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Jazz Performance

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Jazz Performance

Gain confidence in your ability to improvise and perform in a jazz group and learn tunes from the jazz repertoire.

The course will introduce you to playing in a jazz band, or provide opportunity for you to improve your knowledge and skills.

We will work on a number of tunes over the 10-week course, modelling a real playing experience. We play together as a group, learning tunes and improvising.

As far as possible we will function as a jazz band would, depending on the mix of instruments

participating.

Within this context we will consider orthodox performance conventions, and allow you to try improvising (or improve this skill) in a supportive environment.

This is a practical course focussed on playing, but theory and improvisation techniques relevant to the tunes

being played will feature.

PLEASE NOTE: Attenborough Arts Centre has two acoustic pianos we can use, but no other instruments or backline. You will need to bring your own instrument(s) each week.

Unfortunately, we cannot include vocalists, unless you also play an instrument.

Your instrument (other than drums etc) needs to be capable of all 12 chromatic notes. eg not diatonic “Blues” harmonica

This course is for those who play an instrument with reasonable proficiency – we will contact you after booking to ask which instrument(s) you will be playing.

To engage fully with the course you will also need to read music or chord symbols, but those who play well by ear are also welcome.

Tutor Richard Everitt is based in Leicester and plays the saxophone and piano. He mostly performs in small jazz groups, but also writes for larger ensembles. He performs regularly at Regent Jazz, where he organises the monthly jam session. Between 2016 and 2022 he was lead composer for the Leicester Cosmopolitan Carnival finale performances. As well as running this course, Richard has also tutored at CL Jazz Summer Courses for some years.

This 10-week course will run on Mondays, 7.30pm - 9pm, starting on 13 January and ending on 17 March 2025.

Participants must be aged 18+.

Please ensure that you agree to our updatedTerms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances.

We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome - just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5 pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the university of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough arts centre on Lancaster road.

The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).

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Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA

Tel: 01162 522455

Opening Times

Jazz Performance (13 Jan 2025)
DayTimes
Monday19:30

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