NYJO Academy Big Band players feature in Ignite Festival
May 15, 2013 by Sean
13 year old saxophonist Asha Parkinson’s group ‘Out Of The Loop’, will be performing in the prestigious lunchtime ‘Ignite’ series at the Royal Albert Hall Consort Café on Thursday 23rd May. Line-up includes NYJO Academy Big Band and Purcell school musicians: Asha (saxes), Gabriel Davies (keys), Charlie Heyward (guitar), Arthur O’Hara (bass), James Dancer (drums) [...]
Read more ...London – 21/07/13 – The Hideaway
May 10, 2013 by Sean
Who? NYJO Live When Sunday, July 21, 2013 2:00pm – All Ages Where The Hideaway (map) 2 Empire Mews Stanthorpe Road Streatham London SW16 2ED « Back to the calendar
Read more ...London – The Hideaway
May 9, 2013 by Sean
Who? NYJO 1 Live When 2:00pm – All Ages Where The Hideaway (map) 2 Empire Mews Stanthorpe Road Streatham London SW16 2ED « Back to the calendar
Read more ...Shanti Das reviews NYJO at Thornbury festival
May 2, 2013 by Sean
NYJO @ Armstrong Hall, Thornbury Arts Festival, 20/04/13 Shanti Das The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) certainly put the ‘youth’ back into ‘jazz’ with their performance at the Thornbury Arts Festival last week: not only did they manage to mesmerize an audience spanning generations but they did so with astounding ease. NYJO comprises aspiring musicians [...]
Read more ...NYJO’s Scott Chapman wins Humph Award
April 23, 2013 by Sean
We are very proud to announce this years winner of the Humph Award is Scott Chapman. Scott is a drummer and percussionist from London currently in his third year of study at the Royal Academy of Music. His musical grounding came primarily from playing in church, though his first experience of playing jazz was from [...]
Read more ...NYJO to perform at St Albans International Organ Festival
April 9, 2013 by Sean
NYJO will perform at the 50th St Albans International Organ Festival on 17th July at 7.30pm. The venue is the beautiful St Albans Cathedral. Tickets are available from the Box Office: 01727 846126 or by completing the booking form which can be downloaded here: St Albans International Organ Festival Brochure Discount is offered to Under [...]
Read more ...NYJO Academy Rehearsals and Holidays
April 3, 2013 by Sean
NYJO London, NYJO Academy Big Band and NYJO Academy Jazz Ensemble will rehearse every Saturday as usual except for the dates below. NO REHEARSAL 25th May (LCCM OPEN DAY) NO REHEARSAL 24/31 August (Summer Break) NO REHEARSAL 7 September (LCCM OPEN DAY)
Read more ...Music of Two Minds and Oliver Nelson: Dave O’Higgins to appear as guest MD with NYJO at The Hideaway
March 26, 2013 by Sean
Dave O’Higgins, one of the UK’s finest jazz musicians, and an ex-NYJO member, will appear as guest Music Director when NYJO play The Hideaway on June 16th. The first half of the lunchtime concert will feature Dave’s original compositions written for his Two Minds big band, whilst the second half will see the band perform [...]
Read more ...NYJO players join Bobby Shew for a trumpet party
March 19, 2013 by Sean
Tom Gardener, the promising young trumpeter currently blowing up a quiet storm in the NYJO Academy Big Band, assembled a rhythm section to accompany U.S trumpet legend Bobby Shew at a ‘trumpet party’ and workshop at Prozone brass retailers last Saturday. NYJO MD Mark Armstrong took the current NYJO trumpet section along for the session [...]
Read more ...Marius Neset Masterclass at The Forge
March 19, 2013 by Sean
The Incorporated Society of Musicians is running a Jazz Masterclass on Tuesday 23 April. The masterclass will be led by award winning Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset (http://mariusneset.com/about) and will take place from 12pm to 4pm at The Forge in Camden. This is a fantastic opportunity for young jazz musicians to learn from a leading jazz [...]
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