Jazz Services - A voice for jazz

Jazz Services has received the following press release from the PRS For Music Foundation, who are today launching the first ever UK-wide New Music Biennial, presenting a series of brand new music commissions to audiences across the UK in 2014.  From today organisations can apply for up to £20,000 to commission and perform new work across all genres.  The text of the press release is below, and it can…

Voting is now open for the 2013 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group Awards!  Just use the form below to nominate your choices for the nine categories in this years awards.  The eventual winners will be selected from these nominations by the awards' judging panel, and the final winners will be announced at a ceremony at the House of Commons on Wednesday 8th May. Please note: voting closes at 12 noon on Monday 4th February 2013 The Parliamentary Jazz Awards is organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG), and supported by PPL in conjunction with Jazz Services,…

This report has been written by Esther Briggs who spent the summer of 2011 on a work placement at Jazz Services.  Esther updated the first report on jazz in the media (2008) which was commissioned from the University of Westminster by Jazz Services.  The report compares the actual press coverage of a range of musics, including jazz, with the level of coverage that might be expected if the newspapers under scrutiny based their coverage on their readers’ actual musical tastes as indicated by the standard media research sources used by the industry. Chris Hodgkins, Director Jazz Services October 2012 To download…

Jazz Services is happy to share fantastic news that last night the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) announced the winners in 13 categories of the 2012 British Composer Awards. Christine Tobin received the award in the Contemporary Jazz Composition category for her latest album "Sailing to Byzantium". photo: Anthony Statham Congratulations to Christine who has been touring with Jazz Services' support presenting this highly acclaimed material. More information…