Miles Ashton
NYJO sound engineer.
Read more about Miles...NYJO – the transformation has begun!
April 14, 2010 by Steve
A new phase in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra’s life began on Monday 12 April. After 45 years, the indomitable Bill Ashton MBE is handing on the baton to two people. Dr. Fiona Ord-Shrimpton becomes NYJO’s newly-appointed Executive Director, and Royal College Professor of Jazz Mark Armstrong assumes responsibility for the band’s musical direction. Bill Ashton [...]
Read more ...Paul Eshelby
NYJO2 ….more to follow.
Read more about Paul...Paul Hart
Paul Hart, born 1954, is a music composer. He spent his early life in Ilford, Essex. He studied Piano, Violin and composition at the Royal College of Music, first as a junior exhibitor and later full-time. Having developed an early interest in Jazz music he left college in 1973 and started working as a bass player, piano accompanist and jazz violinist to Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, an association which was to last into the early eighties and take him around the globe many times. He was also much in demand as a session musician.
During this period he met Joe Campbell, and in 1979 the pair formed ‘Joe & Co’ a company specialising in composing and producing music for advertising, film and television. The company came to be regarded as one of the foremost music production companies in the world. The list of awards won by Campbell and Hart is testimony to this fact.
He is a prolific composer having written extensively for Jazz Orchestra (including a guitar concerto for John Williams), Wind Band (pieces such as ‘Cartoon’ and ‘Circus Ring’), Orchestra, and smaller Ensembles. His orchestral works include two concertos (one written for Evelyn Glennie), an Anthem (dedicated to Nelson Mandela), and a set of variations on the British National Anthem. Paul has had three performances of his works at the BBC Promenade concerts including the Jazz composition ‘Out Of Hamelin’ performed by the National Youth Orchestra. His books of compositions and arrangements for flute & saxophone in the ‘All Jazzed Up’ series are best sellers; the Associated Board (ABRSM) have used them as examination pieces. Other commissions include pieces for London Brass, the British Clarinet Ensemble and The Kings Singers.
Together with the orchestral conductor David Arnold, he has composed a host of music identity packages for radio stations including ‘Classic FM’, ‘Jazz FM’ and the ‘BBC World Service’.
In 2009 his composition ‘All Thus Stand Light’ had its first performance, this was commissioned for the classical guitarist Fabricio Matos, as part of his Ivor Mariants Guitar Award from The Worshipful Company of Musicians. Also in May 2009 the guitarists John Williams and John Etheridge performed another new composition by Hart as part of the ‘Music at Oxford’ series in the Sheldon Theatre.
Read more ...Ross Anderson
A NYJO1 trombone player from Newbury, who started with NYJO as a member of NYJO2.
Read more about Ross...Sarah Ellen’s A Winner!
April 25, 2010 by Steve
Last week former NYJO singer Sarah Ellen Hughes won a major international jazz vocalist competition – against strong opposition from around the world. Sarah Ellen was competing in the International Jazz Voices Competition in Lithuania. After working her way up through the various stages of the competition, against 31 other contestants from many different countries, [...]
Read more ...Sean Corby: Projects Executive
April 17, 2010 by Sean
Sean has been working at NYJO since March 2011. Prior to this he has worked with a number of arts organsiations including Tomorrow’s Warriors, The Roundhouse and Trinity Laban. Sean studied Jazz at the Royal Academy of Music and at the Schweitzer Institute at Sandpoint Festival USA. He has worked as a trumpet player with [...]
Read more ...Steve Titchener
I have been involved with NYJO since 1978, firstly as a trumpet player, then as a composer/arranger (writing many charts for the band that have been played and recorded over the years) and I have been Assistant Musical Director for the last eight years. I studied jazz at Leeds College of Music, The Guildhall School Of Music & completed a Masters Degree in jazz composition at The Manhattan School Of Music in New York City. While in New York, I had my own Big Band and was lucky enough to play with some of the best jazz musicians in New York including: Paquito D’Rivera, Tony Kadleck, Bob Mintzer, Chris Potter, Ryan Kisor, Ed Shaughnessy, Lew Soloff, Scott Wendholt to name but a few. On this side of the Atlantic I have played in many shows and bands including The Syd Lawrence Orchestra & Shirley Bassey.
I am currently Head Of Brass & Music Technology at Christ’s Hospital School just outside Horsham in Sussex.
Read more about Steve ...Tom Walsh
NYJO1 trumpeter who started out in NYJO2.
Read more about Tom...Tom Walsh is first recipient of Prestige Jazz Award
April 30, 2010 by admin
Tom Walsh, longstanding NYJO trumpet player, was announced as the first recipient of the prestige Humphrey Lyttelton Royal Academy of Music Jazz Award at a presentation concert held in Hammersmith at the end of April. The award was presented by Humph’s son Stephen – further details of the awards evening can be found at http://www.humphreylyttelton.com/ [...]
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