Tomorrow’s Warriors invites young musicians interested in learning jazz and pursuing a career in music to join our Young Artist Development Programme.
We are looking for enthusiastic young musicians who are confident on their instruments to join our programme. Our sessions are completely free, so there’s no need to worry about the cost.
We run sessions every weekend during the school term and additional rehearsals throughout the week (see details below). To check if we can offer you a place, just fill in the details on the form below. Due to high demand we currently have a waiting list to join our programme, but we are still accepting musicians on certain instruments and are keen to accommodate for talented musicians.
New to Tomorrow’s Warriors?
Our award-winning Artistic Director, Dr Gary Crosby OBE heads our Young Artist Development Programme supported by a fabulous team of inspirational music leaders who are themselves active professional jazz artists. They’ve all been there, seen it, done it, got the T-shirt, the postcard, and a bag load of first hand experience to pass on to you about life as a jazz musician (they’re living it every day of the week after all)! All of our core music leaders have themselves come through the Tomorrow’s Warriors programme and will do their best to help you feel right at home from day one.
We meet in the Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX
Development sessions
The Fundamentals – led by Ky Osborne
This practical class is a fun, encouraging space, focusing on gaining confidence in improvisation, as well as covering some basic fundamental concepts within jazz theory and performance.
The Foundation – led by Diân Gasper
This class focuses on the foundational elements of jazz music, looking at jazz history, repertoire, harmony, theory and improvisation – establishing a strong musical foundation for jazz learning!
The Standards – led by Ben Burrell
This class is a perfect space for beginner-intermediate level jazz musicians – focusing on learning repertoire from the jazz canon, transcription, improvisation and building confidence soloing, ensemble awareness, and more!
The Jazz Hang – led by Binker Golding
This class is a fun and friendly space to develop your jazz chops – focusing on analysis of harmony and repertoire, transcription, technique, compositional strategies, and improvisation.
The Shed – led by Sultan Stevenson
Working with advanced improvising concepts of jazz harmony and improvisation, and more challenging repertoire, leading to opportunities to form bands and perform with TW Flagship Ensembles.
The Collective – led Maddy Coombs
A project-led and creative development session run for and by female musicians aged 16+ offering a space for creating new compositions, exploring how jazz can work with other contemporary genres, and encouraging female musicians from all backgrounds to work collectively.
The Rezidents – led by Gary Crosby
Come and hang with the ‘godfather of UK Jazz’, Gary Crosby! An open space to learn, experiment and hang. Mixed abilities, open to all musicians aged 16+. Open-door policy.
As well as the Development Sessions, Tomorrow’s Warriors offers other fantastic opportunities for young musicians including:
- Ongoing support and progression routes during your musical journey, right through to adulthood.
- The opportunity to learn alongside other committed young musicians from across the UK.
- Access to masterclasses delivered by visiting guests and stars from the international jazz scene.
So, don’t be shy, and don’t be a stranger! If you think Tomorrow’s Warriors is the place for you then go to the Join Us page to complete the online pre-enrolment form.