The Barnsley Youth Jazz Association is a not for profit music service based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
We teach young people to play instruments and run a number of bands every week. The Barnsley Youth Jazz Association (BYJA) aims to provide individual music tuition and performing experience through the Barnsley Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Barnsley Youth Swing Band for children aged 5-18 years at an affordable price. We offer a very good value for money system using excellent, enthusiastic teacher
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10/01/2026
Come and join the Dearne Big Band this Friday, 16th Jan, 8pm start, £7.50 on the door at Darfield Community Centre S73 9AL 🎺🎸🎤🎷🎹
Hope to see you there!
Happy New Year to you all,
This month it’s the Dearne Big Band and Singers led by Loraine Cawood. Friday 16th Jan, 8pm start, £7.50 on the door at Darfield Community Centre S73 9AL.
Myself and many others in the village (and more than one or two in full time music jobs) grew up and got our start in performing music through this band. The Dearne Big Band is the main fund raiser for the Barnsley Youth Jazz Association which provides a route for local kids and young adults to start playing an instrument and join a band where this opportunity isn’t available to them through other routes. None of the adults in the Big Band take a fee, ever. The money paid to the Dearne Big Band goes back into the jazz association.
So, by supporting the concert on 16 January you are supporting local kids to get into music. This music is of course swing and jazz in the hope that the music we all love and enjoy can continue into the future whilst giving the kids opportunity to learn an instrument and, as we did, some life skills along the way. That might sound a little like emotional bribery and to a degree it is; music (and the arts) are now so diluted and under-funded that it’s vital that other routes exist.
🎷🎸🎹Looking to have fun and make new friends? Join our vibrant youth jazz orchestra, open to musicians aged 11-18, or our swing band for younger children aged 6-11! 🥁🎼🎺
Don’t have an instrument? No problem! We can provide you with one to take home and practice (except piano and drums). Need lessons? We’ve got you covered! Come join us for an exciting musical experience. Contact us today to get started!
We play a wide range of music, including rock, pop, motown, and, of course, your favourite jazz tunes. If you play trumpet, saxophone, trombone, drums, piano, bass, or guitar, we’d love to have you in our ensemble.
23/12/2025
🎄🎷 What a fantastic Christmas concert! 🎶✨
The Jazz Orchestra delivered a great festive performance, and it was an especially exciting first Christmas concert for many of the children in the Swing Band — with several stepping forward to play solos for the very first time 👏
A selection of Christmas songs filled Darfield Community Centre with the sounds of Christmas and really got everyone into the Christmas spirit.
To top off a wonderful evening, Katy Gregg was the proud winner of the Holin Hammerton Award 🏆
Well done to everyone involved! 🌟🎄
09/12/2025
🎄 Christmas Concert – Sunday 14th December 🎄
Venue: Darfield Community Centre
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Concert starts at 6.30pm
Everyone is welcome
Entry is by donation, and there will be a bar available on the night.
Come along, enjoy a festive evening, and support the children as they perform! 🎶✨
08/12/2025
In addition to coming and paying to see us perform,
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