The Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Blog

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 Symphonic Jazz Orchestra’s 15th Anniversary Concert will feature the premiere of a new work from the winner of the George Duke Commissioning Competition, Alan Chan. Named after the [...]