Eastside Fm in Sydney have an interesting initiative to get more young people in the driver’s seat as presenters and producers of jazz radio programs. It is led by a group of volunteer broadcasters from the station that have seen a need for more young people to engage with the music and the medium of radio.  They are looking for high school students and young adults with an interest in this music to become involved.

This is specific to the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, but it might inform people wanting to do similar things (for any genre of music) around the country, particular in community radio.

JAZZ CONTINUUM moves forward on a new wave of Random Sounds of Improbability as announced during National Youth Week.

Expressions of interest are being sought from young people between 16-25yrs  to be part of Eastside’s Jazz Continuum  – a youth program initiative that now moves into its second phase of a dedicated youth radio program on Saturday afternoons.

JAZZ CONTINUUM’S Saturday radio show will feature the sounds of the new with tips of experience weighing in from elders in the jazz scene.

Commencing in June, it will bring together people 16-25yrs interested in performing, broadcasting and producing, and let them loose on Saturday afternoons to delve, decipher and discuss random sounds of improbability with young musicians and bands, educators and professional musicians.  From the improvisations of jazz masters to the sounds of the electronic eclectic, JAZZ CONTINUUM will bring together sounds from the gene pool of musical freedom.

Read more about how to get involved at the Eastside FM website

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