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Here you can read the latest blog entires relating to Jazz Services' Education section, from our own staff and from our friends in the industry.
Friday, 19 April 2013 15:00
Tony Haynes on improvisation - Music Teacher magazine
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The following extract comes from an article in the recent March issue of Music Teacher magazine - Tony Haynes offers an intriguing and in-depth insight into the art of improvisation... GO PLAY Some people put improvisation and jazz in the same bracket – perhaps not synonymous, but certainly closely related. In fact, improvisation is integral to a great many other musical forms – even, once, classical music. Tony Haynes explains…
Monday, 11 February 2013 11:19
NYJO announces new rehearsal structure and opening for MD
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Jazz Services has revceived the following press release from our friends at NYJO, with news of the expanded rehearsal structure for the organisation. NYJO is also advertising for the hiring of a new MD for the NYJO Jazz Ensemble - further details and application information can be found on their website at the following link: http://www.nyjo.org.uk/nyjo-recruiting-md-for-the-nyjo-jazz-ensemble   NYJO announces its new configuration – NYJO and The NYJO Academy Following…
Tuesday, 04 December 2012 11:39
Jazz Services’ annual Will Michael Jazz Education Awards
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 On 27 November, at the Royal Academy of Music, Academy Principal, Professor Jonathan Freeman –Attwood presented Bournemouth & Poole, East Renfrewshire, Manchester, Oxfordshire and Southampton with Diplomas of Merit for their outstanding commitment to jazz education in 2011/12; and Mike Ketley, Yamaha Music Europe – UK Managing Director presented a Diploma of Special Merit and a Yamaha Trophy to Devon by way of a reward for a remarkable record…
Friday, 05 October 2012 15:55
Jazz in Wales between the Wars - by Jen Wilson
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Jen Wilson, founder of Jazz Heritage Wales has written an extensive and enlightening document on the country's history and connection to jazz in the mid-war years. "Jazz in Wales between the Wars 1919-1939: fascists, feminism, fashion and some o’ that Old Time Religion" can be downloaded in full below, and the opening few paragraphs are below. For more info, visit the Jazz Heritage Wales webstie: www.jazzheritagewales.smu.ac.uk - - - - - "There is…
 Jazz Services has received the following round-up of recent events in the world of jazz education, kindly sent in by Ivor Widdison, chair of Jazz Services’ Education Panel = = = = = The Scottish Jazz Federation has a problem. How can it improve upon its first ever Jazz Education Conference? This splendid event, held at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, on 31st August, was skilfully chaired by…
We've had some exciting news about a new project from pianist Julian Joseph. Extra info and application forms are available at the Trust's website: www.hmdt.org.uk Tertia Sefton-Green, Creative Director at the Hackney Music Development Trust, fills us in on the details: "The Julian Joseph Jazz Academy will open in January and is being launched this autumn through a series of taster sessions beginning with one at the Barbican on 30th September. "The…
Friday, 17 August 2012 15:43
Jazz Services Education seminar, 9th July 2012
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"A New Dawn for Schools' Jazz Education?" was the question posed by a joint Jazz Services/Barbican Creative Learning seminar on 9th July. This first examination of the implications for jazz education of the Government's new National Plan for Music Education was lead by Richard Hallam, the principal architect of the Plan. The full report on the seminar is set out below, and the attachments referred to can be downloaded at…
Wednesday, 15 August 2012 08:53
National Jazz Archive talks as part of Heritage Open Days, 7th-8th September
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As part of the annual heritage Open Days season, the National Jazz Archive is presenting a series of free talks from prominent jazz and heritage professionals at the Loughton Library in Loughton, Essex, on the 7th and 8th September. The speakers will consist of Andy Simons, talking about the ‘Journeys of a Jazz Curator', Duncan Heining offering a perspective on British Jazz in the 1960s, and Dr Nicolas Pillai of Warwick University…
Tuesday night saw the House of Commons host the annual Summer Jazz in Portcullis House event, organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG). The evening featured a performance by saxophonist YolanDa Brown and her band, and included the presentation of the sixth annual Yamaha Jazz Scholars, in association with Jazzwise and PPL. The Yamaha Jazz Scholars scheme awards a £1000 Scholarship prize to each of the six…
Friday, 29 June 2012 10:19
Jazz education seminar at the Barbican , 9th July
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Jazz Services is holding a seminar on The National Plan for Music Education and its potential impact and influence on jazz education. Held in association with Barbican Creative Learning, the seminar will take place on July 9th at 2pm, on the 4th floor of the Barbican Centre in London. More details can be found in our press releases section (link here), and the National Plan for Music Education is outlined…
Jazz Services has kindly been sent the following Q&A session between drummer David Lyttle and Eddie Lee, organiser of the International Jazz Summer School & Music Festival in Sligo, Ireland, held this year from 24th - 29th July. Putting on any event naturally involves a great deal of time and effort, and the amount of work involved is not always apparent to an outside observer. The Sligo Jazz Project has…
Jazz Services has received the following release from our working partners at Yamaha's Education department: Â Yamaha's free Summer 2012 digital YES magazine By Bill C Martin, music education manager, Yamaha Music Europe GmbH (UK) The digital Summer 2012 issue of Yamaha UK's music education magazine, YES, is now available to view free online, with video and external links to make the reading experience more informative and interactive. To view…
Monday, 14 May 2012 09:01
Abram Wilson Becomes First Jazzlines Associate Artist
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Jazz Services has received the following press release about trumpeter Abram Wilson, one of this year's recipients of a Jazz Services National Touring Support Scheme grant: Â ABRAM WILSON BECOMES FIRST JAZZLINES ASSOCIATE ARTIST New Orleans-born trumpeter joins major new programme of wide-ranging performance and innovative education work from Town Hall & Symphony Hall. Jazzlines is an Arts Council funded programme produced by Tony Dudley-Evans and Mary Wakelam. New programme…