FIRST SEMESTER—

August:

 Lessons resume from vacations

 September:

 4- Labor Day- school closed

5- (Tuesday)- Homeschool Band begins

5-7- Combo classes begin, 6pm (Monday classes begin 9/11)

12-14- Quiana Parler Workshops (Burke HS and St. Johns’s HS)

(combo workshop Wednesday, Sept. 13, 6pm at the Academy- open to public)

16 – Concert: Queens of Jazz  Charleston Jazz Orchestra + Quiana Parler (Jazz Passes Available)

23 (Saturday) – Region/All-State Audition workshop, 9am-1pm

 October:      

21 Concert:  Melissa Aldana w/Charleston Jazz Orchestra (Jazz Passes Available)

 November:

4 (Saturday) – All-State Jazz and Combo Audition workshop, 9-12

7- Election Day

20-24- Thanksgiving holidays

 December:

1 – Audition deadline for SCBDA Honor Combo

2 – Holiday Swing - Charleston Jazz Orchestra (Jazz Passes Available)

10- CJA Recital/Concert, 4-5:30pm - location TBA

15- Academy Holiday Break begins 

SECOND SEMESTER—

January:

8-  Lessons resume

20- Region Band Auditions

22- Combos resume

27- All-State/ All-State Jazz auditions, Lexington SC

February:

10- Honor Jazz Combo performs at SC Music Educators, Columbia

20-23- Workshop week with Stefon Harris

23-24- Region Band Clinics

March:

3-4- SCBDA Jazz Festival/All-State Jazz Clinic

April:

8-16- Spring Break

TBA- Combo at Firefly- Charleston Jazz Festival(?)

28- JAZZ FAMILY DAY sponsored by Charleston Jazz

May:

5- CJA Spring Recital, 4-5:30, location TBA

5- Combo classes end

24- Spoleto Opening Ceremony (TBA)

 (Note- Spoleto is May 24-June 11; CCSD classes end June 7)

June:

TBA- Spoleto Jazz Guest Artist Workshop at CJA, time TBA

SUMMER 2024 COMBO CAMP SCHEDULE TBA!