Rick Stitzel Music offers the finest jazz educational materials available today. Bands around the world have performed his compositions. They have been performed at The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, The MENC Convention, The International Association for Jazz Education Conference, The Pink Pop Festival in Germany, The Montreaux Festival in Switzerland, The North Sea Jazz Festival, and at state music conventions around the United States.

You can set your program apart by commissioning Rick to compose an original chart for your band. A commissioned work is tailor-made for your band, and can feature your strong sections and soloists. The commissioning band has exclusive use of the piece for the school year in which the piece is commissioned. After that time, the piece goes into the Rick Stitzel Music catalog. Because of this unique situation, commission fees are lower than one might expect.

In addition to being a first-rate jazz composer, Rick is also a fine clinician. He is available for big band clinics, improvisation clinics, and arranging clinics.