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does anyone of you know anything about the jazz ba programme at leeds college of music? is it any good?

by Ole on 05/25/2006, 11:53

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ole,

don't know myself, but i know a guy (sam edwards) who went there. he plays keyboards in my local area in all kinds of bands, plus nationally in touring bands. drop him an email, i'm sure he'll help you out. see https://www.samedwards.com/

paul

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by paulF99 on 05/25/2006, 14:47

thanks. do you know any other musicians that has got their education from lcm?

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by Ole on 05/26/2006, 03:27

the program is ok - are you considering the other colleges also? why leeds in particular?

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by pringe on 05/26/2006, 04:09

i don`t know. i am from norway. i have some friends that have studied there some years ago. so i apllied, and got in. but i am not sure if i wanna go. what is the best jazz programme in england?

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by Ole on 05/26/2006, 11:46

most regard the london colleges as the best, and consequently the best players go there...guildhall, royal academy, trinity. leeds is ok, as is birmingham. drop me a mail if you want any more info, as i'm in the london college system at the moment. pringe_91 at hotmail dot com (piece it back together, avoiding the spam bots!)

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by pringe on 05/27/2006, 04:14

there are definitely people playing on the jazz scene in uk who went to leeds, i think it is very good for jazz, then the guildhall postgrad.

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by robg on 05/28/2006, 19:35

nikki iles and dave newton, two of the very best uk pianists, are ex-leeds. matthew bourne, who's head of the jazz course, is freaky and advanced, but keeps good company. check his website:
https://www.matthewbourne.com/index.html
i should imagine that studying at leeds would be anything but boring.

sid

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by sid on 05/30/2006, 10:37

i am currently coming to the end of my first year on the jazz course at trinity college, london ( https://www.tcm.ac.uk ) . i would echo what pringe said about the london colleges being the better, though at all of them its down to you make the most of the course.

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by Jono on 06/05/2006, 13:09

is this jono...as in butter? ;)

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by pringe on 06/05/2006, 17:45

is this pringe..... as in steve?

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by Jono on 06/05/2006, 18:32

if you are butter(field) i am steve! small world.

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by pringe on 06/05/2006, 19:58

playing that midi.

because it popped up somewhere else and it appears that someone else was trying to take credit for it.

thx!

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by 7 on 06/05/2006, 20:14

jazz piano tends to be quite a small world, steve!

7 - yes that is me on that midi. i recorded it what seems donkeys years ago and wasn't even aware it was on here after scott revamped the site (again, ages ago).

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by Jono on 06/05/2006, 21:00

jono,

i liked that baby's bounce so much i just had to sit down and learn it note for note.

very cool!

btw, where did you pick up that arrangement?

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by 7 on 06/05/2006, 21:51

i'm not sure that leeds is as good as it used to be. i hasten to add i haven't studied there but it's from stuff that i've heard. a lot of the really good teachers moved on some time back and there seems to be a lot of recently graduated students who are now on the books as tutors. i'd be interested to hear if anybody knows anything to the contrary about this.

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by johnq on 06/06/2006, 05:50

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by paulF99 on 05/25/2006, 14:47

by Ole on 05/26/2006, 03:27

by pringe on 05/26/2006, 04:09

by Ole on 05/26/2006, 11:46

by pringe on 05/27/2006, 04:14

by robg on 05/28/2006, 19:35

by sid on 05/30/2006, 10:37

by Jono on 06/05/2006, 13:09

by pringe on 06/05/2006, 17:45

by Jono on 06/05/2006, 18:32

by pringe on 06/05/2006, 19:58

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by paulF99 on 05/25/2006, 14:47

by Ole on 05/26/2006, 03:27

by pringe on 05/26/2006, 04:09

by Ole on 05/26/2006, 11:46

by pringe on 05/27/2006, 04:14

by robg on 05/28/2006, 19:35

by sid on 05/30/2006, 10:37

by Jono on 06/05/2006, 13:09

by pringe on 06/05/2006, 17:45

by Jono on 06/05/2006, 18:32

by pringe on 06/05/2006, 19:58

by 7 on 06/05/2006, 20:14

by Jono on 06/05/2006, 21:00

by 7 on 06/05/2006, 21:51

by johnq on 06/06/2006, 05:50

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