Do you teach jazz, in or out of the classroom, to children, young people or adults?  If the answer is yes, then this education training day is for you.

This event brings together some of the UK’s finest jazz educators for a day of informed discussion and debate. Guest speakers include former lead jazz consultant to the Associated Board, and Professor of Jazz Piano at the Royal College of Music Dr Charles Beale; Head of Jazz at Trinity College of Music Simon Purcell; guitarist Kathy Dyson and pianist Andrea Vicari; international jazz educator Richard Michael; and trombonist, band leader, and 2008 Parliamentary Jazz Educator of the Year award winner Dennis Rollins.

This one day event promises to be both entertaining and enlightening, offering the opportunity to: discuss, learn from and challenge examples of existing good  practice; consider how students learn, and how teachers can, and should,  develop a range of teaching and learning strategies enabling them to respond to the needs of students.

Delegates are asked to bring their instruments for the participatory workshops.

Details are as follows:

Saturday 25 October, 2008
Mermaid Conference and Events Centre
Blackfriars
London EC4
10am to 4.30pm

Cost: £80 (£70 for MU/ISM members) includes lunch, and  refreshments throughout the day.

For further details and to request a registration form, please contact Humie Webbe on 07939 375 383 or email  education@jazzservices.org.uk

Teachers working in LEA-maintained schools in Wales may be eligible for funding from the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) through its professional  development funding programme. Please contact the Professional Development Team for further guidance on 02920 550 350 or email: cpd@gtcw.org.uk  

Jazz Services hosts the Jazz in Education  Day as its main Music Manifesto pledge, and as a contribution to the Workforce Development priority focus.

www.jazzservices.org.uk