USC Jazz

09/23/2026

Join us tonight for the first Jazz Combos concert of the year! Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 7:30 in the Recital Hall. See you there!

University of South Carolina School of Music

09/17/2026

The cats with Virginia MacDonald
Their faces say it all!
Residency day 2-tomorrow!

09/14/2026

We're excited to welcome JUNO Award winning clarinetist, Virginia MacDonald and Guggenheim winning composer and trombonist, Michael Dease to campus this week as part of our Koger Heritage Jazz Festival. All events are free and open to the public. You don't want to miss this opportunity to hear and learn from them both. Join us!

University of South Carolina School of Music USC Jazz University of South Carolina City of Columbia Government

Matt White Colleen Clark Lauren Meccia Steve Briody Nery Kim Michael Wilkinson Tayloe Harding

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!