Jon Ailabouni

Jon Ailabouni is Assistant Teaching Professor of Music at UW-La Crosse, directing jazz ensembles and teaching trumpet/appreciation courses. His creative work integrates jazz traditions with liturgical practices, producing compositions like The Spirit is Moving: A Jazz Liturgy and album You Are Not Alone.

Performance collaborations include Chris Merz and Shorter Stories, Isthmus Brass, and La Crosse Jazz Orchestra. He researches women composers in jazz education and leads worship music workshops nationally.