Winter Jazz Camp Wednesday July 3 - Friday 5, ages 10+ 24 hours of tuition! Winter Jazz Camp is back. Click here for a printable brochure. It is a non-residential program for musicians ages 10 to 20, held at the Jazz Workshop in St Leonards. It features a varied program including: Big band playing  Combo/small ensemble playing Improvisation [...]

All the JWA and SYJO gigs at this year’s Easter show are now done. Everyone played really well, some in some very hot conditions indeed! Five of our combos performed plus the three Sydney Youth Jazz Orchestra big bands. The combos were: JWA Academy Intermediate Combo, JWA Academy Junior Combo, JWA Tuesday Senior Combo, JWA [...]

JWA will be closed for the Easter long weekend. Friday March 29: closed. Saturday March 30: closed. Sunday March 31: closed. Monday April 1: closed.   Term 1 ends on Saturday April 13. Normal private lessons are on that day. The last combo rehearsal for the term is on Saturday April 6. Term 2 starts [...]

Our successful Jazz for Kids holiday program returns these holidays, Monday April 15 – Tuesday 16 @ the Jazz Workshop in St Leonards. Both days $180; single day $99 It’s a jazz camp  It is a two day music camp for young musicians ages eight to fourteen. Suitable both for those new to jazz and students [...]

This year we welcome three new teachers to the JWA faculty. Robert Campbell is teaching trumpet on Wednesdays. Michael Walder is teaching double and electric bass, also on Wednesdays. Duncan Ford is teaching electric and acoustic guitar on Wednesdays. Robert Campbell is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and is currently studying for [...]

Some ideas for involving the rhythm section in improvisation lessons. It can be frustrating being a young rhythm section player in a jazz band. Most rehearsal time is spent focusing on the “horns”. After all, if they can’t get past the first three bars of an arrangement, then the band is in trouble. For us [...]