CYJO

Christchurch Youth Jazz Orchestra

Announcing the Christchurch Youth Jazz Orcvhestra for 2026!

Reiss Fatani, Liam Young, Alex Gibson, Andrew McLauchlan, Aardarsh Roy

Ayala Moe, Nathaniel Bayne, Alice Chen, Ephraim Couperus

Josh Judkins, Jonny Croker, Alex Zhou

Bill Jiang

Ben Derwahl

Ava Palmer

Oscar Pitts and Nathan Parker

Erik Misnyovszki

Can’t wait to get the band together for our band camp in Hanmer Springs to begin with, then get on to doing some performances both in Hanmer and the Christchurch Big Band Jazz Festival over Labour Weekend.

Watch this space for gigs and your chance to check out this great band!

Rehearsals:

The band camp will be held on 5-7 October at Hanmer Springs with two days of rehearsals led by Lana Law with top assisting tutors Cameron Pearce and Joe McCallum culminating in a performance on the final day. An additional rehearsal will be held on Monday 20th October. All band members must be available to attend the band camp and the rehearsal.

Performances

Performances will include 7th October in Hanmer, and performances over Labour weekend as part of the Christchurch Big Band Jazz Festival. All band members must be available to attend all performances.

Cost

The cost to successful participants of the band camp will be approximately $250. The fee covers transport to/from and around Hanmer, accommodation, food and one entry to the Hot Pools. This project is made possible by the generous funding from the Christchurch Big Band Festival and sponsorship from Amuri Community Arts Council.

Applications

APPLICATION FORM

Audition Material

Auditions are by online submission for all players and are now open! The attached google drive folder includes the sheet music for “Down Basie Street” and a blues in Bb backing track and lead sheet.

Audition Videos

Students need to record themselves playing their preferred part of “Down Basie Street” and a two chorus improvised solo over the Blues in Bb using the MP3 as a backing track and add your recordings to this file request dropbox link (make sure your file name has your own name in it!)

Contact:

Lana Law 021 566 724 lana@bigbandfest.org.nz

Rachel McCaffery (camp mum) rachel@bigbandfest.org.nz

Judith Bell 027 2322912 judith@bigbandfest.org.nz