The National Youth Jazz Collective is delighted to launch its Jazz Summer
School 2010, funded by Youth Music and parented by Sound and Music
This week long summer school will be held at
The Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d’Abernon, Cobham, Surrey
22nd – 28th August 2010
With a FREE public performance in the Menuhin Hall on 28th August 2010 at
6pm – 8.30pm and a pre-concert public seminar in “Good practice for young
jazz musicians” at 4.30pm
Tutors include Issie Barratt, Alec Dankworth, Nic France, Mark Hodgson, John
Hollenbeck, Mark Lockheart, Liam Noble, Jeremy Price, Nick Smart, Martin
Speake, Rowland Sutherland and Mike Walker.
The focus of the National Youth Jazz Summer School is to develop
improvisatory and interactive skills within the context of small group
playing, as well as offering a high level of performance experience and
professional guidance.
Summer school participants will be asked to pay a registration fee of £150
Free regional auditions, open to all young jazz musicians aged 14 – 18 and
residing in England, will be held at the following venues between 27th March
and 17th April 2010.
Leeds College of Music
Saturday 27th March 2010
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Sunday 28th March 2010
The Sage Gateshead
Monday 29th March 2010
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Tuesday 30th March 2010
Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester
Wednesday 31st March, 2010
Birmingham Conservatoire of Music
Thursday 1st April 2010
Hills Rd Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Tuesday 6th April 2010
Centre for the Performing Arts, UWE, Bristol
Wednesday 7th April 2010
Dartington Hall (c/o South West Music School), Devon
Thursday 8th April 2010
Truro College, Cornwall
Friday 9th April 2010
Royal Academy of Music, London
Saturday 10th April 2010
Royal Academy of Music, London
Sunday 11th April 2010
West Norfolk Professional Development Centre, Kings Lynn
Saturday 17th April 2010
The closing date for applications is 19th February 2010.
For more information and the on-line application form please visit the
National Youth Jazz Collective’s website www.nyjc.co.uk or contact the
National Youth Jazz Summer School Project Manager
on summerschool@nyjc.co.uk or c/o the National Youth Jazz Collective, PO Box
63162, London, SE14 9AB