USC Jazz

07/31/2026

2026-2027 Jazz Girls Day® Announced! Join us in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Tennessee!

https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music/community/community_events/jazzgirlsday.php

05/15/2026

See you at Finlay Park on 9/18/2026 with Virginia MacDonald and Michael Dease!

The Koger Center for the Arts Heritage Jazz Festival is pleased to announce its first event of the 2026-27 season in partnership with the City of Columbia and Finlay Park. 🎶

Join us on September 18, 2026 at Finlay Park for a booming jazz program featuring USC Jazz's Left Bank Big Band, Clark Combo and DJ Shaina Dashiell with very special guest artists JUNO-Award-winning clarinetist Virginia MacDonald and Guggenheim-winning composer and trombonist Michael Dease.

Free & open to the public! Bring a friend and enjoy live jazz under the sky!

04/13/2026

Join us this Sunday at the Charleston Jazz Academy from 9-3 for Jazz Girls Day®!

Register here:
https://fmp.music.sc.edu/fmi/webd/JazzGirlsDay?homeurl=https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music/community/community_events/jazzgirlsday.php

04/06/2026

Join Swing Shift Big Band for their final concert of the academic year, this Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 7:30pm in the School of Music Recital Hall. Playing the music of Machito, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and a Perez Prado classic, you don’t want to miss this one!

04/01/2026

Join us for our final jazz combos concert of this academic year!

This Thursday at 7:30pm in the School of Music Recital Hall the Kervin, Briody, and Butterfield Combos will take the stage.

See you there!

03/28/2026

Join MacArthur Foundation and DOWNBEAT award winning guitarist Mary Halvorson for a masterclass at USC JAZZ HQ located at 1106 Greene Street this Monday, March 30, 2026 from 10:50am-12:15pm, an experience not to be missed!