BJS Jazz Education Conference Schedule

Wednesday 18th of January 2017 at the Verdict, Brighton

Brighton Jazz School is delighted to be running their annual Jazz Education

Conference at the South Coast Jazz Festival this year. We firmly believe that
learning jazz should not be a classroom experience but rather a fully integrated
community-based experience. This is nothing new and stems back to how the jazz
greats learnt. Getting together, practising together, listening together and gigging
together. This has been our ethos since the very beginning. Today is about
championing the amazing array of jazz education institutions we have in the South
East; coming together and sharing best practices and experiences. It is very
important to us that we are associated with festivals and venues that promote live
jazz which is why we are very excited and honored to be running the conference as
part of the South Coast Jazz Festival Programme. The first part of proceedings will
be talks and workshops given by professional jazz musicians and educators covering
a wide variety of subject areas. The subject matter is linked together through the
notion of community.

This evening we will be holding an awards ceremony for students across three jazz
education establishments including a multi-band concert of students from Brighton
Jazz School, Chichester College, and University of Chichester. This day is dedicated
to the late Simon Dsouza, whose widow Susan will be attending and contributing to
the awards to be given out this evening, as a legacy of Simon's positive contribution
to the jazz and education scene in the South Coast region.

Brighton Jazz School would like to thank the South Coast Jazz Festival for hosting
us this year as well as Brightons only dedicated Jazz Club; the Verdict.
Schedule of Events: Jazz Education Conference
(Please note, there will be a 5 minute break between each event allowing for coffee
refills and toilet breaks)

Time Event/Speaker Title Description

10.30-11am Arrival/Coffee - -

11am-11.15 Welcome Wayne and Julian -

11.20-11.55 Wayne McConnell Jazz Theory Sells Wayne McConnell, Jazz

Pianist, Director of Brighton
Jazz School and Lecturer in
Music at the University of
Chichester talks about why
the notion of jazz theory
as a means to learn jazz is
flawed and how we should be
teaching (and learning) the
music.

12-12.20 Julian Nicholas Current Trends in HE Saxophonist, Composer,

and the Cultural Educator and now Co-Curator
Influences on of the South Coast Jazz
Students' Decisions Festival.
to Attend a Jazz
Course.

12.30-12.55 Geoff Simkins Reflections In A Saxophonist and Lecturer at

Concrete Pond Royal Welsh College of Music
gives us his thoughts on
Jazz Education after a
lifetime of playing, learning
and teaching.

1pm-1.45 Lunch - Food and networking

opportunity

1.50-2.30 Claire Martin The Importance of Claire Martin OBE, award

Learning to Lead a winning jazz vocalist, South
Band - Talk and Q&A Coast Festival director and
regular workshop leader
discusses the importance of
developing musicianship
through the effective
leadership of a band.

2.30 - 4.30 Jazz 'Fighting Monomania: Alex is a University of

Improvisation An Exploration into Chichester graduate, musician
Workshop with Other Ways of and teacher. People wishing
Alex Ayling Improvising to take part in the workshop
Moores need to bring instruments.
Schedule of Events: Jazz Awards Ceremony and Student Gig

The South Coast Jazz Festival are proud to present an evening of music and awards for
students across four Jazz Education Institutions in the South. You will hear music from the
students of Chichester College, Brighton Jazz School, the University of Chichester and from
the participants at the workshop this afternoon. The awards are to celebrate achievements
throughout the year from our students and to honor and remember the late Simon D Souza
who was a pillar of light in the community. Simon was extremely dedicated to passing on the
art-form in his very gentle but assertive manner. To say he was encouraging and supportive
to students is an understatement. The students loved him because he saw himself as one.
We give out the awards in his name and remember him as a wonderful musician, educator
and humanitarian.

Schedule of Events: Jazz Awards Ceremony and Student Gig

Time Group Description

7.30-8.05pm Jazz Edu Workshop Group BJS Edu Conference participants

present their work from the
workshop this afternoon.

8.15-8.50pm Chichester College Band Students from Chichester College

present a programme of music.

9pm-9.35pm Brighton Jazz School Band Students from Brighton Jazz

School present a programme of
music.

9.45pm-10.20 University of Chichester Band Students from the University of

Chichester present a programme of
music.

JAm Session

On behalf of the South Coast Jazz Festival, Chichester College, Brighton Jazz
School and the University of Chichester, we would like to extend our thanks to you
for your support and participation at this important day. We hope you enjoyed this
event and please have a wonderful time at this fabulous festival.

www.southcoastjazzfestival.com
www.brightonjazzschool.com
https://chichester.ac.uk/course/ade571
http://www.chi.ac.uk/bmus-hons-jazz-performance