Full 2022 JPN Conference Schedule

Thursday 3 November

From 11.00 Registration

12.00 Lunch / Networking (venue: The MAC)

12.30 Welcome (new attendees)
Tune In: Getting the most from the conference

13.00 Welcome to the conference
Ros Rigby (Chair, JPN) and Ciaran Scullion (Head of Music & Opera, Arts Council Northern Ireland)

13.15 WELCOME TO BELFAST/KEYNOTE
Brian Irvine

14.00 MUSIC SLOT ONE
Video ‘And the goals will come’ by Úna Monaghan

14.30 PANEL 1
Routes Into Jazz: Ways of involving and supporting young musicians from pre-school upwards
Claude Deppa (Musician, Kinetika)
Pauline Black (Musician & Lecturer, University of Aberdeen)
Paul O’Reilly (Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra)
Paula Gardiner (Composer & Musician, Lecturer Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama)
Orphy Robinson (Musician, vice-chair JPN)

14.30 PANEL 2
Routes Into Jazz: Where are the new breed of promoters, agents, managers, labels and journalists coming from?
Matt Hogarth (Venue Manager & Head of In House Booking, Future Yard)
Patricia Pascal (Founder Jazz Newblood)
Agnese Daverio (Festival Producer & Promoter, Musicworks International)
Scott Flanigan (Artist and owner / promoter at Scott’s Club)
Heather Spencer (Programme Manager, Jazz North)

14.30 PANEL 3
Routes Into Jazz: What does inclusion really mean?
Helena Summerfield (Musican & Tutor, Jazz Camp for Girls)
Sarah Raine (Lecturer, University of Limerick)
Gideon Feldman (Attitude Is Everything)
Emilie Conway (Musician)
Roger Wilson (Director of Operations, Black Lives In Music)

15.30 MUSIC SLOT 2
David Lyttle
The Mobo nominated drummer and composer will perform with young musicians from his Jazz Juniors group.

16.00 Learning from our Friends and Members: Discussion session 1
Future governance models for jazz promoters, growing the volunteer pool, and widening the funding base
Debra Milne (Co-chair, The Globe, Newcastle)
Barney Stephenson (Artistic Director, Marsden Jazz Festival)
Jo Breeze (Marketing and Crowdfunding Consultant)
Stephen McNally (Northern Ireland Manager, Making Music)
Mark Kass (Creative Director & Founder, London East Jazz Network)

16.00 Learning from our Friends and Members: Discussion session 2
A 360 degree look at a 21st century career in music – artists as promoters, artists as educators, working internationally and life outside touring
Georgia Mancio (Musician, England)
Tomos Williams (Musician, Wales)
Tom Bancroft (Musician, Scotland)
David Lyttle (Musician and composer, Northern Ireland)
Robert Farhat (Talent development lead & senior programmer, Serious – Take Five, EFG London Jazz Festival, England)
Orphy Robinson (Musician, vice-chair JPN)

17.00 Belfast Trad Tour
Limited space – first come first served (sign up here)

18.00 Dinner break

20.00 Showcase programme (venue: Black Box)
20.15 Scott Flanigan Quartet
20.45 RBG Trio
21.15 Izumi Kimura and Lina Andonovska
21.50 Robocobra Quartet

Friday 4 November

9.30 JPN AGM (members only)

9.30 Meet Attitude Is Everything
Gideon Feldman, Head of Programmes – Attitude is Everything

9.30 Meet The MU – CANCELLED
Louise Stanners Pow, Musicians Union Regional Officer for Scotland and Northern Ireland

10.30 Coffee available

10.45 Panel 4
Five Nations Jazz: What’s going on across our five nations and how are people reacting to challenges ahead?
Tomos Williams (Musician, Wales)
Clare Hewitt (Music Officer, Creative Scotland)
Kenneth Killeen (Creative Director, Improvised Music Company, Ireland)
Brian Carson (Founding CEO, Moving On Music, Northern Ireland)
Steve Mead (Artistic Director/CEO, Manchester Jazz Festival, Jazz North, founding trustee JPN, England)