Twenty bands, 15 schools, four days, one CD and a whole lot of jazz.
The Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival in Marlborough begins on Wednesday next week, with secondary schools from throughout the South Island filling the region with smooth grooves.
For the first time in the festival's nine-year history, a compilation CD with a track from each band will be recorded and sold as a memento.
The CD will be recorded during the competition phase of the event at the Marlborough Boys' College hall by Blenheim recording studio Hear No Evil.
Marlborough 4 Fun event organiser Tash Twidle said the project received funding from the Creative Communities scheme run through Creative New Zealand.
"[The CD] gives the students something to work toward, and they will be subsidised so they can buy it for their families or send it to people overseas who weren't able to make it to the event."
Money raised from sales will go into running next year's event.
Hear No Evil director Luke Bowman said he was happy to support Marlborough artists.
The company, which was set up about two years ago and employs four people, has the ability to work outside its Hammerichs Rd studio and record in most situations.
The festival begins with each band having a masterclass with the New Zealand School of Music and Rodger Fox, and also includes the band competition and public performances in Blenheim and Picton, finishing with a gala concert on Saturday night at the Marlborough Boys' College hall.
The gala concert will feature performances from the competition winners, the New Zealand Youth Jazz Orchestra, and an all-star band made up of members from different schools.
The boys' college hall was bigger than the Marlborough Civic Theatre, which hosted the concert last year, Ms Twidle said. "It's important for the playing students to hear their peers play. We couldn't fit them in the theatre last year."
The bands would also perform for primary schools around Marlborough, with the aim of encouraging a new generation of musicians, she said.
The CD will cost $10 from Marlborough 4 Fun.
Tickets to the gala concert cost $35 for adults and $20 for students and senior citizens.
They are available from the Marlborough Civic Theatre, New World Blenheim, Take Note in Picton and TicketDirect Tasman.
- The Marlborough Express
SIMON WONG
FOR ALL TO HEAR: Marlborough Girls' College head girl Lily Sullivan plays the saxophone for Luke Bowman, director of the Hear No Evil recording studio. The Blenheim company will record performances by bands during the Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival next week. The resulting CD will be sold to the public.
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