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Maddie has been a judge since 2020

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Maddie Vogler

Bitter Jester Music Festival Judge

Maddie Vogler is a musician, producer, and educator in the Chicagoland area.

She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016 with a degree in Music Education. Maddie currently performs and records with a variety of performance groups in Chicago on saxophones, clarinet, and flute.

Maddie is the Assistant Director of Bands and jazz band director at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL, where she teaches alongside fellow Bitter Jester Judge and Director of Education, Michael Tseitlin.

She is also a 2019 Luminarts Fellow in Jazz Improvisation on Alto Saxophone.

Maddie (standing) working with Stevenson High School students in the school’s digital music lab.

Maddie (standing) working with Stevenson High School students in the school’s digital music lab.