2025-2026 Clef Preparatory Jazz Music Academy Calendar
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Clef Preparatory Jazz Music Academy (CPJMA)
CPJMA FALL TRIMESTER – A Deep Dive into Jazz Improvisation
“Exporing the Art of Spontaneous Musical Conversation”
Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Saturday, December 20, 2026
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
CPJMA WINTER TRIMESTER – The Art of Big Band
“Power, Precision, and the Pulse of Jazz”
Saturday, January 10, 2026 – Saturday, March 14, 2026
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
CPJMA SPRING TRIMESTER – Crossover Jazz – Roots & Grooves
“Where Jazz Speaks the Language of Groove”
Saturday, March 21, 2026 – Saturday, June 27, 2026
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Recital Saturday, June 27, 2026
Recital Start Time 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Clef Prep Summer Jazz Camp
(Three Sessions)
Monday, July 6, 2026 – Friday, July 10, 2026
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM $450
Monday, July 13, 2026 – Friday, July 17, 2026
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM $450
Monday, July 20, 2026 – Friday, July 24, 2026
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM $450
Recital: July 24, 2025
Recital Time 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Individual Private Lessons
Individual lessons are offered at all levels in all music technology and recording, piano, vibes, drums, saxophone, trumpet, trombone keyboard, string, brass, percussion and fingerboard instruments as well as in voice music theory, and composition. The Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz maintains several musical instruments and encourages students to have an instrument for study and, in limited circumstances, may be able to assist students in acquiring instruments on loan. Individual lessons are open to youth and adults.
Private Lessons $400, $300, $250
CPJMA FALL TRIMESTER
Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Saturday, December 20, 2025
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Recital: December 20, 2025
Recital: Start Time 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
No Classes: Thanksgiving Weekend-November 28, 2025
CPJMA WINTER TRIMESTER
Saturday, January 10, 2026 – Saturday, March 14, 2026
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Show Case Saturday, March 14, 2025
Show Case: Start Time 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
CPJMA SPRING TRIMESTER
Saturday, March 21, 2026 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
Class times: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Recital Saturday, June 13, 2026
Recital Start Time 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
No Classes:
Easter Holiday: Saturday, April 5, 2026
Memorial Day Weekend: Saturday, May 23, 2026
Early Bird Rates Effective Until July 1, 2026
| Program | Duration | Cost |
| Private Lessons 1 hour | 10 lessons – 10 weeks 1 hour lessons | $400.00 (new rate $800) |
| Private Lessons 45 minutes | 10 lessons – 10 weeks 45 minute lessons | $300.00 (new rate $600) |
| Private Lessons 30 minutes | 10 lessons – 10 weeks 30 minute hour lessons | $250.00 (new rate $450) |
| Fall Trimester payments | 10 weeks – A Deep Dive into Jazz Improvisation “Exporing the Art of Spontaneous Musical Conversation” | $500.00 |
Winter Trimester payments | 10 weeks –The Art of Big Band “Power, Precision, and the Pulse of Jazz” | $500.00 |
| Spring Trimester payments | 10 weeks –Crossover Jazz – Roots & Grooves “Where Jazz Speaks the Language of Groove” | $500.00 |