{"id":2862,"date":"2018-06-14T13:58:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T13:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2018-06-14T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T13:58:58","slug":"smfas-dr-ruth-herbert-a-trustee-for-national-youth-jazz-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2018\/06\/14\/smfas-dr-ruth-herbert-a-trustee-for-national-youth-jazz-collective\/","title":{"rendered":"SMFA\u2019s Dr Ruth Herbert a trustee for National Youth Jazz Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2866\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2018\/06\/ruth2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2866 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2018\/06\/ruth2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2018\/06\/ruth2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2018\/06\/ruth2-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ruth Herbert, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Music Psychologist and performer, Dr Ruth Herbert, SMFA\u2019s Lecturer in Contemporary and 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Music Performance, has been invited to become a trustee of the National Youth Jazz Collective.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2007, The NYJC supports the creative &amp; educational needs of the young jazz musician, focusing on small group improvisation within a pathway of progression from beginners to young professionals, supporting music education to increase the ability of 8 \u2013 18 year -olds to play by ear in small groups: to learn, improvise, compose, arrange and lead bands.<\/p>\n<p>Commented Dr Herbert:\u00a0<em>\u201cI am delighted to have been invited to be a trustee for National Youth Jazz Collective. At a time when arts provision (including music) is being sidelined to the point of extinction in schools, the roles of organisations like NYJC are a lifeline &amp; incredibly important in sustaining music provision. NYJC are doing an amazing job of reaching out- through regional workshops across the UK, through their Summer School, and other initiatives &#8211; e.g. inclusivity, particularly getting more young women into jazz. Simply giving young people the time and space to connect\/experience\/understand loads of different musics and have a good time!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More info <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalyouthjazz.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/nationalyouthjazz.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related posts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/news.html?view=2703\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/news.html?view=2703<\/a><br \/>\nAnd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/news.html?view=2675\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/news.html?view=2675<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Music Psychologist and performer, Dr Ruth Herbert, SMFA\u2019s Lecturer in Contemporary and 20th Century Music Performance, has been invited to become a trustee of the National Youth Jazz Collective. Founded in 2007, The NYJC supports the creative &amp; educational needs of the young jazz musician, focusing on small group improvisation within a pathway of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2018\/06\/14\/smfas-dr-ruth-herbert-a-trustee-for-national-youth-jazz-collective\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SMFA\u2019s Dr Ruth Herbert a trustee for National Youth Jazz Collective<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22922,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1252,124,70],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2868,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions\/2868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}