A triple bill celebration of music will take place in Clitheroe next month to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues will be celebrating the special day at The Grand in Clitheroe as Emma Johnson, Sarah Heneghan and Trish Ferrarin, each promote jazz in their own right.
For International Women’s Day in 2023, the Grand and Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues are showcasing great music leadership from women teachers and composers based in the North on 8 March at 7.30pm – redefining, reinventing, and reigniting musical creativity and promotion with groove, beat and tunes that take you to another world.
Emma is a Leeds-based saxophonist, composer, and the bandleader of Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat.
Gravy Boat performs Emma’s melodic, cinematic jazz compositions and has been described as ‘one of the most refreshingly imaginative and perfectly configured acts in contemporary jazz’.
Speaking about the concert, Emma said: “I can't wait to return to the Grand to perform with Gravy Boat as well as to perform some new arrangements of her music featuring the brilliant Elbow Room musicians.”
Sarah is a Sheffield-based composer-performer and multi-instrumentalist with a specialism in drums.
Sarah is driven by a love of collaboration, empowering herself and others so in this gig, as well as performing solos associated with her Power Out project, Sarah is lifting Elbow Room’s rhythm section to reach new levels of musicality.
Sarah said: “Sometimes I stop and reflect on what I do for a living. Being asked to contribute to this event, an ethos which I deeply care about, is an absolute dream.
“I’m so grateful and excited to be supporting other women in music.”
Trish’s local profile in musical performance, education and development is second to none.
She has developed Elbow Room from a Women in Jazz workshop in the 2019 Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues, to a fully-fledged ensemble growing all the time – the doors are always open.
Elbow Room will be playing arrangements of much-loved jazz classics as well as Trish’s own compositions.
To enjoy the evening of jazz people are advised to buy tickets sooner rather than later and to support Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues’ collaboration with exciting new artists.
Tickets for RVJB member are £10, £12.50 non-members and under 18s are free. They are on sale from the Grand in Clitheroe now.
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