Since the very start of the pandemic, Wednesday at 6pm has become the time where NYJC hosts livestreamed conversations between multi-award winning Artistic Director, Issie Barratt and leading artists from across the scene to discuss their latest projects and share top tips for young musicians and their music leaders wanting to hone their skills and reach their true potential.
Learn about how you can study jazz at the weekly Saturday jazz programmes at the conservatoire’s junior jazz departments or NYJC’s vice president’s very own Julian Joseph Academy or the Purcell, Chethams & Wells Schools of Music. Hear about NYJC’s involvement @ this May’s Ribble Valley Jazz Festival or the roster of NYJC alumni and tutors now being championed by the incredible new label that’s already taking the scene by storm & meet two more of NYJC’s multi award winning summer school 2021 tutors, Jim Hart and Omar Puente
Recent interviewees joining NYJC’s Artistic Director include Tori Freestone and Sarah Matthews; Shirley Smart and Karen Street; Martin Speake and Alyson Cawley; Zoe Rahman and Nikki Yeoh; Mark and Michael Mondesir; Pete Churchill and Anita Wardell; Christine Jensen; Judith Robinson; plus NYJC alumni Laura Jurd, Alex Hitchcock, Tom Barford, Rosie Turton, Jas Kayser, Imogen Churchill, Skeltr, Will Glaser, Sam Watts, Asha Parkinson, Emma Rawicz and Will Barry.
All upcoming dates:
Wednesday 21 April – Studying Jazz @ Purcell, Chethams & Wells Specialist Music Schools – Simon Allen, Les Chisnall and Ed Leaker.
Wednesday 28 April – Ralph Porrett and Alex Clarke – NYJC alumni BBC YJMY 2020 & Ribble Valley.
Saturday 1 May at 8.30pm – Ribble Valley International Jazz & Blues Festival – Issie Barratt, Alex Clarke and Ralph Porrett present “Good Practice for Young Jazz Musicians”.
Sunday 2 May at 5.45pm – Ribble Valley International Jazz & Blues Festival – Issie Barratt, Jas Kayser & Rosie Turton present “New Standards”.
Wednesday 5 May – Studying Jazz at a Conservatoire Saturday Junior Jazz Programmes.
Wednesday 12 May – Ubuntu Music’s Founding Director Martin Hummel (roster includes NYJC’s Alex Hitchcock, Alexandra Ridout, Ralph Wyld, Sam Healey, Will Barry, Will Glaser, Andrew Bain, Tori Freestone, Gareth Lockrane, Tom Cawley, Liam Noble, Martin Speake and Jason Yarde).
Wednesday 19 May – Julian Joseph Jazz Academy – JJA is a weekly Academy under the artistic direction of internationally renowned jazz pianist and composer Julian Joseph. Applications are taken all year round from young people aged 11-24.
Wednesday 26 May – Omar Puente – Cuban born jazz violinist – He has been called “a classical violinist with a heart that beats with a Cuban rhythm, a soul that is African, and a home in West Yorkshire”.
Wednesday 9 June – Jim Hart – NYJC Summer School 2021 Tutor/Vibes player.
