TheJazz, Yamaha and Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group Scholarships for new Jazz talent!

The words 'Jazz' and 'Scholars' may seem unusual bedfellows but the exciting new scheme announced by Yamaha and theJazz promise not only a great financial boost for Jazz students but more importantly a unique way to get new talent noticed by the great and the good of the Jazz industry at a gala event at the Palace of Westminster in July.

A new scholarship scheme for outstanding jazz students has been announced by theJazz, the UK’s new jazz radio station and Yamaha. Initially, the awards will endow £9000 over three years to Nine students.

The scholarships aims to support and showcase the best of the UK’s emerging Jazz Talent and will offer awards of £1000 to three outstanding Jazz Musicians in year one. These awards will be used to assist in the musical and promotional development of the successful ‘scholars’.

Applications are now being sought for scheme which is also supported by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation group and Jazzwise magazine. To be eligible for an award applicants should should submit an unedited recording of two contrasting pieces, be students in full time music education and over 18 years of age.

In addition to a significant financial incentive, the successful applicants will also be invited to perform at ‘Jazz in house’ supporting the acclaimed John Etheridge and his band on July 18th. Guests at this prestigious event, to be held in the Atrium, Portcullis House in the Palace of Westminster Westminster. Guests at the event will include jazz correspondents, promoters, management and record labels as well as a host of VIP musician guests so it’s a unique chance to get your music heard by many highly influential people within the jazz community

Application forms are available online from www.yamaha-music.co.uk and www.thejazz.com or here from Jazzwise.com. Closing dates for entries is the 18 June so prompt action is imperative.

A representative of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group said "We are delighted to work in partnership with Yamaha and 'the Jazz' to identify and support the young jazz musicians who we hope will be stars of the future. We commend the companies for providing these jazz focused bursaries."

Yamaha’s Mike Ketley one of the founders of the scheme commented “We are delighted to be able to offer these scholarships with our partners, the UK produces great Jazz music and world class jazz musicians, our aim is to provide not only a financial incentive but an effective platform so that influential members of the Jazz community can get to hear this new talent , this aspect may well prove a great boost to our successful applicants.”

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