Your Jazz Orchestra

The Space Coast Symphony Jazz Orchestra (SCSJO) was a natural collaboration between the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra’s Artistic Director, Aaron Collins and immense local jazz talent. With a desire to bring the same type of unique and challenging music to the jazz audiences as the symphony brings to the orchestral audiences, the Space Coast Symphony Jazz Orchestra was formed as a vehicle to create performance opportunities for jazz musicians in a big band setting.

Featuring some of the best jazz musicians in the Southeast United States, the SCSJO is considered one of Florida’s finest jazz orchestras and a model for success, presenting big band jazz and innovative programming to thousands each year. By incorporating contemporary arrangements into its repertoire, the SCSJO promotes the future of big band jazz and elevates the lively, adventurous spirit that keeps audiences coming back again and again.

Personally chosen from some of the biggest names in entertainment, the musicians of the Space Coast Symphony Jazz Orchestra are among the most seasoned and talented working professionals around. Each concert includes a bespoke ensemble assembled from acts such as: The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Airmen of Note, and touring musicians who have performed all over the world with Grammy award winning bands. The mission of the SCSJO, under the direction of Andrew Cleaver, is to present music of the highest caliber.

Andrew Cleaver began his tenure as Jazz Director in 2024 and is now the fifth director of the ensemble. The Jazz Orchestra has been under the baton of some of the finest jazz musicians in the United States including John Pendenza, Lee Romano, Dr. Patrick Hennessey and Frank Wosar. All of these bandleaders left their mark in defining the sound of the ensemble.