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Sapporo Junior Jazz School is a jazz school for children in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan that was founded in 2000. The school has about 60 members between 6 and 16 years old.[1][2][3]
Biography edit
Sapporo Junior Jazz School was founded in Sapporo Art Park and managed by Sapporo Cultural Arts Foundation. The aim of the school is to give children the opportunity to enjoy music and develop self-expression and cooperation through jazz. The school has two big bands, SJF Junior Jazz Orchestra for primary school students and Club SJF for junior high school students.[1][2]
An audition is held every year to which about 150 children apply. The children practice together every weekend through the year and perform at more than 30 public concerts. The school also organizes workshops with foreign and domestic professional musicians. Club SJF was chosen as goodwill ambassador for Sapporo City Jazz. Since 2006 Club SJF goes abroad every second year, and the band has visited Australia (2006), Canada (2008), China (2010) Norway (2012), Luxembourg (2013) and the U.S. (2014).[1][2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
References edit
- ^ a b c Projet d'échange avec le Big Band SJF Junior Jazz Orchestra 2013 - VisitLuxembourg.com
- ^ a b c Sapporo Junior Jazz School Band Premiere 2014 - Berklee.edu
- ^ Sapporo Press Tour 2005 - ForeignPressCenterJapan.jp
- ^ Sapporo City Jazz 2014 - Welcome.City.Sapporo.jp
- ^ Sapporo Junior Jazz School Band 2008 - MontrealJazzfest.com
- ^ Sapporo Junior Jazz School to Oslo 2012 - Norway.or.jp
- ^ Kids in Jazz 2012 - JazzInOslo.no
- ^ Young Japanese Jazz Talents 2012 - Oblad.no Archived 2014-10-19 at archive.today
- ^ Visit to Norway 2012 - No.Emb.Japan.go.jp
- ^ Sapporo Junior Jazz School came to Norway! 2012 - YueKat.Exblog.jp
- ^ Jazz Festival for Kids 2012 - TV.Nrk.no
- ^ Kids in Jazz 2013 - NasjonalJazzscene.no
- ^ Sapporo Junior Jazz School Band Premiere in Boston 2014 - Boston.eventful.com
- ^ Sapporo Junior Jazz School Band 2014 - Gotrill.com
- ^ Japanese Jazz Band To Perform In Needham - HomeTownWeekly.net Archived 2014-10-19 at archive.today
- ^ Sapporo Junior Jazz School Delivers a Professional Performance! 2014 - CchsVoice.org
- ^ Sapporo Junior Jazz School live at Concord-Carlisle High School 2014 - JapanSocietyBoston.org