Innovative and inclusive music and arts in Cumbria and NE

Highlighting Eden – Virtual Choir

This Spring we’re working with Highlights to put together a virtual choir as part of Highlighting Eden (funded by Eden District Council). Jilly Jarman is working with local people to write an Anthem for Spring, which will then be performed by a virtual choir for the festival.

Want to join the choir? We’re running weekly virtual sessions every Monday evening (7pm) up until 8th March 2021. Contact us at bluejamarts @ gmail.com to book your place. You will be on mute during the rehearsal and you can choose to have your video on or off. All ages welcome!


Jilly Jazz Online Practice Sessions

Zoom choirs don’t really work for Improv …so Jilly has running bi-weekly Zoom Jazz Practice Sessions instead

Mondays 7.40-8.40 Wednesdays 7.00 – 8.00

Each week Jilly introduces a new jazz standard. She zaps through some interesting features of the song and leads you through a series of warm-up and soloing exercises based on the tune. The most popular bit seems to be when she plays the piano accompaniment for people to sing the tune or improvise over!

Online sessions are a good way for newcomers to dip their toe into the scary improvisation sea as no-one can hear your initial attempts! You can sing or play an instrument. She tries to go at a speed to suit the group. All charts are shared in our WhatsApp group or emailed to you in advance.

Sessions are £5 payable ‘on the door’ or you can book 4 sessions in advance – use the PayPal or BACS link on the homepage. Young adults welcome over 16 years. Please e-mail us to get the Zoom link to come along (bluejamarts@gmail.com)

We are really looking forward to hosting the Cumbrian camp at BlueJam Space on 7 & 8 March! Full details of tutors to follow but we definitely have Mia Anderson joining us again! She is now in her second year of jazz vocals at Leeds College of Music and is sounding AMAZING!!
Booking for our camp is via bluejamarts@gmail.com not the Jazz North online booking form, so please do contact us as soon as possible as places will be limited. We will prioritise girls who can do both days but still get in touch if you can only do one as we will be as flexible as possible. We are subsidising the price and it will be £20 for the weekend, which includes a ticket to the Saturday evening jazz performance