You might recall that we had no less than five DYJO players gain places to and attend the National Youth Jazz Collective Summer School this year (and supported by DYJO funding). It’s certainly to DYJO’s collective benefit that our young players are taking even more time out to enhance their jazz skills with some of the top musicians in the country, as they can then inspire everyone else in DYJO (including us tutors!) with their playing.
The application and audition process for next year’s summer school will be starting soon, so as an encouragement for all young aspiring jazz musicians to participate in the process, here are two videos featuring Kai Craig and Will Pearce:
NYJC Summer School 2016 Cleveland Watkiss and Gareth Lockrane’s Group
NYJC Summer School 2016 Laura Jurd and Mark Mondesir’s Group
Do keep an eye out here for the announcements for the 2017 Summer School!