22/05/2026
We are excited for Johnny Turner, who is performing with the Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra this week at the Sydney Con Jazz Festival (alongside some other recent graduates).
Welcome to the Jazz Performance program at the Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts. This is an Adelaide University unofficial account.
22/05/2026
We are excited for Johnny Turner, who is performing with the Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra this week at the Sydney Con Jazz Festival (alongside some other recent graduates).
16/05/2026
Congratulations to The Wardells and Maisie Aitken on this very impressive achievement!
14/05/2026
We’re so excited to welcome Troy Roberts to Scott Theatre tonight for a special Open Masterclass ahead of this weekend’s sold out Troy Roberts In Concert: An Afternoon of Jazz at UKARIA. 🎷
Yesterday’s closed Masterclass with students from Adelaide University’s Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts was a great opportunity for students to fine-tune the fundamentals. Tonight, experience Troy sharing his approach to improvisation, musicianship, band-leading and life as a professional jazz artist.
🎶 Open Masterclass with Troy Roberts
🗓️ Tonight
⏱️ 4:30pm – 6:30pm
📍 Scott Theatre, Adelaide University
Final tickets available here: https://helpmannacademy.com.au/troy-roberts-open-masterclass-14-05-26/
Happy Wednesday Afternoon all,
Attached to this post is a video of the vocal group .adl .
Led by the wonderful , here’s a wicked version of “Without a Song” done by Anita Wardell arranged for the choir by the whimsical .
🎤Eve🎤Keira🎤Lauren🎤Bella🎤Ellie🎤Sienna🎤Sara🎤Molly(absent)
🎹Ciara🎻Daniel🥁Ted
Kind regards,
JD
Check out Elder Con graduate Duncan Hemstock recording a solo with the Callum Au Big Band!
Terrific Tuesday ECJers. The Jazz Guitar Ensemble performed “Still Warm”! A legendary tune by John Scofield arranged by leader James Muller
🎸: Tobey, Kai, Judah, Julian, Nate, James.
🎹Luis🎻Lachlan🥁Micah
Happy Sunday Elder Con Jazzers. Here’s a small clip of Mace Francis’ “No Postcode” performed by our very own Elder Conservatorium Big Band led by Alex Taylor.
Sax: John, Luka, Lucinda, Peter, Sienna
Tpt: Ben, Seb, Andy, Xavier
Tbn: Rhys, Ollie, Hamish, Lauren
🥁Ted🎸Hugo🎻Paul🎹Liam
Hey jazz people under 25! Just a reminder that the 2026 ANJO Youth Big Band auditions close on Jan 10. This year's guest artists are the phenomenal Bert Joris and Florian Ross.
https://www.anjoyouthbigband.com.au/auditions2024-1-2
28/11/2025
And the annual class photo (sans Honours students) has arrived.