Here is a clip of the 2012 tour band performing at the Frank Collymore Hall in Bridgetown, Barbados in January this year. The tune is Flight Of the Foo Birds by Neal Hefti. Soloists are Tyaan Singh (alto), Scott Temby (tumpet), Jono Savery (tenor) and Jamie Bullman (drums).

Registration for JWA Jazz Camp 2013 is now open. There is an early bird special price of $715 available for payments made before September 1. After that full price is $756. If you’d like to pay by installments, you can, but this year we can only accept 2x $380 payments. This is because with any [...]

We are closed for Anzac day, so no lessons or combo or SYJO 2 rehearsals on Wednesday.

Unfortunately we have had to postpone the 2013 USA tour for twelve months. There was a lot of interest, and we got a bunch of people auditioning, but we weren’t able to put together a quorum of the more advanced players needed to make the band workable at the right level. Everyone who auditioned did [...]

Jazz Workshop Australia can teach you how to play jazz through one of our school holiday music camps. There are camps for all levels and ages throughout the year. The camps cover learning to play jazz and jazz improvisation. The school holiday camps are held in our outstanding venue in St Leonards, five minutes walk [...]

There are still some vacanicies in SYJO3, the junior ensemble of the Sydney Youth Jazz Orchestra. They are looking for sax players, trumpet, trombone and electric guitar. The band is for junior high school and upper primary students. This is a fantastic opportunity for young musicians to play in a high standard jazz big band [...]

JWA trumpet teacher Ellen Kirkwood is the 2012 winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. Congratulations Ellen! The Jann Rutherford Memorial Award was founded in 2005 to assist in the professional development of an outstanding young female Australian jazz musician. The Award is named in honour of the late jazz pianist Jann Rutherford, and is [...]

  Buying a drum kit. If you’re thinking about getting a drum kit for yourself or for a young drummer in your family and feel you don’t have nearly enough knowledge or experience to make good choices, the following guide will help you through the process. This guide assumes you’re relatively new to the world [...]