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Review of Jazz in England
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Review of Jazz in England: an Honest Portrait and an Actionable Roadmap – A Green Paper Report plots ways for jazz to keep swinging A cross-party Parliamentary focus group has published a review of jazz in England that sets out the way ahead for the music to flourish nationally over the next ten years. The…
More information on the review of Arts Council England and a survey questionnaire on the ACE grants application form + comment and Darren Henley’s article in the Stage
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More information on the review of Arts Council England and a survey questionnaire on the ACE grants application form + comment and Darren Henley’s article in the Stage I would be grateful if you could participate in this survey. Your feedback will help The All Party Parliamentary Jazz Group submission to the Arts Council England Review. This…
Welcome to chrishodgkins.co.uk!
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Until May 13th at midnight I was the Director of Jazz Services for 29 years until I retired at midnight on May 13th 2014. Jazz Services is the national organisation funded by Arts Council England since 1970 to provide services in information, touring, education, communications and publishing to the UK jazz community. Please see www.jazzservices.org.uk for…
The National Youth Jazz Collective in partnership with the “Salute to Humphrey Lyttelton” band launch Create Your Tune
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A key strand in the “Salute To Humphrey Lyttelton Tour” that took place from the 18th of November to the 5th of December 2021 is “Create Your Tune”. The National Youth Jazz Collective (NYJC) in partnership with the “Salute To Humphrey Lyttelton“ band are launching the scheme. This scheme is for people of any age…
Dowden does not want to let anyone down – cue laughter
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There was an article in the Guardian on the 18th June 2020, “Act to save industry, leading lights of stage urge government” https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun/17/cultural-catastrophe-uk-theatre-faces-ruin-amid-coronavirus-crisis . Dowden was quoted as saying “he does not want to let anyone down”. Well his insouciance to date has let a whole raft of jazz musicians and volunteer jazz promoters down and…
Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2019
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Press Release Voting is now open for the 2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, which will take place at PizzaExpress Live, Holborn, London on Tuesday 3rd December 2019. Entries are open to anyone with the final deadline for entries set for midnight on Friday 31st May 2019. To vote please go to: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/parliamentary-jazz-awards Please note the criteria…