ABOUT JOSHUA HATCHER

Joshua Hatcher is a Brisbane-based saxophonist, composer and music educator. He was a finalist in the 2016 National Jazz Awards (saxophone) at Wangaratta, and 2 selections from his album “Now and Then” were finalists in the 2016 QMusic Awards Jazz Category.

His big band compositions and arrangements were recorded by the Enthusiastic Musicians’ Orchestra on “One for B” (2011) and “Long Way Home” (2014) and he was the 2016 Composer-in-Residence for the West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra. In 2018 he completed his Master of Music Research in composition at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.

He has lectured in a range of subjects at Jazz Music Institute since 2012 including Saxophone, Improvisation, Theory and Ensemble Skills, and is the current musical director of the JMI Jazz Orchestra. He regularly workshops high school bands in improvisation, rhythm section playing, and big band performance

THE BAND:

Tenor Saxophone - Joshua Hatcher
Guitar - Ben Hauptmann
Double Bass - Nick Quigley
Drums - Aaron Jansz

MORE INFO:

Doors open from 7:30PM
Music from 8pm
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