IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW FOR FALL 2023 and Spring 2024
August 22nd (Tuesday)
Jazz Faculty Meeting and Graduate Training Meetings and Course Preparation - 3pm
August 23rd (Wednesday)
Fall Classes begin
August 23rd and 24th (Wednesday and Thursday)
Jazz Band Auditions
(Audition sign up sheets are in front of the the School of Music front Office to the right of the elevators. Students who cannot attend may submit their audition via a Phone Video through contacting Scott Wilson
August 24th (Thursday)
FALL JAZZ GENERAL MEETING AT 1:55pm IN MUB 121
(all jazz students are required to attend)
August 25th (Friday)
SOM Student Convocation with UF Faculty 1:55pm IN MUB 121
(all jazz students are required to attend)
September 4th (Monday)
Labor Day.
(All students are off.)rtion (St
October 6th and 7th
Homecoming
(All students are off)
October 13th (Friday night 7pm - 10pm)
UF Jazz Band/Combo performs at 2023 World Music Fest
(there are many groups performing that night and we are last and perform for about 20 minutes)
November 6th (Monday night)
Jazz Band rehearsal with Latin Grammy winning guest artists Lannie Battistini and Jose Valentino
November 7th (Tuesday)
Jazz Band concert with guest artists Lannie Battistini and Jose Valentino. 7:20pm in University Auditorium
November 10th (Friday). Veterans Day Observed. (Nov. 11, Veterans Day)
Veterans Day
(All students are off)
November 22nd to 26th (Wednesday to Sunday)
Thanksgiving Break.
December 6th
Fall classes end
December 7th and 8th (No classes)
Reading days. Students prepare for exams.
Dec. 19th - 15th
Final Exams for UF classes
SPRING 2024
January 3rd - 6th (Wednesday through Saturday)
Jazz Education Network National Conference in New Orleans!!
January 8th (Monday)
Spring Classes begin
January 9th – 10th (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Spring Jazz Band Auditions
January 10th – 13th (Wednesday through Saturday)
Florida Music Educators FMEA Convention in Tampa.
January 15th (Monday)
Martin Luther King Day (off)
February 24th (Saturday)
School of Music CADENZA GALA
Selected UF Jazz Musicians to Perform
March 9th - 16th
SPRING BREAK
April 2nd (Tuesday)
JAZZ BAND CONCERT IN UNIVERSITY AUDITORIUM: 7:20pm
April 19th and 20th (Friday and Saturday)
Lakeside Jazz Festival in Port Orange, FL
April 24th
Spring Classes End.
April 25th and 26th (no classes)
Reading days. Students prepare for exams.
April 27th - May 3rd
Final Exams
