JazzFest History ABOUT JAZZFEST ARTISTS EDUCATION COMMUNITY POSTERS & PROGRAMS CLEVELAND MUSIC LEGENDS DONATE Maria Schneider Instrument: Bandleader/Composer Born: Windom, Minnesota "Like dreams are a way to process your psyche, music is a way to preserve and share memory. " - Maria Schneider jazztimes.com Back to Artists Maria Schneider 1998 From the JazzFest Program Biography: