Education Program

If you'd like to sponsor a student to the 7th Annual 2020 SUMMER Jazz Workshop, please contact us for details at info @ slojazzfest.org without spaces. DIRECTOR: Ron McCarley, Director of Jazz Studies, Cuesta College. Additional instruction by Darrell Voss. Guest instructors to be announced soon. Early Registration is available through May 31st!
Previous guest instructors Terry Lawless, John Worley, Wally Schnalle, Anton Schwartz, Danny Green, Ernie Watts, Charlie Shoemake, George Stone, Mark Pietri, and Scott Andrews. 
7th Annual SUMMER JAZZ WORKSHOP
We will be offering a 7th Annual Summer Jazz workshop in SUMMER 2020 (dates coming soon). Registration is currently CLOSED.
JAZZ TALKS
We're developing an education program with the vision to spread the message about jazz to the youth, musicians, appreciators, and seniors.

Our first education program offering was our Jazz Talks: American Songbook - Great Composers in Jazz Series, in 2014. 

The Summer Jazz Workshop REGISTRATION is currently CLOSED.

Registration details coming soon. We now offer a full week and offer "Anyone can Improvise" and "Jazz Masterclass" sessions, with combo, big band, and guest instructors (TBA - last year we had John Worley, Wally Schnalle, and Terry Lawless. Previous years include Anton Schwartz, Danny Green, Ernie Watts, Charlie Shoemake, and George Stone)!
Photos from the 2014 Summer Jazz Workshop - 2018 Summer Jazz Workshop.