National Youth Jazz Collective

The National Youth Jazz Collective is a registered charity that supports young jazz musicians in England. It runs an annual summer school and regional sessions for musicians aged roughly 8 to 18, covering improvising, composing, arranging and leading bands. Its programme also includes a vocal jazz camp, audition tours, a creative leadership ensemble and an ambassador scheme. The charity is based at a creative hub in Leicester and appears at jazz festivals, with online teaching resources and video archives on its website.