End Of Year Message from Founder and Artistic Director: Gilbert Castellanos
(Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune) As we finish up the 2020-2021 season and summer is approaching, I would like to take a moment to express my deep gratitude to each of you for your...
Congrats to the Class of 2021!
Congrats YLJC Class of 2021 🎓 This year's graduating seniors are deserving of an especially hardy congratulations. They put in the hours. They juggled weird schedules. They did the work. And doing...
WINNERS! Downbeat Magazine’s 44th Annual Student Music Awards!
Congrats to YLJC’s NEW SOIL ENSEMBLE for winning DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE’s 44th Annual Student Music Awards! 👏🎉 Category: Small Jazz Combo High School Honors Ensemble. Second year in a row!! We are soooo...
Young Art Winners 2021: Nick Caldwell, Brenda Greggio, John Murray
We are very excited for, and proud of these three YLJC students! Congrats on being winners in the 2021 Young Arts competition! Nick Caldwell | Jazz/Saxophone/Tenor (Honorable Mention) Brenda Greggio...
We Are Improvisers! COVID-19 Update
YLJC's response to COVID-19 has been (and will continue to be) strategic and focused on safety. The pandemic crisis is far from over but we are proud to be able to bring some joy and a sense of...
Congrats To YLJC’s Class Of 2020!
Congrats To YLJC's Class Of 2020! 👏They are our the YLJC Class of 2020 🎓 A class that has persisted through the unthinkable and the unpredictable. Each of these students was born in the wake of...
Summer Workshop Announced
YLJC is proud to announce our 2020 Summer Workshop – Online. Open to all ages, and students can join from anywhere in the world. We have an amazing faculty lined up and different attendance options...
New Soil Ensemble Wins Downbeat Magazine’s Student Music Award
Congratulations to YLJC’s New Soil Ensemble for taking the win in the High School Honors Ensemble category for the 43rd annual Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards! NEW SOIL ENSEMBLE Instructor -...
Jazz Explorations with Gilbert Castellanos – New Online Series
We are pleased to introduce an online series presented every Sunday at noon! Join us for some exciting “jazz explorations” sessions hosted by Gilbert Castellanos. The presentations will be different...
YLJC Moves To Online Classes Due To COVID-19
Young Lions Jazz Conservatory has moved to remote instruction - week two wrapped up today! To ensure that we do our part to help with the community responsibility of social distancing during this...
YLJC Student Connor Gilbert Receives the VAPA Spotlight Award
We are happy to announce that Connor Gilbert, bass player in our "Free For All" and "Blue Train" ensembles, will receive a Spotlight Award from the San Diego Unified School District’s Visual and...
YLJC Student Taichi Okumura Wins International Golden Classical Music Award!
We are proud to announce that 12-year-old conservatory student Taichi Okumura has been awarded first prize in the prestigious International Golden Classical Music contest and has been invited to...