The OffCourse Big Band was born from the jazz improvisation course held by Simone La Maida at the Giocamusica school in Riccione. The first nucleus was formed with the aim of performing during the end-of-year recitals of the course and, with the addition of other musicians and a lot of enthusiasm, in 2011 the group became a stable reality starting to perform in public, in squares and in clubs.
In 2013 the OffCourse Big Band, together with the San Marino Choir and the singer Sara Jane Ghiotti, was included in the programming of the Teatro Titano in San Marino, with Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts, finding favor with the public both for the performance and for the originality of the composition.
In the same year the OffCourse Big Band collaborates with the singer Valentina Monetta participating in the recording of a song from his new album. The big band, despite its few years of activity, already has numerous concerts under its belt in squares, theaters and clubs, among which it prefers performances at the Belleville Jazz Club in Rimini.
