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Jazz award winners (from left) guitarist Quentin Angus, pianist Matthew Sheens, bass player Ross McHenry, and drummers Barnabas Smith and Joshua Baldwin. Not pictured: saxophonist James Annesley. Full Image (158.76K)

Tuesday, 8 May 2007

Six talented young jazz musicians - all students at the University of Adelaide - will perform an evening of award-winning jazz at the Scott Theatre on Wednesday 9 May.

The students have been selected for the 2007 jazz awards at the University's Elder Conservatorium of Music. The concert will showcase their talent to the public and will also feature special guests the Adelaide Connection jazz choir, conducted by Luke Thompson.

"These awards have become an integral part of the jazz program at the Elder Conservatorium over the past 11 years," says Bruce Hancock, Head of Jazz Studies at the Conservatorium.

"When they were first introduced in 1997, with the support of the Helpmann Academy, they helped to redress the imbalance between the large number of classical awards and the few jazz awards then in existence. We are extremely pleased that the sponsors, several of whom have been with us since the inaugural year, continue to support such a worthy event."

Tickets for the Jazz Awards concert are only $8, payable at the door on the night (no concessions available). Subscribers to the Elder Conservatorium Evening Concert Series can purchase tickets to the Jazz Awards at a special price of $6 per person (compared with the full price of $8). For more information or to become a subscriber, see the Evening Concert Series brochure.

The winners for 2007 are:

Joshua Baldwin (drums)
Adelaide City Council Award
Most Outstanding Jazz Honours Graduate

James Annesley (saxophone)
Sponsored by Keith Langley
Most Outstanding Jazz Undergraduate

Quentin Angus (guitar)
dB Magazine Award

Ross McHenry (bass)
Tommy Norman Jazz Bass Award

Matthew Sheens (piano)
Tommy Norman Jazz Piano Award

Barnabas Smith (drums)
Billy Hyde Music Adelaide Award

Each of these students will perform and be presented with their awards.

WHERE: Scott Theatre, North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide (off Kintore Avenue)
WHEN: 7.30pm Wednesday 9 May

www.music.adelaide.edu.au