FYJO - the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra

	Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra	FYJO	Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra
	"Sheer panache and swing"

HOME
JOIN
CONCERTS
RELEASES
CONTACT
	FYJO is an award winning big band located in Fife and has been led for 33 years by our Musical Director, Richard Michael. We play a mixture of standards and brand new commissions. We aim to offer players (aged 8 to 24), regardless of initial standard or location, the chance to play, enjoy and develop an interest in music, especially jazz. Our Musical Director is assisted by tutors Carlo Madden and Euan Stevenson. FYJO has played with many of the greats of the jazzscene including Tommy Smith, Carol Kidd, Annie Ross and Fifes' own 'Big' Joe Temperley. FYJO has inspired many players to go onto study music and pursue professional music careers. We recently released a CD of new music commissioned for our 30th Anniversary and played some of these pieces live on BBC Radio Scotlands' "Jazzhouse" programme. FYJO is a self financing Scottish Charity (SC039815) and we invite suitable sponsorship and donations. Sadly, after funding us since 1976, Fife Council have now withdrawn their financial support. FYJO aims to be a catalyst for involving young people in jazz music across the whole of Fife and beyond. FYJO is available for private hire. Make your function swing! Contact us for details. BBC photos by kind permission of John Wood. Fife Youth Jazz Music project in association with Assembly Direct and AttFife. This project is made possible by funding from the Youth Music Initiative. Richard Michael and a team of ex-FYJO players, who are now professional musicians, gave school and evening workshops in selected Fife secondary schools in January 2009 and followed this up with an intensive jazz weekend held in February at St. Leonards school in St. Andrews with a team of top tutors including Bruce Adams (trumpet). Richard is currently working on a new website which will have tutorial video and music that you can play along with at home. Richard has just won (May 2009) a prestigous parliamentary jazz award for his services to jazz education.