Hear our award-winning Youth Jazz Orchestra in concert!
Led by resident director, Martin Hathaway, the young musicians are excited to share new music with an audience and show that live music has well and truly returned to Essex.
Formed in 1991, the Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra (EYJO) will perform under the direction of Martin Hathaway, one of the country’s leading jazz musicians.
- Saturday 16 March at 7.30pm
- St John’s Arts and Recreation Centre (ARC), St John’s Walk, Old Harlow, CM17 0AJ (click here for location)
- No booking required for this free concert
For further details on this concert, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk
County Ensembles
We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:
Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble
This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.
If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk
