Musical Passage
New Jazz infrastructures across Devon & Cornwall
Tomorrow’s Warriors performing at the Box, Plymouth, June 2023.
In partnership with Tomorrow’s Warriors, The Box, Arts & Culture Exeter, Plymouth Music Education Hub, Asone Hub, Devon and Torbay Music Education Hubs and Leskyn Kernow, we are working to establish a long-term infrastructure for jazz education and performance across Devon and Cornwall. This will begin with a pilot weekend (9-10 June 2023) including a continued professional development (CPD) session for teachers from across the region, a performance by Tomorrow’s Warriors, a masterclass for school students and a public jam session.
Tomorrow’s Warriors performing at the Box, Plymouth, June 2023.
Developing the Regional Network of Jazz Music Teachers
Drawing on Tomorrow’s Warriors expertise as the UK’s leading provider of free-at-the-point-of-delivery jazz education for young people, Radical Ecology is working with partners across Devon and Cornwall to identify a network of 12-20 music teachers across the region, covering Plymouth, Penzance, Bodmin, Helston, Totnes, Okehampton, Torrington & Exmouth.
The selected group of teachers have in turn been invited to serve as the project’s core community leaders:
Working directly with TW musicians in CPD settings
Hosting Tomorrow's Warriors at local schools to support the delivery by TW of jazz workshops for students
Leading on the delivery of regular, funded jam sessions that will move across the project’s geographical area to support the ongoing connectivity and participation of the teacher-participant cohort whilst also providing a point of contact and engagement for emerging musicians in each location.
The aim is that through the relationship with Tomorrow’s Warriors, the cohort will emerge as an autonomous network, active in and across the region whilst also connected through TW with the leading edge of the UK youth jazz scene.
Tomorrow’s Warriors performing at the Box, Plymouth, June 2023.
Developing Regional Audience for Jazz
The project also creates an opportunity to develop audiences for jazz across Devon and Cornwall through live performance and open jam sessions. The aim is to establish a network of partner venues that can support touring schedules for Tomorrow's Warriors and other related talent looking for opportunities to explore the viability of additional dates across South-West England.
PROJECT EVENTS
Plymouth Workshops, 2023
9-10th, June
Supported by University of Exeter Arts and Culture, Tomorrow's Warriors will be running a series of workshops in Plymouth in June 2023 aimed at teachers and young people from across Devon and Cornwall. These workshops will be supported by a live performance (9th June) and open jam session (10th June) at The Box.
CPD, jazz, jam sessions
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