the application pack.

Engines Easter Jazz Course
In partnership with Sydenham High School GDST
After a sellout course last
year the Engines Easter Jazz
Course returns to Sydenham
High School between the 8th
and 10th April 2015. The EEJC
brings your child the
opportunity to work with
some of the UK’s most
celebrated jazz musicians for
three days of creative music
making!
This year multi-award winning
instrumentalists Phil Meadows
and Laura Jurd will be running
the instrumental music whilst Alice Zawadzki directs the brand new vocal course!
Together they will be working with your child on a combination of large and small
group ensemble playing approaches to improvisation as well as helping develop
instrumental and vocal technique!
The course costs just £90 for three days and culminates in an end of course
performance open to family and friends! Running between 10am and 4pm it offers a
rare opportunity to work with three of the UK’s finest young musicians and we hope
you can join us! Places are limited to 30 instrumentalists and 15 vocalists and are
based on a first come first served basis so booking early is advised. All you have to
do is return the application form and a cheque for £75 to Philip Meadows, Engines
Orchestra – 195 Leahurst Road, Hither Green, London SE13 5LS.
Further information on the course faculty can be seen on the next page and if you
have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Please note that lunch is not provided and there will be faculty on site at all times.
Once on site your child will not be allowed to leave the school grounds and full
itinerary will be sent out via e-mail at least two weeks ahead of the course. Sydeham
High School is located a ten minute walk from the overground station, it connects
regularly to Canada Water for the Jubilee Line.
We hope your child can join us for three fantastic days!
Best Wishes,
Phil Meadows. BA(Hons), MMus.
Director – Engines Orchestra
[email protected]
Course Faculty:
Phil Meadows – Course Director – philmeadowsmusic.co.uk
As the 2014 Parliamentary Jazz Newcomer of the
Year and 2013 Peter Whittingham Jazz Award winner
Meadows is the founder of the Engines Orchestra. His
music has taken him onto some of Europe’s biggest
platforms including the Bimhuis in Amsterdam where
he was the youngest, only Briton and only
saxophonist in the final of the European Keep an Eye
Competition. His performance credits include the BBC
Proms, Ronnie Scotts, Glastonbury Festival and the
London/Manchester Jazz Festivals amongst a host of
radio and television performance and airplay including BBC Radio 3 and BBC 4. Phil plays
host to his self-titled group with whom he has toured the UK extensively releasing his
acclaimed album ‘Engines of Creation’. He has performed alongside Tim Garland, Mark
Mondesir, Jacqui Dankworth, Jason Yarde and many more. Meadows also writes a regular
contribution for Jazz UK magazine focusing on emerging UK jazz talent and is one of the
team of musical directors at the National Youth Jazz Orchestra directing their weekly
improvisational workshop NYJO London.
Laura Jurd – Music Director - laurajurd.com
As the winner of the Dankworth Prize for Composition and
Worshipful Company jazz prize Laura Jurd is a trumpet player and
composer who regularly finds herself writing a wide range of music
for a variety of ensembles. Inspired by music from all sorts of
backgrounds Laura's compositional voice finds a place for
classical, popular music, jazz and folk to collide creating
characteristically exciting and engaging soundworlds. Laura’s
debut album ‘Landing Ground’ received critical acclaim including a
4* review from The Guardian. Her quartet has also been featured
on a recording for BBC Jazz on 3. She can be found at venues and
festivals across the UK on a regular basis and she is also a
member of the emerging art-rock band, Blue-Eyed Hawk. She
teaches both for the National Youth Jazz Collective and the
Blackheath Conservatoire and is co-founder of the London-based, musician-led organisation
Chaos Collective.
Alice Zawadzki – Music Director - alicezmusic.com
Alice Zawadzki is one of the UK's most exciting
vocalists, enjoying a rich and varied career performing
with many celebrated musicians. She was first
introduced to jazz by New Orleans singer Lillian Boutté,
who took Alice under her wing aged 13 and on tour as
vocalist by age 15. She studied jazz voice and
composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Norma
Winstone, Nia Lynn and Pete Churchill, gaining an MA
in 2011 and previously at the Royal Northern College of
Music as a violinist, where she won the Hilda Collens Prize. Her debut album as leader 'China
Lane' has been met with critical acclaim and received a prestigious Maida Vale session for
Jamie Cullam’s Radio 2 show. Other projects include The Moss Project, Nightjar (led by Joe
Wright) duo with pianist Dan Whieldon and Sefiroth, a ten piece electro-acoustic group
playing Sephardic material. She is passionate about many styles of music and the creative
arts. As an educator, she has taught at the University of Salford, for the RNCM Gifted and
Talented Scheme, and currently the North London Music Academy. She has performed at
many leading venues and festivals including Ronnie Scott's, Kings Place, the Barbican, the
London Jazz Festival, the Manchester Jazz Festival, as well as many more overseas.
Application Form
8th-10th April 2015 Engines Easter Jazz Course
In partnership with Sydenham High School
Name: ………………………………................
Age: ……
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Please note: Bassists may require an amp – Keyboards/Guitar Amps are supplied – Drummers may bring cymbals and snare.
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About You – The more honest you are the more we can tailor your course!
What are you currently working on and what ensembles do you play with – both jazz
and other genres?
(ABRSM/Trinity Guildhall Exams – Current Pieces – Scales – Genre etc.)
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What music do you listen to?
(We want to know a good selection of what reaches your ears – it doesn’t have to be jazz!)
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Is there anything you would like to add? (Disabilities, medical needs or anything else)
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Parent/Guardian Signature*……………………………………………
*By signing this you give the Engines Orchestra and its partners the right to use photography, video and audio of your child
for promotional purposes. This media will not be used commercially and cannot be passed on further. E-mail addresses will
also be added to our mailing list.
Special thanks to our course partners:
Please return your application form
and £90 cheque to:
Philip H Meadows, Engines Easter
Jazz Course, 195 Leahurst Road,
Hither Green, London, SE13 5lS
Enquiries: 07896092486 - [email protected]