Education
We are committed to supporting jazz education both during the festival and throughout the year.
All of our courses are heavily subsidised and tailored to all abilities/experience levels.
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Our main projects are as follows. Please click on the links to find out more and apply!
Monthly online courses open to all abilities and ages
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Weekly online lessons
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Weekly individual feedback and support
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Participation in the Virtual Jazz Ensemble performances
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Monthly special guest tutors
Cambridge Youth Jazz Summer School
4 day intensive course running in the last week of August
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Special morning warm ups
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Masterclasses
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Experience-based ensembles
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Big Band/large ensemble
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Composition tasks
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Admission to the tutors’ concert
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Participation at Daily jam Sessions
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Participation in end of course concert
Cambridge-shire Youth Jazz Orchestra
Creative ensemble running termly weekend projects
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A different World-class guest tutor running each course
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Public performance at the end of each project.
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NewGen Jazz
Workshops linked to performances showcasing some of the UKs finest young musicians
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Discounted tickets to the performance
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Workshop with the musicians in advance to get insight into their approaches
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