Jazz Workshop and Jam Session in Nicosia

The Jazz Workshop and Jazz Concert, supported by the European Commission and organised with the participation of Jazz Education Abroad as part of European Music Nights 2017, took place in Nicosia on Tuesday, 11 July. The workshop brought together all age groups and participants at all levels and all musical instruments at Ledra Art Music and Fine Arts Studio. After the opening speech by Ms.Pelin Maneoğlu, almost 40 participants took part in parallel workshops for different instruments with Mariano Abello (Saxophone), J. Kyle Gregory (Trumpet), Dave Glenn (Trombone), Jeremy Siskind (Piano), Cahit Kutrafalı (Bass), Damian Erskine (Bass), Mike Dana (Guitar) and Paolo Orlandi (Drums). After the workshop, a jam session was held between 21:30 and 22:30, where the jazz masters gave a jazz concert. The jazz jam session brought together more than 50 jazz lovers at the Lefkoşa HASDER garden.