Det Jyske Musikkonservatoriums Big Band is the student big band of the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus (Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium), performing mainly new works written by the students themselves and invited guest composers. The ensemble plays regularly at Musikhuset Aarhus and has collaborated with international guest conductors and world-music artists. Since autumn 2024, award-winning Danish composer, pianist and conductor Kathrine Windfeld has joined the faculty, sharing the big band directorship with long-serving professor Jens Christian "Chappe" Jensen.
DJM Big Band performed with British guest conductor Nikki Iles at Musikhuset Aarhus, where the band played exclusively music written by Iles.
DJM Big Band collaborated with students from Iceland's art university in a joint big band with concerts in both Reykjavik and Aarhus under the direction of Kathrine Windfeld.
Kathrine Windfeld was appointed to Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium and conducted her first concert with the conservatory's big band featuring her own compositions and arrangements.
Kathrine Windfeld won the award "Live Act of the Year" at Danish Music Awards Jazz 2024.
DJM Big Band performed a concert at Musikhuset Aarhus with new music composed by the conservatory's own students, partly conducted by the student-composers themselves.
