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Julian
has a genuine and energetic commitment to educational projects,
regularly working with students of all ages in masterclasses
and workshops. He was central to the launch of the Associated
Board's jazz syllabus (which includes one of his own compositions,
'Allfarthing Blues'). He is the patron of the Jazz Development
Trust, established in 1998, The Firebird Trust and the Pembroke
Music Academy. |
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Julian
regularly builds into his concert touring schedule time to
work with local students and teachers.
He has
worked with children in schools across the UK, as well as
in South Africa and India. He has also
hosted masterclasses for jazz students at the Royal Academy
of Music in London and at the Wigmore Hall as part of his
concert series. His opera for children, Shadowball,
was premiered in June 2010. |
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| 2010 | ||
Julian
will be on the judging panel for the Yamaha Jazz Experience
Competition final in Cheltenham on Saturday 1 May. Click here
for more details. |
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SHADOWBALL,
Julian's new jazz opera commissioned by the Hackney Music
Development Trust, with a libretto by Mike Phillips, is to
premiere at the end of June. The opera, about the US Negro
Baseball Leagues, involves young people in performance activities
and promotes interest in the game whilst addressing issues
of racism and descrimination. |
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Click
here
for more info. |
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2009 |
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Julian
is performing with the 51st
State Band at the Royal
Festival Hall on 23 June as part of 'A Brighter Sound',
hosted by Wandsworth School's Music. Click here
to watch clips. |
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Yamaha
have launched a wide-ranging new jazz education initiative,
The
Jazz Experience, involving teacher-training, school activities
and live events with major input from Julian Joseph, Gwilym
Simcock, Tim Garland and jazz educator Richard Michael. |
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A
series of regional one day improvisation work shops will be
led by Joseph, Simcock, Garland and Michael with contributions
form Peter Ind while additional name players will be announced
for subsequent training and master classes. |
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The
scheme is aimed at secondary school classroom and instrumental
teachers and is designed to give them the skills to encourage
and teach pupils to learn improvisation and help showcase
the best of this emerging talent at festivals and venues including
the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s and the
606 club. |
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Julian
will be leading workshops at the British
Academy of New Music, London, on Saturday 21 March, the
Blackwood
Miners' Institute, Blackwood, Caerphilly, on Saturday
28 March and the Birmingham
Conservatoire, Birmingham on Saturday 4 April.h |
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Check
out the Yamaha Jazz Experience project on MySpace.
Become a friend and leave a comment! |
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Click
here
to go to the Yamaha Jazz Experience website, or join the Yamaha
Education Friends' teaching community. |
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2008 | |
The
City of London Festival has released a new key-stage 3 web
resource - George
Bridgetower: Art, Liberty & Slavery, 1807 - which
focuses on the life and times of the young black violin prodigy
featured in Julian's new jazz opera, Bridgetower
- A Fable of 1807. Lessons are available for download here or by mail order here. |
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Julian
appeared with the Southampton
Youth Jazz Orchestra in March. |
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Julian
judged the biennial Foundation Music Competition Winners Evening
at Queen
Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield, West Yorkshire
in June. |
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2007 |
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Julian rehearsed and performed his special arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain in Manchester and London, in September and December. The Manchester concert also included a movement from his symphonic work, The Great Exception. Click here for pictures. |
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2006 |
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LSO,
St LUKE'S |
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In
May and September Julian hosted a weekend of workshops at
the LSO, St Luke's in London, with guitarist (and member of
Matthew Barley's 'Between The Notes') Paul Griffiths and the
LSO
Fusion Orchestra. The orchestra is made up of children
aged between 9 and 14, on instruments including violin, cello,
acoustic bass, piano and keyboards, drums and percussion,
electronics, clarinet, baritone sax, alto sax, trumpet, xylophone,
electric guitar and bass. |
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| 2005 | ||
| CHICHESTER JAZZ PROJECT: JAZZ-TASTIC | ||
In
January, Julian hosted a workshop with the BBC Concert Orchestra,
who were joined by the Western Area Youth Swing Band, the
Mid Sussex Youth Jazz Band and jazz students from University
College, Chichester. The workshop focused on big band jazz
arrangements and compositions, with an emphasis on developing
improvisation skills. Julian and his Trio then spent a day
with students working on small-group improvisation. |
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| 2004 | ||
In
March, Julian presented the Samuel Jazz Cup to outstanding
young alto saxophonist Oscar Blunson at Harrow
School, London, and helped judge their annual Swing Band
Competition. |
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In
April, Julian was invited to present prizes at the Weekend
Arts College's Annual Awards Ceremony. Click here
for more info on Julian's time at WAC. |
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In
May, Julian performed with the Royal Northern College of Music
Big Band. The concert included his new arrangement of Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue premiered at the City of London Festival
in July 2003, and his commission for BBC Music Live 2004,
'A Ballade of Love'. |
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In
June, Julian rehearsed and performed with the Dumfries Youth
Jazz Group at The
Big Gig at Birmingham Symphony Hall, and the Aylesbury
Music Centre Big Band as part of the Tring Festival. |
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| 2003 | ||
Julian
hosted a 4-day masterclass for jazz pianists at the Ruhr Piano
Festival, Essen, in July 2003, which culminated in a concert
featuring the participants. |
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Julian contributed to Cool Keys, a jazz programme for schools made by BBC 2 and CBBC, nominated for the 2003 Children's BAFTA award. In the programme, Jools Holland introduces a variety of jazz styles and talks with well-known musicians from around the world including Julian. All educational demonstrations were also illustrated by Julian. Cool Keys Packs can be obtained from:
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