sister Bay and everywhere in between. Executive Director Mona Christenson says the building has a different energy when the big band jazz students and faculty show up.

Playing the likes of Ellington, Miller, and Basie along the way, Birch Creek will host performances Wednesday through Saturday for the next four weeks to close out its summer concert season. You can catch our full interview with Christenson by clicking this link.