National Partners


The National Youth Jazz Summer School was easily the best residential course I’ve been on. The opportunity to work so closely with musicians of such stature not only made a huge difference to my playing, but also on my entire outlook as a musician, and the way I interact with others. Just two weeks after the course I was playing in gigs with friends I’d met at the NYJC. Overall, the course had a great impact on my development.
Summer school participant.

The National Youth Jazz Collective (NYJC) is an innovative and vibrant charitable organisation and an NPO of the Arts Council of England. It supports the creative and educational needs of the nation’s young jazz musicians (aged 8 – 18) and music leaders through its programme of inspirational teaching and high profile performance opportunities. It is unique in focusing solely on small group jazz improvisation and its reach is national, ensuring that there are opportunities for young people to access jazz across the country.

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