Leeds International Jazz Education Conference (2012): Global Perspectives on the Practice and Pedagogy of Jazz History in the Twenty-First Century

  • Katherine Williams, Guest Editor Leeds College of Music
Keywords: jazz education, jazz history pedagogy

Abstract

The 2012 Leeds International Jazz Education Conference discussed the importance of jazz history to contemporary jazz eduction in its closing plenary session. The opening statements of the international panel of jazz educators from North America and Europe are included in this roundtable. They give both an overview of the main themes of the conference and suggest ways to move forward in jazz eduction.

Author Biography

Katherine Williams, Guest Editor, Leeds College of Music

Katherine Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Jazz and Music Production at Leeds College of Music (UK). She studied musicology at King’s College London (BMus), and the University of Nottingham (MA, PhD). Her doctoral research (2012) concerned the application of values and traditions from classical music to jazz, comparing the ways in which this has occurred in Britain and in America. She has published articles based on this research in Jazz Perspectives, the Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Jazz Conference (Finland), and Per Musi (Brazil). She is also an instrumental tutor (classical and jazz saxophone) at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, and is active as a freelance classical and jazz saxophonist.

 


Published
2012-12-14
Section
Roundtable