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Jazz Improvisation – to the next level in your own way
The Suffolk Jazz School at Castle Hill Community Centre, Ipswich
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This day for intermediate and advanced instrumentalists, (including rhythm section players), will explore practical ways to help you build on your improvisation skills and help you find your own musical voice. Advanced players who are confident solo performers, will also find it useful to explore new forms of musical expression.
Throughout the day we’ll work together as a full ensemble, exploring ways to shape solos, develop ideas and respond musically to each other. Hannah will share practical tips on how to structure a solo, and ways to begin and end even when you feel you have no idea what to play. The focus will be on musical expression and communication, helping you move beyond patterns and play with greater freedom and intention.
There will be opportunities to try out ideas during rehearsals and gradually build confidence in a supportive setting. The day will finish with an informal performance for family and friends.
Our tutor Hannah Horton is an artist who goes her own way. As an award-winning, Selmer endorsed saxophonist and composer, a bandleader, and a successful recording artist, her strong, clear tone, powerful rhythmic sense and compelling sense of melody make her an unmistakeable voice on the scene. Recognition from the musical establishment has come in the form of awards, endorsements and diplomas, but it’s the way that audiences respond to her unashamedly positive, uninhibitedly personal music, and the emotional honesty of her accessible, engaging take on jazz that delivers the definitive accolade.
Alongside her own artistic career, education and giving back to the community has always been an important part of Hannah’s musical identity. She founded J-Steps, a jazz ensemble for female and non-binary improvising musicians and received the 2023 Parliamentary Jazz Award for Jazz Education Of The Year in recognition of her accomplishments.
Cost £65. Please bring a packed lunch.
