TSC Jazz Band, under the leadership of Director of Bands Lisa M. Foltz, presents its annual family-friendly “Fall Concert” on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in Turner Auditorium at Tallahassee State College; 444 Appleyard Drive; Free and ample parking and free admission for all! Come enjoy an evening of Classic Big Band, Jazz, Rock, and Swing tunes! Turner Auditorium is located in the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC), between the Administration Building and the Communications and Humanities Building.
Featuring tunes by Henry Mancini, Mike Kamuf, Les Hooper, Billy Joel/Arr. Nestico, Chick Correa, Victor Schertzinger/Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn (as performed by Frank Sinatra and Count Basie), and more!
Mark your calendars 🙂 Here’s a listing of our 2024-2025 concerts as of today. Thank you for your continuing support of our Tallahassee State College bands! See you at the concerts!
Tallahassee State College Jazz Band
October 16, 2024 (W), 7:30 PM (Turner Auditorium at TSC, Fall 2024 Concert)
Thank you to everyone who follows the blog posts for Capital City Band of TSC and TSC Jazz Band here! We had some challenges with our website last year, but we’re back! Before we share our current concert posters (look for another post soon!), please celebrate our successful 2023-2024 concert season with us.
TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE JAZZ BAND (as it was known prior to July 1, 2024) presented six concerts during the 2023-2024 concert season:
October 23, 2023 (Fall Concert in Turner Auditorium)
November 29, 2023 (The Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community)
April 13, 2024 (Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival at Tallahassee Museum)
April 24, 2024 (Spring Concert in Turner Auditorium)
May 1, 2024 (The Grove at Canopy Retirement Community)
June 12, 2024 (The Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community).
CAPITAL CITY BAND OF TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (as it was known prior to July 1, 2024) presented nine concerts during the 2023-2024 concert season:
October 25, 2023 (Fall Concert – The Maguire Center of Westminster Oaks)
December 2, 2023 (Winter Festival – rained out)
December 4, 2023 (Tallahassee Senior Center)
December 8, 2023 (Commencement – Donald L. Tucker Civic Center)
April 6, 2024 (Springtime Tallahassee in Ponce de Leon Park)
April 26, 2024 (Spring Concert in Turner Auditorium)
May 2, 2024 (Commencement – Donald L. Tucker Civic Center)
June 17, 2024 (Tallahassee Senior Center)
July 4, 2024 (the first as CCB of TSC! The Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community)
We also presented the following special concerts:
April 2, 2024, Jazz Octet for “Jazz & Poetry in the Stacks” (TCC, as it was then known, Main Library)
April 21, 2024, Horn Trio plus Piano, Chamber Recital with Chilean Guest Artist, Alejandro Meléndez(Allegro Senior Living)
April 26, 2024, quintet at “Florida Heroes Reception” (The Florida Governor’s Mansion).
We’ll share some of our concert posters, photos, and more details from last season soon!
Tallahassee Community College Jazz Band, led by Lisa M. Foltz, played a concert at The Grove at Canopy, Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022
The Tallahassee Community College Jazz Band had a busy summer season, playing concerts at both The Grove at Canopy on May 18, 2022 and at the Maguire Center of Westminster Oaks on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Residents and guests enjoyed big band, Latin, and popular tunes as played by the Band. TCC Jazz Band is a traditional “big band” and includes two vocalists. Residents and band members alike look forward to the next time TCC Jazz Band is able to perform at the respective locations!
Tallahassee Community College Jazz Band, led by Lisa M. Foltz, played a concert at the Maguire Center of Westminster Oaks, Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Photo by Dakota Carolluzzi, edited Lisa M. Foltz, art editing by Mike Ewen.
Join us for our returnto Turner Auditoriumon Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM!
In March 2020, sounds of jazz in the Tallahassee Community College Band Room fell silent. Those sounds, stunted by distance and lagging bandwidth, would only later be revived in individuals’ living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens as TCC Jazz Band rehearsed over Zoom for the entire 2020-2021 academic year. Then, on September 25, 2021, the band joyfully regathered in the Band Room for the first in-person rehearsal in over 18 months.
The last two months have been a time of rebuilding…a time of renewal and of revival. We’re still mourning the loss of two of our longtime friends and colleagues and the wife of one of our longtime members. (These losses were not related to band rehearsals.) We’ve welcomed five new members and one former member. We’ve practiced tunes we had only previously worked week after week utilizing keyboard accompaniment, instrumental recordings, and occasionally an individual player “unmuted,” over Zoom. We’ve brought back tunes we had nearly-concert ready when we were sent home 18 months ago. We’ve persevered. We’ve persisted. We’ve adjusted, and grown. And, the band is ready. We are gratefully ready to perform for you.
Be part of our community as we return to Turner Auditorium on Wednesday, October 18, 2021 at 7 PM. We need you, and we think you’ll find you needed us…and music…live music that feeds the soul and lifts your spirit.
Turner Auditorium is located at Tallahassee Community College in the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC), which is between the Administration Building and the Communications and Humanities Building, 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, Florida, 32304; Free and ample parking is available in front of the FPAC. The concert is free for everyone to attend.
Our family-friendly concert will last about an hour.
Eagles Rise! Tallahassee Community College students Marcus Polzer (Baritone Saxophone) and Kate Curley (Trumpet) are two of the newest members of TCC Jazz Band.
TCC Jazz Band provides students an opportunity to build relationships with other students and community members, and to keep playing their instruments in college. TCC students Marcus Polzer (Baritone Saxophone), Kate Curley (Trumpet), and Maximus Figueras (Trumpet) [not pictured] joined TCC Jazz Band this fall. All three were standout musicians in their high-school jazz bands and in other ensembles.
Capital City Band of TCC and TCC Jazz Band have been hard at work and at play this semester during our Monday-night and Wednesday-night Zoom rehearsals, respectively.
While we miss being together on the Tallahassee Community College campus, we are grateful to be able to continue playing music and nurturing relationships online. We hope you enjoy these screenshots of a portion of our participating members.
From our homes to yours, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!
Stay tuned for information regarding spring rehearsals and how you can join us!
Join the Capital City Band of TCC for the 2017-2018 concert season and make an impression on the Tallahassee community. We currently need:
Percussion
Flute
Clarinet
Trumpet
Rehearsals start Monday, August 21, 2017, from 7-9 pm at the TCC Band Room, room CH165, in the TCC Communications and Humanity’s building.
TCC Jazz Band starts rehearsing for the 2017-2018 concert season on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at the TCC Band Room, room CH165, in the TCC Communications and Humanity’s building.
Join The TCC Jazz Band in concert at The Apalachicola Mardi Gras/Habitat For Humanity Fundraiser on February 14, 2015, at the Armory in historic downtown Apalachicola at 6:00 p.m.
Enjoy the music, the historic sites, and support a great cause!
Fort Coombs Armory
4th St
Apalachicola, Florida 32320
