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Manly International Jazz Festival 2008: Saturday October 4 - Monday October 6.
Applications are now being taken.

The Manly Jazz Festival has a long history of supporting Jazz Education by dedicating a stage to student and community ensembles.IAJE NSW auditions student and community groups applying to perform at this prestigious event. IAJE volunteers also work as stage managers and MC's on the IAJE Stage throughout the festival.


Performance slots are available on the IAJE NSW stage to school, university and community groups. Overseas groups are welcome to apply. Other student groups, those not organised within a school, may be considered only if there are unfilled performance slots

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HOW TO APPLY

To make the selection fair and equitable the association (IAJE NSW) will provide a panel made up of professional jazz educators to assess ensemble audition recordings. The panel will listen to each ensemble without knowing which band is being assessed. The panel will then decide which ensembles would play at the festival. There may be an allocation given to one Primary School Big Band per day of half an hour performance and the rest of the time slots will be allocated accordingly. The festival’s music director has the right to place applicants into the festival if need be and preference will be given to “Big Bands.” Smaller ensembles may still apply and will be given positions with the same process mentioned above, if positions are available.

The recording and application:

  • The recording needs to be of two pieces – One swing chart and the other of own choice. Please have these pieces marked clearly.
  • It is preferred that any solos are improvised and not played as written.
  • Please fill out the application form and send it in by the due date. Late applications may not gain a position at the festival and will only be considered after other applicants.
  • The panel's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into after the decision.

Applications from school, university and community jazz groups to perform on the IAJE Stage at the Manly International Jazz Festival are available here:

Download Manly Jazz Festival Application (opens a PDF file. If it won't open, try right clicking and "open in new window")

or by emailing Dr Martin Hardy: MARTIN.HARDY@education.nsw.gov.au. Applications close Friday July 25. Selection is subject to audition and places are both limited and highly sought after. The standard of ensembles is getting higher each year.

Audition dates and information will be made available each year on this website. Professional groups should contact the Manly Jazz Festival Organisers.

For more information contact Dr Martin Hardy MARTIN.HARDY@education.nsw.gov.au

IAJE Jazz Camp

IAJE Jazz Camp 2008, held in Sydney in January was great as always. Thanks to all who contributed, and particularly to Pat Corrigan who has donated an annual scholarship prize to be awarded to the most outstanding soloist at camp. The winner is recorded, with a professional rhythm section to make a fully produced demo CD. This year's recipient of the Pat Corrigan IAJE New South Wales Jazz Camp Scholarship was Daniel Clohesy from Rostrevor College in South Australia.

Jazz Camp 2009 will be held Monday January 19 to Friday 23, 2009 at the Naamaroo Conference Centre, Chatswood West, NSW.


About IAJE in New South Wales

IAJE NSW is in no way a "closed shop", and need not be restricted to Sydney! If you want to get involved, contact us and we can make things happen. If you are from outside Sydney and would like to develop jazz and jazz education wherever you are, please get involved. IAJE is all about people working together to make things happen for the better in their local area. We can all do far more as an association than as isolated individuals!

The IAJE NSW committee was convened in August 2003 with the goal of establishing IAJE in Sydney and NSW. As well as all the broader goals of the IAJE worldwide, this committee aims to raise the profile of the association; previously little known in NSW, and the benefits of support and collegiality it can offer.

The committee is:

  • Martin Hardy (Chairman)

  • Saul Richardson (Treasurer)

  • Jason Isaac (Secretary)

  • Rochelle Beeson

  • Steve Brien

  • Andrew Robertson

  • Tim Rowland

  • Paul Vickers

  • Steve Williams

The committee has received significant input and support from many Jazz educators and performers in NSW, including Eric Dunan, Judy Bailey, John Morrison, Tim Crow, Jeremy Borthwick and John Speight.

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