Erlend Skomsvoll to form top young JM Jazz World ORCHESTRA 2014

KONGSBERG, NORWAY– JM Jazz World, the leading international youth jazz orchestra, is looking for talented musicians between the ages of 18-26 for its 2014 programme. The orchestra is looking for saxophonists, trombonists, trumpeters, hornists, tubists, guitarists, bassists, drummers, pianists and vocalists.

Under the leadership of renowned jazz musician, Erlend Skomsvoll, 16 young musicians will spend a week together in the ideal settings of baroque churches and the Lågen River to rehearse, jam and revel in this international jazz exchange. The week will culminate with a grand performance at the Kongsberg International Jazz Festival, 27 July - 4 August.

The JM Jazz World Orchestra continues to provide young jazz musicians with invaluable career opportunities to gain international experience, working to high professional standards in major concert halls, theatres and festivals and with outstanding jazz musicians and conductors.

For more information, music and applications visit: 

www.jmjazzworld.com

www.jmi.net

Contact: Matt Clark

Head of Programs & Marketing at JMI +32(0) 2 513 97 74 | matt@jmi.net

About JM Jazz World

JM Jazz World is brought to you by Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) the world’s most renowned youth-music organisation. The JM Jazz World program was established in 2007 to cater for the promotion of international summer jazz camps, international projects, jazz ensemble exchanges and The JM Jazz World Orchestra. Past conductors of the orchestra include Sigi Feigl (AT) and Frank Vaganee (BE). 

The JM Jazz World Orchestra 2014 is organized in partnership with JM Norway (Musikk og Ungdom Norge).