NYJO Impresses at Ronnie’s
January 12, 2012 by Steve
NYJO’s three-night residency at Ronnie Scott’s at the beginning of January was an unqualified success – the band playing to full houses each night, with the final session actually being a sell-out! The high-profile gig generated a great deal of positive press – even prior to the event. Ivan Hewett, writing in the Saturday Telegraph [...]
Read more ...NYJO’s on the Wireless on Boxing Day…
December 22, 2011 by Steve
BBC Radio4’s Today programme is not normally renowned for its innovative jazz content – but that is all about to change on Boxing Day! That’s because Lord (Sebastian) Coe – well-known as a former athlete, now the head of the 2012 London Olympics and a NYJO Vice-President – has been invited to guest-edit the 26th [...]
Read more ...NYJO live for 3 nights at Ronnie’s in January 2012
December 1, 2011 by Sean
NYJO’s annual residency at Ronnie Scott’s has been one of the highlights of our calendar for many years. For young musicians to have the opportunity to perform at one of the world’s most famous jazz clubs at such an early stage of their careers is a gift. Not only will they play to a packed [...]
Read more ...NYJO is now auditioning for 2012!
October 31, 2011 by Steve
From January 2012, the NYJO performing band will consist of young musicians who have undergone an audition and selection process which has been devised to reflect the realities of professional jazz performance and to allow countrywide opportunities for the best young jazz players to join NYJO. Auditions and selection for chairs in NYJO 2012 will [...]
Read more ...Conservatoires UK and NYJO – Teaming Up For Excellence
October 11, 2011 by Steve
Conservatoires UK and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra have teamed up in an historic collaboration that will create a lasting cultural legacy for the education of the UK’s young jazz players. A unique agreement between CUK and NYJO – building upon various informal partnerships that already exist between NYJO and individual conservatoires – will allow [...]
Read more ...A Secure Foundation For Building NYJO’s Future
October 8, 2011 by Steve
The Board and Trustees of NYJO are delighted to confirm that the prestigious John Ellerman Foundation has awarded NYJO a core funding grant, applicable for the next two years, to help underpin and secure the development of our ’Becoming Truly National’ programme. The Ellerman Foundation funds a wide range of national charitable activities, with particular [...]
Read more ...Richard Turner (1984 – 2011)
August 21, 2011 by Steve
It was with great sadness that we learned of the recent death of ex-NYJO trumpeter Richard Turner, from a seizure whilst swimming. Reuben Fowler provides this assessment of his friend: “27-year old Richard played with NYJO during 2003/4 while studying at the Royal Academy of Music. He was a formidable trumpet player and a hardworking and [...]
Read more ...Amy Winehouse, 1983 – 2011
July 23, 2011 by admin
Amy Winehouse, who died on 23rd July, was once memorably quoted as saying that she began her career: “…singing for old people in the back room of a pub in Rayners Lane”. That pub was, of course, the celebrated Rayners Hotel – and the band she was singing with was NYJO. How Amy came to be singing with [...]
Read more ...Chris Eldred gets Parliament’s vote
July 22, 2011 by Steve
Earlier this month NYJO keyboard player Chris Eldred became one of just six winners of this year’s All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group’s prestigious jazz scholarships, awarded in partnership with Yamaha and in association with Jazzwise and PPL. The scholarships, each worth £1000, were presented at the Group’s annual ‘Summer Jazz’ event at Portcullis House, [...]
Read more ...NYJO Starts ‘Em Young!
July 22, 2011 by Steve
The recent World Première of the NYJO ‘Graduates’ Band at The Manor in Ruislip was a unique occasion, for a number of reasons. For the first time, this special gig gathered together ex-NYJO players from across the generations – Sean Whittle (Tommy Whittle and Barbara Jay’s son) from the early ‘80s; Alyson Cawley (neé Adams) [...]
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