8th February 2010
My Funny Valentine
Sextetera band returns to the Garage Theatre Workshop
The legendary line up from the sell-out “Sextetera” show are back and now accompanied by two sensational singers to bring you a night of sweet jazz love songs. So whether you’re going to share this with your funny valentine, or just enjoying it with friends, come down to the Garage Theatre Workshop for a show that promises to be unforgettable!
The shows are on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th February at 7.30pm (doors at 7.00) on both nights and a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets cost £3 and it should prove to be an excellent show.
Alex Goodall
My Funny Valentine Producer
12th January 2010
New Year!
UCLU Jazz Society wishes you all a happy new year!
This is just a quick new message hoping that you have all enjoyed your holiday (however much of it you had!) and that you are fresh, excited and looking forward to a new jazz year.
Now that term has started rehearsals have started with it. Big Band went ahead yesterday and Vocal Group and Jazz Jammin' will be starting tonight, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new Vocal Group MD, Lawrence, and hope that you settle into UCLU Jazz Society quickly. Rehearsals are now focused on the upcoming Jazz Society tour to Holland in April.
This term you can expect the usual weekly rehearsals and jam sessions along with out upcoming Garage Theatre Workshop show "My Funny Valentine" on 13th and 14th February. Watch this space for more information.
We hope that you have a fun term and that you keep jazzing with us! More information on socials and immediate changes/outings can be found on our Facebook and Twitter feeds.
Gordon Walsh
UCLU Jazz Society Media and Publicity Officer
6th November 2009
Highly Swung
UCLU Jazz Society take over the Bloomsbury
This year UCLU Jazz Society and UCLU Stage Crew bring you "Highly Swung", a musical journey through the origins and development of swing music, showcasing the vast talents of the Society's Big Band, Vocal Group, small bands and solo singers. A show not to be missed!
Showing for one night only on the 24th November at the Bloomsbury Theatre!
Full price tickets are £8, but £4 for students and concessions until the 17th of November, after which they become £6, so buy your tickets early!!!
Tickets can be bought from the theatre box office, by phone on 020 7388 8822 or online at the Bloomsbury's website.
On sale from Monday 2nd November 2009
Eva Chakraborti
Producer, Highly Swung
22nd October 2009
Sextetera
The first show of the UCLU Jazz Society year begins tonight!
Journey over the the Garage Theatre Workshop tonight to come and see our show Sextetera. A joint venture with UCLU Stage Crew, Sextetera promises to be one of our coolest shows to date. Doors open at 7.00pm and the show starts at 7.30pm sharp so arrive early to avoid disappointment and to get the best seats. The venue has been set up like a classic jazz club and as such it is BYOB (no smoking though!). The show is on for three nights until Saturday and for a bargain price of £3 it's one not to be missed. For now take a read of our official Blurb;
Sextetera!
Join the UCL Jazz Society for a night of classics celebrating 1959 “The Year That Changed Jazz”. Showcasing six of the finest musicians the society has to offer, we will turn the Garage Theatre Workshop into a 1950’s Jazz Club for a night of pure Jazz with songs by John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Benny Golson, Sonny Rollins and many more. A must for all Jazz fans, and ant excellent introduction into “America’s finest art form”.
Alex Goodall
Producer, Sextetera
2nd October 2009
Freshers Fayre Update.
Hi all and welcome to the new UCL term. We hope that your first week here has been fun and that you are ready to start lectures on Monday. We have had a very successful freshers fayre with hundreds of you coming to our stall and getting information about our society. We have unfortunately had a slight technical hitch in that some of your email addresses may have accidentally been deleted from our spreadsheet.
If you signed up to our email list on Monday morning/early afternoon then you may not be on the list to receive our weekly email. If you think you may have signed up at this point please follow the link to the UCLU Jazz Society Groupspace where you can enter your address to receive out weekly email.
We look forward to seeing you next week for rehearsals and drinks.
Gordon Walsh
UCLU Jazz Society Media and Publicity Officer
20th October 2009
UCLU Joining Fortnight.
We have now has a full 2 weeks of term here at UCL and I hope you are all feeling suitably tired. Now that the Unions "Try Fortnight" has come to its conclusion you can now start joining all of your favourite societies so that you can continue with them for the rest of the academic year.
The next fortnight in the Unions calendar is "Joining Fortnight" where you have to have joined the society by the end of this fortnight if you wish to continue using the services offered. The Jazz Society has a great deal to offer, as we hope this last fortnight has shown, and you can enjoy us for the rest of the year for a bargain £10. You will require membership to the society if you want to rehearse with any of our bands, perform in any of our shows, enjoy the group discounts offered at upcoming events, get offered paid small band gigs and to be considered cool around campus.
We hope that we have convinced you that we are worth the small investment for the year and if you want to join the society then you have a couple of options. The easier manner is to head over to the UCLU Shop.
and sign up and pay online. You can also head to the CSC Reception, 2nd floor of the Bloomsbury Theatre and sign up there but we will warn you that there may be heavy queues towards the end of join fortnight.
UCLU Jazz Society Committee
2nd October 2009
Freshers Fayre Update.
Hi all and welcome to the new UCL term. We hope that your first week here has been fun and that you are ready to start lectures on Monday. We have had a very successful freshers fayre with hundreds of you coming to our stall and getting information about our society. We have unfortunately had a slight technical hitch in that some of your email addresses may have accidentally been deleted from our spreadsheet.
If you signed up to our email list on Monday morning/early afternoon then you may not be on the list to receive our weekly email. If you think you may have signed up at this point please follow the link to the UCLU Jazz Society Groupspace where you can enter your address to receive out weekly email.
We look forward to seeing you next week for rehearsals and drinks.
Gordon Walsh
UCLU Jazz Society Media and Publicity Officer
28th August 2009
Welcome to the website for the University College London Union Jazz Society.
We are currently in the process of designing a new website for the society to use for the academic year 2009/10. The new website will be up and running as soon as possible and we aim to have it complete before Freshers Week at the end of September. If you are a new UCLer this year (congratulations!) and just can't wait to find out about all of the exciting things that we have been doing and have planned for you then please follow the links below for us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also check out our calendar of upcoming events via our google calendar below.
If you want to find out more about societies at UCL then visit the Union Website
If you are looking to book the society for a gig/concert or if you have any specific questions about us then please contact us via UCLU Jazz Society email.
UCLU Jazz Society Committee
