IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW 2015-2016
August 22nd – 23rd
Graduate Training Meetings and Course Preparationparation
August 24th
Fall Classes begin
August 25th - 26th
Jazz Band Auditions
(Jazz Graduates will audition the students)
August 27th
FALL JAZZ GENERAL MEETING
(all students required)
Starts at 7pm
September 7th
Labor Day. (All students are off.)
(off)ration (St
September 19th
UF Jazz Band with Count Basie Orchestra in Orlando.
September 20th - 22nd
SEC Jazz Band. 2015 SEC Symposium: “Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Driving a 21st Century Economy.”
October 16th
UF Graduate Jazz Quartet at Hilton.
November 6th – 7th
Homecoming
(All students are off)
November 11th
Veterans Day (All students are off)
November 14th
Composer Conference with UF Big Band.
December 5th
Jazz Band Concert in University Auditorium. 7:30pm
December 9th
Fall classes end and students prepare for exams.
Dec. 12th and December 14th – 18th
Final Exams
December 18th
Grad classes grades are due
SPRING 2016
January 5th
Spring Classes begin
January 6th – 9th
Jazz Education Network National Conference
January 13th – 16th
FMEA Convention in Tampa.
January 18th
Martin Luther King Day (off)
January 30th – 31st
Woman’s Club Performance with Grad Jazz Combo.
February 6th
Sunshine Jazz Festival in Orlando with Wycliff Gordon
February 20th
Bobby Shew Reunion Concert in University Auditorium. 7:30pm.
Feb. 27th – Mar. 5th
Spring Break (All students are off.)
March 13th
Friends of Music Splendor. Fine Arts Gala.
March 19th
Music in the Park at Lake Wauburg. 12pm.
April 11th
HAPCO Wine & Dine for the Arts: Orlando (Grad Combo)
April 15th – 16th
Lakeside Jazz Festival
April 20th
Spring Classes End. Students prepare for exams.
April 21st – 22nd
Reading Days. (All students are off).
April 23rd and April 25th – 29th
Final Exams
April 29th
Graduate classes grades are due
