Issie Barratt will be part of the EJN panel as well as presenting her Interchange
Dectet project, featuring the work of 10 female UK composers.
Picture from artist's website
Peter Bacon reports:
How to achieve a gender balance in jazz will be topic at a European Jazz Network (EJN) seminar on 8 April as part of the Gateshead International Jazz Festival (GIJF).
Ros Rigby, Europe Jazz Network President and Producer of GIJF, said: “The lack of women instrumentalists on stage has been a topic under discussion for decades in the jazz industry, and over the past few years there have been a number of practical initiatives to try to redress the balance in the UK and other European countries.
“As the leading European network representing jazz festivals, venues and support organisations, we feel that we should create a manifesto to be agreed with all our members, making a commitment to gender equality in the next few years. We will be discussing a draft version of this at the seminar in Gateshead.”
Alongside Ros on the panel will be Issie Barratt (composer, educator and musician), Terese Larsson (Svensk Jazz), Annamaija Saarela (Annamaija Music Company- Finland), Sunna Gunnlaugs (Reykjavik Jazz Festival and musician), Graham McKenzie (Huddesfield Contemporary Music Festival), Kim Macari (Jazz from Scotland), Steve Mead (Manchester Jazz Festival) and Kenneth Killeen(Improvised Music Company, Dublin), amongst others who will be encouraging conversation about ways in how the industry can move forward both in the UK and across Europe.
read more at: http://www.londonjazznews.com/2018/03/news-for-iwd2018-europe-jazz-network.html
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