Saturday 21

Friday 27 March

Saturday 21 March, 4pm

Milton Court Concert Hall

Guildhall
Jazz Festival

Directed by Oliver Weston and

From Billie Holiday to

Kenny Wheeler, vintage
jazz to improvised music,
Guildhall musicians
celebrate the best of jazz
over seven performancepacked days.
Sunday 22 Wednesday 25
March, 3pm & 4pm
Thursday 26 March, 4.30pm &
5.30pm
Silk Street Music Hall

Jazz Small Bands

Throughout the festival Guildhall
musicians direct their own ensembles
in a variety of different settings.
Admission free

Junior Guildhall Jazz Band

Jonathan Taylor

Small group and Big Band jazz from

Guildhalls thriving Junior department.
Includes music by Marty Paich, Thelonious
Monk and Count Basie.
Admission free
Saturday 21 March, 7.30pm
Milton Court Concert Hall

Ellingtons Second Sacred

Concert
Guildhall Jazz Choir & Ensemble
Guildhall Jazz Singers
Directed by Scott Stroman

Ellingtons Second Sacred Concert,

premiered in 1968, contains some of
the jazz legends best music. Guildhall
professor Scott Stroman has streamlined
and rearranged it into a new 40-minute
Suite from the Second Sacred Concert, vastly
increasing the contribution from the
singers. In the first half, the Schools closeharmony singing group, Guildhall Jazz
Singers, presents its unique take on jazz
standards.
Tickets: 15 (10 concessions, free for
Guildhall staff and students), available
from the Barbican Box Office:
020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

gsmd.ac.uk/jazzfestival
@GuildhallJazz

Sunday 22 March, 7.30pm

Silk Street Music Hall

Wednesday 25 March, 7.30pm

Silk Street Music Hall

Tribute to Billie Holiday

Vintage Jazz Night

Guildhall Jazz Ensemble

Directed by Ed Puddick

Directed by Martin Hathaway

Celebrating Billie Holidays continuing

influence on the world of jazz, 100 years
after her birth. Brand new versions
of melodies associated with Lady Day,
performed by a 12-piece ensemble.

Focussing on the Swing Era, with music

by Count Basie and Duke Ellington, and a
tribute to the Stephane Grappelli / Django
Reinhardt Quintette du Hot Club de France.
Admission free

Admission free
Monday 23 March, 7.30pm
Silk Street Music Hall

Guildhall Jazz Ensemble

Directed by Carlos Lopez-Real
Music by members of the E17 Jazz
Collective, including its founder Carlos
Lopez-Real, John Turville, Dave Manington,
Robbie Robson and others.
Admission free
Tuesday 24 March, 7.30pm
Silk Street Music Hall

Guildhall Alumni
Jazz Ensemble
Featuring The Tommy Andrews Quintet
Tommy Andrews leads fellow Guildhall
graduates in arrangements from his debut
album, The Crux, before taking to the stage
with his quintet for Galilean Suite.
Admission free

The Guildhall School

of Music & Drama is
provided by the City
of London Corporation

Thursday 26 March, 7.30pm

Silk Street Music Hall

Tribute to John Stevens

& Spontaneous Music
Ensemble
Guildhall Improvised Music Ensemble
Directed by Sarah Gail Brand
with special guest Mark Sanders percussion

A tribute to visionary British drummer

John Stevens and the free improvisation
group he co-founded in the mid-60s.
Admission free
Friday 27 March, 7.30pm
Milton Court Concert Hall

Tribute to Kenny Wheeler

Guildhall Jazz Band & Singers
Directed by Scott Stroman

The festival finale pays tribute to the late,

great Kenny Wheeler trumpeter, composer
and innovator with a special programme
that includes a performance of his landmark
Sweet Time Suite.
Tickets: 15 (10 concessions, free
for Guildhall staff and students),
available from the Barbican Box Office:
020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk