Welcome

A new and vibrant National Youth Music Organisation, funded by Youth Music and currently parented by the Foundation for Young Musicians, designed to support the creative and educational needs of the young jazz musician through regional outreach projects and an annual National Youth Jazz Summer School.

Everyone at The National Youth Collective is delighted to welcome David Holland as our new President. We're thrilled to be working under the guidance of such a great jazz luminary and are very much looking forward to working in partnership with Dave as we take our work into all regions of the UK and the National Youth Jazz Summer School.

The Collective are pleased to announce that the 10 regions selected to host NYJCs workshops and performances for September 2009- April 2010 are: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cornwall, Devon, Huddersfield, Kendal, Lambeth, Norfolk, North East and Rotherham.

Work with Us

We are currently looking for someone to fulfil the role of Executive Director. Please click here to download the job description and more information.

NYJC's current regional partners are:

Jazz Action, Birmingham Jazz, Marsden Jazz Festival, South West Music School, Torquay County Council, Centre of Young Musicians, Kendal’s Brewery Arts Centre, Norfolk, Devon, Cornwall and Rotherham Music Services, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival / Huddersfield University... read more

Summer School 22nd Aug - 29th Aug 2010

The National Youth Jazz Collective is delighted to launch its National Youth Jazz Summer School 2010, which will be held at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Surrey from 3pm on 22nd August to 11am on 29th August 2010, culminating in a free public performance given by the summer school participants at 6pm on 28th August 2010 and a pre-concert seminar at 4.30pm for aspiring young jazz musicians looking for advice on “Good practice for young jazz musicians”.

This week-long summer school, funded by Youth Music and parented by Sound and Music, will draw together 30 of England’s most gifted and talented young jazz musicians (aged 14 to 18), working alongside a team of extremely experienced jazz educators, who are also internationally renowned jazz artists. Tutors include Issie Barratt, Alec Dankworth, Nic France, Mark Hodgson, John Hollenbeck, Mark Lockheart, Liam Noble, Jeremy Price, Nick Smart, Martin Speake, Rowland Sutherland and Mike Walker.

The focus of the National Youth Jazz Summer School is to develop improvisatory and interactive skills within the context of small group playing, as well as offering a high level of performance experience and professional guidance.

Auditions for NYJC’s National Youth Jazz Summer School 2010 will be held between 27th March and 17th April 2010 at the following locations. Auditions are open to young musicians who are aged 14 to 18 and are living in England.

History

The National Youth Jazz Collective is a new and vibrant National Youth Music Organisation, funded by Youth Music and currently parented by Birmingham Conservatoire, designed to support the creative and educational needs of the young jazz musician through regional outreach projects and an annual national summer school.

Please visit our galleries to see pictures of previous events.