About Tomorrow'S Warriors
Championing brilliant young jazz musicians in the UK
www. tomorrowswarriors.org
Twitter @Tom_Warriors
1st Floor, 73 Canning Road, Harrow HA3 7SP, UK
Tomorrow'S Warriors Description
All young musicians are invited to come along and join us at our weekly development sessions at the Southbank Centre in London.
Unless stated otherwise, all our sessions take place in the Community Cube, 4th Floor, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX
Sessions are COMPLETELY FREE to attend, but we do ask that Warriors try to commit to attending on a regular weekly basis. Sign up for a trial session, and get yourself registered as a Warrior to guarantee a place. For more information please contact communications@tomorrowswarriors.org
JUNIOR WARRIORS - Saturdays 10-12pm
For young musicians ages 11-15 years old; grade 3 + or equivalent. No Jazz experience necessary.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SESSION – Saturdays 12-2pm
For young musicians with some or no jazz experience; aged 15-19 years old. Grade 5 + or equivalent. Sessions with a particular focus on learning jazz repertoire and building confidence soloing. Chords, scales, arpeggios and improvisation techniques will all be covered.
ADVANCED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SESSION – Sundays 12. 30-2. 30pm
Sessions designed to further develop and stretch regular participants in the programme; for Warriors aged 15-19 years old. Advanced improvising concepts and more challenging repertoire will be learnt, leading to opportunities to form bands and perform with Tomorrow’s Warriors Frontline Ensembles.
FEMALE COLLECTIVE – Tuesdays 5-7. 30pm (currently fortnightly)
A project-led and creative development session run for and by female musicians aged 15 + . Open to all those already regularly attending one of our other weekly development sessions.
JAZZ STRING DEVELOPMENT GROUP – Starting in September 2017. Keep an eye out for details.
All sessions focus on developing your technical proficiency, building your knowledge of jazz history and repertoire, and increasing your confidence and skills as an ensemble performer. Our sessions follow a unique ‘Way of the Warrior’ which puts improvisation, listening and interaction at the core of the learning experience. We also run an active Performance Programme, comprising several Frontline Ensembles such as the Junior Band, the Youth Ensemble and the Tomorrow’s Warriors Youth Orchestra, and made up of Warriors who attend our practice sessions on a regular and consistent basis.
Our Emerging Artist Development Programme provides opportunities for older, more experienced musicians aged 19-25 (and above! ), and include regular sessions during the week, as well as:
Masterclasses with experienced jazz musicians
Jam sessions and public performances
Collaboration projects with artists from other art forms
*** NEW VINTAGE WARRIORS SESSION ***
We will be launching our new weekly mid-week session for older, lapsed and more seasoned musicians who want to learn the foundations of jazz improvisation, play alongside other musicians and build their skills as ensemble performers. If you’re aged 45(ish) or above, have some experience of playing an instrument and would like the chance to work with TW artistic director Gary Crosby, then please email us on the above address to find out more!
Reviews
Don't miss out on this great double bill! Tomorrow's Warriors Female Frontline and Nihilism are playing at PizzaExpress Live in what promises to be a great evening! Tickets here: https://bit.ly/2HJt5yZ #IAmWarrior
We're so happy to announce that we've been chosen as a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner! #IAmWarrior #TDP #TalentDevelopment
Go support this talented quartet of young musicians tonight at Karamel London N22! #IAmWarrior
Warriors alumni make up most of this list of Complex's 10 Essential Jazz Albums! #IAmWarrior
"Bassist Gary Crosby and his wife, Janine Irons, are the founders of Tomorrow's Warriors, the scheme that mentored the likes of Moses Boyd, Theon Cross, Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia and nearly any other player you could care to name."
Congrats to Ezra Collective and The Comet is Coming for being in Rolling Stone's 10 Great Discoveries from SXSW! #IAmWarrior
We're excited for this band coming up at Karamel London N22 next week - check them out! #IAmWarrior
Tomorrow's Warriors co-founder Janine Irons talks about why our Young Artist Development Programme is so important for bring up the next generation of UK Jazz. Please support our #IAmWarrior appeal to keep this essential programme open. Donate today! https://uk.gofundme.com/iamwarrior
Come support our Junior Warriors this Saturday at Lambeth Music Service Live Sounds Festival! #IAmWarrior
Check out this piece on us, featuring interviews with our founder and Artistic Director Gary Crosby, as well as Warriors alumni Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd. #IAmWarrior
In case you didn't clock it...under-18s are allowed at this event (accompanied by a responsible adult). BE RESPONSIBLE...bring a young person with you and introduce their ears to jazz. Proceeds go to Tomorrow's Warriors #IAMWARRIOR! Warriors....Come through.
The passing of Debbie Dickinson is a huge loss to jazz. She did so much for young jazz musicians, especially for women in jazz. Through her many talents as producer, sound engineer, tour manager, promoter and educator, she touched so many people in jazz and beyond. We mourn the loss of a good friend.
TW founders Janine Irons and Gary Crosby were interviewed by KUTX 98.9, The Austin Music Experience, about all our artists who are playing at SXSW this year. Catch up on their podcast here. #IAmWarrior
This Sunday, join Gilles Peterson and the Steve Reid Foundation for a fundraiser for our #IAmWarrior appeal at GIANT STEPS!
You can now catch our episode of BBC One's Inside Out on Youtube! #IAmWarrior
Tomorrow's Warriors Junior Band will be giving a short performance as part of the Lambeth Live Sounds Festival in the Southbank Centre's Clore Ballroom.
Tomorrow's Warriors Junior Band is a quintet of young jazz players with talent beyond their years, who were recently featured on an episode of BBC1's 'Inside Out'.
They will be performing at 5.40pm so get down early and grab yourselves a space to see this talented bunch!
A huge congratulations to Nubya Garcia for this 5 STAR review in The Guardian. Her and all musicians mentioned in this article are Warriors alumni. We're so proud! #IAmWarrior
"...this seems like the apotheosis of a scene that is making history, reinventing jazz in a London accent."
We'd like to say a massive THANK YOU to Gilles Peterson and the Steve Reid Foundation for organising this fundraiser for our #IAmWarrior appeal. Head down to GIANT STEPS on March 17, where Gilles will be selecting some quality vinyl all evening!
Come down this Monday to The Duck and Rice to hear Warriors supporting Waldo's Gift. #IAmWarrior
LAST CHANCE: only 5 days left to catch the Inside Out London programme on BBC iPlayer featuring our work at Southbank Centre. The feature starts at 20:35 in. #IAmWarrior