WORKSHOP
Frank Griffith Youth Big Band Workshop
Churchill College Music Recital Room
University of Cambridge - TBC
Saturday 21st Nov.
10:00am - 12:30pm
£6
Wheelchair Accessible.
Frank Griffith, jazz saxophonist and clarinettist, composer and bandleader will be giving a big band workshop and he'll be joined by local educators local music educators David Burgoyne (keys and drums) and Vicki Kenny (keys).
Ages 13 to 18 (grade 3+) with some experience in playing with jazz groups. There will be a maximum of 25 attendees at the workshop.
The course ends with big band performances by everyone taking part.
Born in Eugene, Oregon in 1959, Frank lived in New York City from 1980-1995. While there he worked with Ron Carter, Jon Hendricks and Jack McDuff and played lead alto with the Glenn Miller Orchestra for a nationwide tour in 1984.
To reserve a place on the workshop, please provide some details in the form below.
Currently, Frank is a Music Lecturer and Director of Performance at Brunel University.
"I will say without equivocation that this latest assembly of Frank Griffith's work has delighted me."
Sir John Dankworth
"I am a great admirer of the work of Frank Griffith. He is an admirable tenor player, a delightful clarinettist with a wonderful tone, an arranger and composer of great skill and ingenuity and as though all that wasnt enough, he is as kindly and modest a man as you could ever wish to meet....Body & Soul is one of the greatest Ballads ever and Franks version is a welcome addition to the fine soloists from Coleman Hawkins onward who have played it."
Don Mather
