Lakeside Trio 2nd Residency 19th-24th July 2010 For their second residency at the academy, the Lakeside Trio were once again an inspirational presence. A masterclass involving several of the island’s young pianists took place on one evening, and the following evening they preceded their concert at the academy with a pre-concert presentation of Schoenberg’s Verklacht […]
Chetham’s School of Music Residency 24th-29th June 2010 For a week in June the academy hosted a wonderful group of young musicians from Chetham’s School of Music. The group comprised a string quartet and wind quintet, led by three members of the teaching faculty including Director of Music Stephen Threlfall. The first event to take […]
Liberation International Music Festival 2010 7th-9th May 2010 Jersey hosted a wide range of star studded concerts from 7th – 9th May to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Islands after occupation during the Second World War. Music In Action’s second Liberation International Music Festival received support from the Jersey Arts Trust, UBS Wealth […]
Lakeside Trio Residency 20th-22nd March 2010 The first visit through the link established between the Jersey Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama involved the outstanding Lakeside Piano Trio, one of the Guildhall’s leading postgraduate chamber ensembles, and comprised the following activities: MASTERCLASS for violin, cello and piano 5pm, […]
REVIEW – Jersey Young Musicians Madeira Tour 2010 16th-24th February 2010, Funchal, Madeira A quite unforgettable experience for both musical and non-musical reasons was had by the group of ten local young musicians and three teaching staff in Funchal Madeira, as the Jersey Academy of Music’s tour was brought to an abrupt halt by […]
Jersey Young Musicians Madeira Tour 2010 16th-24th February 2010, Funchal, Madeira Ten local young musicians will be taking their musical talents to Madeira in February, in the return leg of an exchange programme with the Madeiran music conservatoire; the Escola Das Artes in Funchal. A group of Madeiran students and teachers from the Escola […]
Musique et Aventure 2009 July 19th – August 2nd 2009 ‘Concerts and Kayaks, Sunshine and Samba, Practice and Picnics! For the third year running, Musique et Aventure makes a big impression’Musique et Aventure, the academy’s summer music course, ran for two weeks over the summer holidays. This year the course was attended by seventy-eight young musicians […]
Liberation International Music Festival May 8th -10th 2009 Local musical charity Music In Action, along with the Jersey Academy of Music and a group of the UK’s leading musicians launched the ‘Liberation International Music Festival’. The festival was blessed with glorious sunshine, and unique events such as the Fete de la Musique at Mont Orgueil […]
Madeira tour to Jersey April 21st-29th 2009 ‘Students from the Escola Das Artes, Madeira’s leading music conservatoire, share their expertise with the island’ A group of nine music students and three members of staff from the Escola Das Artes, Funchal, Madeira, were brought over to the island through the academy’s developing Cultural Exchange programme with […]
Chetham’s School of Music Tour July 5th – 9th 2008 In the early days of the Chateau Vermont project, one of the first musical activities to take place involved a group of fourteen talented young musicians and three teachers from Chetham’s School of Music, the UK’s leading under-18 music school. This tour was organised […]