2025 R1/ColaJazz Middle & High School Jazz Camp

Our 9th annual ColaJazz Summer Jazz Camp offers exciting opportunities for Middle & High School jazzers:

– jazz combos and big bands
– learn jazz theory and improvisation
– experience cool workshops
– personalized instruction
– faculty & student concerts
– grand finale performances by our amazing campers!

With a large bands, small combos, theory, improv, elective courses, masterclasses and performances, our premier summer jazz camp is a blast for all-levels and instruments. Tuition includes a daily lunch, t-shirt & all daytime activities, masterclasses, and more...

PLEASE NOTE:
Richland One students in good standing attend - FREE! Contact us.

SPECIAL GUEST CLINICIAN: JOE ALTERMAN!

Pianist, Joe Alterman, began at NYU with a BA and Masters in Jazz Piano from NYU and has since performed at many world renowned venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland and Blue Note alongside Houston Person, Les McCann, Dick Gregory, Ramsey Lewis, and his own trio, among others. Les McCann states "Joe's on a 'blow your mind' level," and Ahmad Jamal calls him "a very special artist." Journalist Nat Hentoff championed three of Alterman’s albums, as well as his writing (Joe wrote liner notes to three Wynton Marsalis/JLCO albums), calling one of Joe’s columns “one of the very best pieces on the essence of jazz, the spirit of jazz, that I’ve ever read, and I’m not exaggerating.”

GENERAL SCHEDULE

MONDAY – THURSDAY
JUNE 9 – 12
9am – 4p

THURSDAY, JUNE 12
2p-5p
Grand Finale Concert
*FREE, open to the public!

LOCATION
Dreher High School
3319 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29205
*Wonderful facilities to practice, learn, hang and play JAZZ. Convenient and FREE parking, easily accessible, this location serves us well.