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October Special Guests: 10/7 – Terence Blanchard 10/14 – Bob Mintzer 10/21 – Ernie Watts 10/28 – Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Hosted by SJO music director Mitch Glickman, “Beyond Symphonic [...]

The ASCAP Foundation and the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra are pleased to announce Daniel Szabo as the recipient of the 4th Annual ASCAP Foundation/Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning [...]

The SJO community is making it possible for young minds to experience the transformative power of music. Because of generous donors and funders, weekly music education is happening, each and [...]

The Symphonic Jazz Orchestra’s Music Advisory Board selected Patrick Gandy winner of the 3rd Annual ASCAP Foundation/Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning Prize. Gandy is a composer, [...]

Miguel Zenón performs with the 67-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra. Photo by Sam Urdank | http://www.samurdank.com/ On Saturday, Sept. 30th, we presented our 6th free concert for the community in [...]

For the 2017-18 school year, the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra is pleased to welcome Kentwood Elementary School as its newest school partner. This brings the SJO’s school partnerships to 13 [...]

The SJO is proud to announce its 3rd annual ASCAP Foundation/Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning Prize competition, which is open to all direct ASCAP composer members, with a submission [...]

As part of the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra’s 15th Anniversary Concert at the Carpenter Center in Long Beach, the SJO will premiere Gordon Goodwin’s “Fantasia for Soprano Sax & [...]

As part of the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra’s 15th Anniversary Concert on May 7th, we will remember the contributions of our former co-music director George Duke. From 2004 to his passing in [...]

The SJO is thrilled to have started bringing weekly music education to Colin L. Powell Academy, which is just on the border of Long Beach and Compton! With the addition of Colin Powell Academy, [...]