January 2010 January 2010 02/03
Friday 8th January Monday 11th January Thursday 14th January
Proceeds from this concert will go towards two
Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prizes at the Academy; one will
Musical Theatre Ensembles in New York Kenny Wheeler 80th
be awarded to a student studying jazz at the Royal
Academy of Music, and one for a student with
1.05pm 8.00pm Birthday Celebration
Junior Academy Jazz, of which Kenny is the patron
Duke’s Hall Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, 155 West 65th Street,
and a frequent visitor and supporter. All performers
Free, no tickets required New York Concert
this evening are giving their time for free in tribute
Free, no tickets required
to the achievements, music and friendship of
Musical Theatre Company and Orchestra 7.30pm
Kenny Wheeler.
Stephen Hill conductor Performers from The Juilliard School and the Duke’s Hall
Royal Academy of Music Tickets £14 (concessions £9) from the Academy’s
In the first of this term’s ‘free on Fridays’ lunchtime Box Office, see page 36. You can now buy tickets ‘T he commitment to
concerts, Musical Theatre students sing a variety of Programme to include: at any time from www.ram.ac.uk/events
material illustrating changes in musical styles from Shostakovich Piano Trio no.2 in E minor, op.67 jazz teaching that has
the 1940s to the present day. Beethoven Septet in E flat, op.20 Kenny Wheeler trumpet/flugelhorn
filtered through to the
The programme will include a selection of Elton The Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School Pete Churchill conductor
John’s music, as recently performed at the Royal have developed an ongoing relationship through Norma Winstone voice once classical-only UK
Albert Hall in a concert with Sir Elton, as well as diverse projects in which students work and learn John Taylor, Nikki Iles and John Horler piano
numbers from Titanic, White Christmas, and jazz together. Over the past five years Academy and John Parricelli guitar conservatoires is not only
standards from the 1920s and 30s. Juilliard musicians have collaborated in a critically- Chris Laurence bass
acclaimed BBC Proms appearance with Sir Colin Martin France drums producing highly skilled
Davis, concerts with Sir Elton John at Radio City Stan Sulzmann, Evan Parker, Julian Arguelles,
Music Hall, a CD recording of music specially Duncan Lamont and Ray Warleigh saxophone soloists, it is turning those
composed and performed by students from both Derek Watkins, Henry Lowther, John Barclay
institutions, and most recently a string collaboration and Nick Smart trumpet institutions into hothouses
under the direction of Clio Gould at Wigmore Hall in Mark Nightingale, Dave Horler, Barnaby Dickinson
2009. Future collaborations include the commission and Dave Stewart trombone for new, fully formed bands
Monday 11th January of a new opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and
Piano Masterclass
David Poutney. The Academy is proud to host this special one-off playing original material’
event to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of the
This latest chamber music collaboration sees four most important living jazz musicians in the world The Guardian reviews Symbiosis Big Band playing the
6.00–9.00pm Academy students working with Juilliard students today. Kenny Wheeler’s uniquely individual sound in music of Academy graduate Yuri Galkin, October 2009
Duke’s Hall at their home in New York. all three disciplines of trumpet player, improviser and
Free, no tickets required composer is immediately recognisable and has led to
him being universally loved and admired by musicians
With Stephen Hough, widely regarded as one Tuesday 12th January around the world.
of the most significant and distinctive pianists of
his generation and Visiting Professor of Piano at Soundbox For this concert Kenny is joined by a stellar cast of
the Academy. eminent friends to perform a set of small group music
12.30–2.00pm followed by a rare chance to hear the iconic ‘Sweet
Museum Galleries Time Suite’ from Wheeler’s 1990 ECM album Music
Free, no tickets required for Large and Small Ensembles — featuring much of
the original band from that recording.
Soundbox is a regular series of eclectic discussions
and performances hosted in the Academy’s museum
by Peter Sheppard Skærved. For further details
please check www.ram.ac.uk/events.




Just turn up!


Tickets are not required unless stated otherwise.

Call 020 7873 7300 for more details or see
Stephen Hough
www.ram.ac.uk/events
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