Performing Arts and Music

This exciting new jazz ensemble is for all instrumentalists and vocalists and will explore Jazz, Funk and soul repertoire within a practical jazz ensemble format.
A broad repertoire will be explored such as music by Herbie Hancock, Tower Of Power, The Crusaders, The Brecker Brothers, Stevie Wonder and George Duke etc.
Sessions will focus around developing the repertoire of the course and will explore the technical aspects of performance, the rhythmic aspects of this style of jazz and jazz harmony will be explored to support improvisation within the pieces.

If you are a guitarist who is already competent in other styles, or has recently started to play jazz, this course will equip you with the basic technical skills and musical knowledge for playing jazz on the guitar.

The course is "hands-on", designed to help you develop your guitar technique and expand your knowledge of chords, scales, arpeggios and melodic patterns on the guitar. From the start you will learn to play jazz tunes - their chord progressions and melodies - and begin to improvise on them. You will receive guidance in developing your improvisation, accompaniment and...

This Jazz Ensemble class will examine and develop a broad repertoire of standard and modern jazz tunes and arrangements for you to develop your performance skills and confidences.

This group will work at an advanced level.

For pianists, guitarists, bassists and drummers, this Rhythm Section course will examine and develop a repertoire of standard tunes and arrangements for you to develop your performance skills and confidence within the rhythm section.

This course led by Wendy Linsey will introduce you to jazz singing in a practical, fun and creative environment which will offer you much opportunity to perform. This course will take place onsite at Parkshot. Risk assessments on all our singing classes are undertaken prior to the start of the course and our teachers have been trained to follow and implement control measures. The main measures to mitigate risk on our singing courses are the requirement that learners are to be seated in allocated seats in order to maintain social distancing. Learners must not be positioned face to face...

Your course led by Linley Weir will further develop your jazz singing in a practical, fun and creative environment which will offer you much opportunity to perform. Your individual style will be nurtured and developed throughout the course.This course will take place onsite at Parkshot. Risk assessments on all our singing classes are undertaken prior to the start of the course and our teachers have been trained to follow and implement control measures. The main measures to mitigate risk on our singing courses are the requirement that learners are to be seated in allocated seats in order...

These Jazz Workshop sessions will help you to develop a repertoire of standard jazz tunes and arrangements for you to develop your performance skills at all levels. We will learn the tunes and look at how to improvise on your instrument and to communicate as an ensemble.

Easter Jazz is now an established part of Richmond Jazz School offering participants the opportunity to join in an intensive jazz experience.

Run over three days this is a great opportunity to draw on the expertise and resources of our nationally recognised team of tutors. The sessions cover all areas of jazz for instrumentalists and vocalists alike, giving the chance to learn and jam together.

This three-day SUMMER JAZZ GUITAR INTENSIVE course will be presented by our Jazz Guitar Tutor at Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College from Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 July. This will be a 'live' course in the classroom.

The course is designed for guitarists who have been playing for some time and who have a fair command of the instrument, chords, scales, etc.

Its aim is to help you develop your accompaniment and improvisation skills. At the same time you will expand your knowledge of scales, arpeggios and patterns along with your chordal repertoire. The tutor...