Jazz Access
Overview
NYOS Jazz Access is a training ground for the next generation of top jazz musicians.
Young instrumentalists and vocalists enjoy opportunities to refine their improvisation and key solo and ensemble skills, as a step along the pathway to participation in the flagship Jazz Orchestra. They perform a wide range of big band repertoire including traditional jazz standards and more modern repertoire; through this they also learn key jazz history.
Having performed at venues across Scotland, including residencies at the Aberdeen Festival, 2016 will be the first year when Access goes on the Summer Tour with the flagship Jazz Orchestra, performing at 2 Scottish venues in July.
Applications
NYOS Jazz applications are now closed and will open again in September 2019.
Open to keen young musicians who want to improve their ensemble and improvisation skills? Are you aged between 13 and 17 and have links to Scotland i.e.
- born in Scotland
- living in Scotland
- studying in Scotland or;
- with Scottish family
Standard: Open to instrumentalists and vocalists who are proficient on their instrument with some experience of improvising.
“NYOS Jazz Access is really important to me, and to everyone who attended the course. It is inspiration, motivation and fun!”
Jazz Access Student, Aberdeenshire
Performances
NYOS Jazz Access Summer Concert 2019NYOS 40th Anniversary
An Talla Mhòr, Skye (Skye Festival)
Conductor
Jules Jackson
Programme
NYOS Jazz Access presents ‘Rush Hour Jazz’ in a place where the rush hour consists of the 20 vehicles recently disembarked from the Mallaig to Armadale ferry.
NYOS Jazz Access 2016 Summer TourWith NYOS Jazz Orchestra
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye
RSNO Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Jules Jackson
Programme
This year, NYOS Jazz Access performs on tour with NYOS Jazz Orchestra. Under the direction of Jules Jackson, its repertoire includes an array of big band classics and arrangements of familiar recent hits.
Aberdeen Jazz Festival
Jazz on the Green – Carmelite Hotel, Aberdeen
The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen
Programme
For their 2015 season, the young musicians of NYOS Jazz Access ensemble look to one of the most exciting periods in jazz music - to the 1970s. After the liberalism of the 1960s and the emergence of the free and avant garde scenes, and the emergence of rock and roll, the inevitable fusion of jazz and rock came of age.
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Jazz Access at Aberdeen Jazz Festival
The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen
Conductor
Malcolm Edmonstone & Andrew Bain
Programme
For their 2015 season, the young musicians of NYOS Jazz Access ensemble look to one of the most exciting periods in jazz music - to the 1970s. After the liberalism of the 1960s and the emergence of the free and avant garde scenes, and the emergence of rock and roll, the inevitable fusion of jazz and rock came of age.
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