Issie Barratt
Encyclopedia
Issie Barratt is a British composer
, known for her work in Big Band
Jazz
and Jazz
Education
.
, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
, Bohuslän Big Band
, The PRS Foundation for New Music, Delta Sax Quartet, 4th Dimension String Quartet, Voice of the North, North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
, Vortex Foundation Big Band, Swiss Gemeinderat of Unterägeri, Trinity College of Music’s Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
, Conservatoires UK Big Band
and Youth Music with performances often featuring artists such as Anders Bergcrantz, Tim Garland
, Mark Lockheart
, Joe Locke
, Dennis Rollins
, Carl Rütti. Steve Waterman
and Annie Whitehead
.
’s Jazz Faculty in 1999, which she continued to run until 2004. She now holds the position of Senior Jazz Fellow. As well as directing ensembles from Trinity College of Music
, Barratt has also co-directed the Conservatoires UK
Big Band since 2003, performing annually at Leeds College of Music
’s International Jazz conference (alongside fellow artists and educators Bob Mintzer
, Tim Garland
, Mike Hall
, Julian Joseph
, Gerard Presencer
, Mike Gibbs and Mark Donlon), as well as appearing with them at the International Association of Jazz Educators’s Conference in 2008. Issie has also lead various projects at the Royal Academy of Music
, the Royal Northern College of Music
and the Royal College of Music
, contributed to the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
’s jazz syllabi and written several research papers on jazz related topics. Since September 2006 Barratt has held the position of Artistic Director for Jazz Services’ National Youth Jazz Summer School funded by Youth Music. She is also an active member of the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters (chairing their Jazz Committee), Jazz adjudicator for Music for Youth’s annual national festival, Trustee of the Women’s Jazz Archive and a member of the advisory panel for the All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Awards.
Other
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, known for her work in Big Band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
.
Career
Barratt has been awarded commissions by the Philharmonia OrchestraPhilharmonia
The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is a British period instrument orchestra. The OAE is a resident orchestra of the Southbank Centre, London, associate orchestra at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and has its headquarters at Kings Place...
, Bohuslän Big Band
Bohuslän Big Band
The Bohuslän Big Band is a modern jazz ensemble from Sweden which started as a military orchestra in the 19th century. They play original music as well as compositions by Lars Jansson, Maria Schneider, Frank Zappa and others....
, The PRS Foundation for New Music, Delta Sax Quartet, 4th Dimension String Quartet, Voice of the North, North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
The North Cheshire Wind Orchestra is a symphonic wind orchestra based in Warrington, England.The membership of around 40 players is drawn from throughout the North West of England, many of whom travel considerable distances to rehearsals...
, Vortex Foundation Big Band, Swiss Gemeinderat of Unterägeri, Trinity College of Music’s Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
, Conservatoires UK Big Band
Conservatoires UK
Conservatoires UK is a group that represents seven of the nine British conservatoires.-Members:* Birmingham Conservatoire * Leeds College of Music* Royal College of Music, London...
and Youth Music with performances often featuring artists such as Anders Bergcrantz, Tim Garland
Tim Garland
Tim Garland is a British jazz saxophonist, composer and band-leader. He is also known for his innovative bass clarinet playing and for his prolific output as composer, blurring the boundaries between modern jazz and classical concert music.As a performer, he has worked widely both in Britain and...
, Mark Lockheart
Mark Lockheart
Mark Lockheart is a British jazz tenor saxophonist who came to prominence as a member of the Loose Tubes big band during the 1980s....
, Joe Locke
Joe Locke
Joseph Paul Locke is a US American jazz vibraphonist, composer, recording artist and educator.-Biography:Locke was born in Palo Alto, California, but raised in Rochester, New York...
, Dennis Rollins
Dennis Rollins
Dennis Rollins is a British jazz trombonist, the founder and bandleader of BadBone and Co.Rollins was born in Birmingham, of Jamaican parents, and brought up in Bentley, Doncaster and attended Don Valley High School...
, Carl Rütti. Steve Waterman
Steve Waterman
Steve Waterman is a producer for both movies and television.He was co-producer for Casper and executive producer for Stuart Little and Stuart Little 2.He is currently producing the upcoming live-action/CGI animated Alvin and the Chipmunks movie....
and Annie Whitehead
Annie Whitehead
Annie Whitehead is an English jazz trombone player.-Career:Annie learned trombone at school; at 14 she was already busy playing with brass bands, local dance groups and the Manchester Youth Jazz Orchestra and began her professional career at sixteen. Among her initial influences were Miles Davis,...
.
As an Educator
Barratt was responsible for establishing Trinity College of MusicTrinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
’s Jazz Faculty in 1999, which she continued to run until 2004. She now holds the position of Senior Jazz Fellow. As well as directing ensembles from Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
, Barratt has also co-directed the Conservatoires UK
Conservatoires UK
Conservatoires UK is a group that represents seven of the nine British conservatoires.-Members:* Birmingham Conservatoire * Leeds College of Music* Royal College of Music, London...
Big Band since 2003, performing annually at Leeds College of Music
Leeds College of Music
Leeds College of Music, located in Leeds’ Quarry Hill cultural quarter, is the largest music college in the United Kingdom, with over 1,000 full-time and 1,000 part-time students. The college is best known for its leading role in jazz education and started one of the first jazz degrees in Europe...
’s International Jazz conference (alongside fellow artists and educators Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader based in Los Angeles, California. Mintzer is a member of the jazz rock band the Yellowjackets.-With The Yellowjackets:*Greenhouse, 1991;*Live Wires, 1992;...
, Tim Garland
Tim Garland
Tim Garland is a British jazz saxophonist, composer and band-leader. He is also known for his innovative bass clarinet playing and for his prolific output as composer, blurring the boundaries between modern jazz and classical concert music.As a performer, he has worked widely both in Britain and...
, Mike Hall
Mike Hall
Michael Hall or Mike Hall may refer to:*Mike Hall , British politician*Mike Hall , English rugby league footballer*Mike Hall , Welsh rugby union footballer...
, Julian Joseph
Julian Joseph
Julian Joseph is a jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger and broadcaster. Joseph has worked solo, in his all-star big band, trio, quartet, forum project band or electric band....
, Gerard Presencer
Gerard Presencer
Gerard Presencer is an English jazz trumpeter who has also made a name as a session player in pop-music contexts, and as a jazz educator. He currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Biography :...
, Mike Gibbs and Mark Donlon), as well as appearing with them at the International Association of Jazz Educators’s Conference in 2008. Issie has also lead various projects at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
, the Royal Northern College of Music
Royal Northern College of Music
The Royal Northern College of Music is a music school in Manchester, England. It is located on Oxford Road in Chorlton on Medlock, at the western edge of the campus of the University of Manchester and is one of four conservatories associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music...
and the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
, contributed to the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
ABRSM is an internationally recognised educational body and charity that provides examinations in music The organisation, based in London, UK, runs exams in centres all over the world...
’s jazz syllabi and written several research papers on jazz related topics. Since September 2006 Barratt has held the position of Artistic Director for Jazz Services’ National Youth Jazz Summer School funded by Youth Music. She is also an active member of the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters (chairing their Jazz Committee), Jazz adjudicator for Music for Youth’s annual national festival, Trustee of the Women’s Jazz Archive and a member of the advisory panel for the All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Awards.
Discography
As a leader- 2008: Astral Pleasures (Fuzzy Moon)
Other
- 2008: Letter to Billie - Bohuslän Big Band (Track: Strange Fruit)
- 2007: Dedicated to You ... But You Weren't Listening: The Music of Soft Machine - Delta Saxophone Quartet (Track: Somehow with the passage of time)