Why not join NOW to play your part in what you feel a UK/Ireland wide network should be offering to the sector, to have the opportunity to feed into the Research Project being run with BCU as described above, to nominate bands for the 2025 showcase programme, have at least one free place at the annual JPN Conference and to network with other JPN members
Wales is now confirmed as the host country for the 2025 JPN Conference 7-8 November 2025. We are pleased to confirm our venue partners will be the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Cardiff University.
Inside this newsletter we have news about a research project with Birmingham City University; Membership fees held at previous rates and dates for the 2025 conference and showcases to be held in Wales. Also – Córas Trio for BBC R3 Round Midnight programme, a special members ticket offer and a call for new trustees.
JPN is still keen to hear from anyone interested in joining the JPN Board. To find out more about what becoming a JPN Trustee would involve you can contact Ros Rigby (JPN Chair for an informal chat by the end of February.
Now available, an 18 page report ‘HERE TO STAY’ documenting The 2023 JPN Conference and Showcases. You can either read the report online or download a PDF copy.
Kinch’s forthright address to the 150-plus conference delegates (a record attendance for a JPN event) focussed on the need for uncompromising truth, in the telling of the history of jazz and the history of slavery, racism and denial within jazz.
