2007
Julian
performed with the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain, on
Sunday 16 December @ Fairfield Halls, Croydon.
NOVEMBER
The
Bridgetower tour continued @ Warwick Arts
Centre (2nd); Hall for Cornwall, Truro (7th); Exeter Corn Exchange (9th);
Malvern Festival Theatre (13th); Sheffield Lyceum Theatre (17th); De La
Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea (24th) and Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
(28th).
The
finals of The
Pianist
Magazine's Competition for Outstanding Amateurs took place on Saturday
17 November @ London's Cadogan Hall. Three Jazz finalists performed to
a jury comprising Julian, Jason Rebello, Gwilym Simcock and Jamie Cullum.
The winner will get to perform with the Julian Joseph Big Band at a top
London jazz venue in 2008.
OCTOBER
Julian
Joseph acoustic trio @ the Halesworth Arts Festival, Sunday 14 October.
The
UK tour of Julian's opera, Bridgetower,
opened at the Cambridge Arts Theatre on Tuesday 23 October before going
to the Hackney Empire on Thursday 25 October.
SEPTEMBER
On
Saturday 1 September @ 7.30 pm, Julian joined the National Children's
Orchestra of Great Britain at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall for a concert
featuring his original arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
and a movement from his orchestral suite Symphonic Story: The Great
Exception, 'Spiritual Fiction or Fact?'.
Tune
Up! 2007 presented the Chris Mountford Collective with the Streetlights
Jazz Faculty @ Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's, 161 Old Street, London EC1,
Wednesday 19 September, 7.00 pm. Featuring Julian, Steve Williamson, Orphy
Robinson, Byron Wallen and Mark Hodgson.
JULY
London
premiere performances of Julian's new opera, Bridgetower,
commissioned by the City of London Corporation for the City of London
Festival, with a libretto by Mike Phillips and in collaboration with English
Touring Opera @ LSO St Luke's, 161 Old Street, London, Thursday 5 to Saturday
7 July.
Julian
Joseph Quartet @ the Osijek Jazz Festival, Croatia, Tuesday 10 July.
"An
Evening With Julian Joseph": Julian Joseph Acoustic Trio @ Cliveden
House, Cliveden, Taplow, Berks, Sunday 22 July.
MAY
With
Mark Latimer @ Norfolk
& Norwich Festival, Thursday 10 May.
Julian
Joseph Trio @ The
Shed, Brawby, Malton, North Yorkshire, Saturday 19 May.
Duet
with Steve Williamson @ St
Ives Jazz Club, Western Hotel, Royal Square, St Ives, Tuesday 22 May.
APRIL
Julian
Joseph Trio ~ Mark Hodgson (bass), Gary Husband (drums) ~ with special
guest Steve Williamson (saxophone) @ Pizza
Express Jazz Club Soho, 10 Dean Street, London, W1, Monday 2 &
Tuesday 3 April.
With
Cleveland Watkiss and the Liepaja Symphonic Orchestra, Friday 27 &
Saturday 28 April, as part of Liepaja
Jazz '07, Liepaja, Latvia.
FEBRUARY
With
Mark Latimer @ St George's, Great George Street, Bristol, Thursday 1 February,
8.00pm.
'BAND
ON THE WALL' CAMPAIGN
As
a result of the campaign, supported by Julian and many others, to re-open
Manchester's famous music venue, 'Band on the Wall' which closed in January
2006, the Heritage Lottery Fund has now approved the venue's grant application
and the Arts Council's management team have recommended final grant support
of the project. This latter recommendation will go to the full Arts Council
on 3rd July. Given a good outcome there, 'Band on the Wall' will be able
to proceed with the project.
LONDON
CONNECTIONS
Julian
can be heard on a new CD ~ London-Paris
Connection ~ produced by saxophonist/clarinettist David
Jean-Baptiste, featured exclusively on the London-Paris Eurostar train.
They are joined by Nicolas Genest on trumpet, Eric Vinceno on bass and
Benjamin Sanz on drums.
Listen
to: Puszczykowo
(mp3); Morning
Metropolis (mp3).