Jazz Queensland

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Member Since: 1/31/2007
Band Website: jazzqueensland.com
Band Members: Management Committee:

All positions on both the Management and Advisory Committees are filled with financial members of Jazz Queensland, who are elected at the Annual General Meeting AGM.

The committees are made up of musicians and other industry stakeholders. The management structure is comprised of three parts: the Management Committee, the Advisory Committee and the Marketing and Development Officer for Jazz Queensland.

The Management Committee has four voluntary positions:
Act. President - Andrew Shaw *
Act. Vice Pres - Lynette Irwin *
Secretary - Louise Denson
Treasurer - Rõhan Somasekaran
* Lynette and Andrew are filling these interim roles untill the 2007 AGM. Lynette is standing in for the former President Kirsty van der Plas, whom is relocating to Victoria.

The Management Committee is guided in its decision making by the Advisory Committee, which has six voluntary positions.
Advisory Committee: Ingrid James
Dan Quigley
Kym Ambrose

Jazz Queensland's sole paid position is that of Marketing and Development Officer, Jim Budd
This position is responsible to the Management Committee.

Jazz QLD Membership
Membership is welcome, easy and can be tailored to suit your needs. Check out the benefits of becoming a Jazz QLD member or sign up, on our membership page .

To contact Jazz QLD, post:
PO Box 3135
Sth Brisbane BCQLD 4101
email: [email protected]
Influences: Our Mission - Jazz Queensland

To foster a strong and artistic Jazz life in Queensland by promoting development and public access to jazz. In general to work for the furtherance of jazz activity and its public support. To foster the presentation of high quality performances of jazz including performers engaged with the development of original material and indigenous based jazz styles and to encourage the development of audience participation and support for such performances. To seek and expand performance opportunities for jazz artists by way of further investigation and extension of venues, clubs and festivals. To encourage and assist young people and women in jazz by presenting appropriate role models. To be free of gender bias. To maintain and make available an information base about jazz act ivies and musicians in Queensland. To promote, publicise and educate about jazz through use of media and direct presentation. To increase networks. To assist in the application of funding of commissions for jazz musicians,composers and other organisations. To widen the base of organsational and financial support of jazz by local, state and federal governing bodies, other persons and orgnanisations by seeking sponsorship at every level. To facilitate the work of people who are willing to develop organisational structures to support jazz performance composition, education and documentation. To develop opportunities and co-operate with with other state organisations and with the National Jazz organisations in facilitating national and international jazz programming.