The award is at the heart of the partnership between the two music education organisations, both of whom have pledged to support each other to ensure diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility within jazz education.
Trinity Laban and NYJO will also work together to design and implement a range of activities and projects to benefit all age groups in the surrounding local communities of Greenwich, Lewisham, and Woolwich.
Announced today is the inaugural recipient of the award, first year Jazz student David Ijishakin from South London.
Having joined Trinity Laban’s BA (hons) Music Performance programme in September 2020, the 19-year-old singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, also known as Akin Soul, is the founder of 12-piece band Akin Soul and The Soul Tribe. The band has performed at BBC Music Day at Pop Brixton and All Points East Festival.
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