SNYJO – Big Band Jazz In The Afternoon

Name: SNYJO – Big Band Jazz In The Afternoon
Start: 2025-10-11T15:30:00+01:00
Location: Jail Wynd, FK8 1DE Stirling, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 03:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Jail Wynd, FK8 1DE Stirling, United Kingdom | Stirling, SC

Prepare for an afternoon of fun as the future stars of jazz in Scotland – and beyond – demonstrate their instrumental skills to get your toes tapping – suitable for the whole family.
Formed in 2002, the Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra gives Scotland’s best young jazz talents a grounding in the work of jazz masters from Ellington to Corea, from Basie to Shorter and from Miles to Metheny, the SNYJO has advanced the musicianship of over one hundred and thirty young players.
Past members include winners of the Scottish Album of the Year Award, the BBC Young Jazz Musician title and the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year competition and have registered successes in the Scottish Jazz Awards and the Jazz FM Awards and nominations in the Mercury Prize.
The orchestra’s albums have won praise internationally and regularly feature in radio programmes across the world and the class of 25/26 continues to impress audiences with individual and collective prowess, giving performances that guarantee excitement, creativity and grooves to make you move.