Llewellyn Osborne

I am a passionate about music, and have worked diligently to help young people find the most rewarding practices and opportunities for development, relevant to their needs.

As the leader of a jazz ensemble for young female and female-identifying musicians, I have collaborated with other professional jazz musicians across Australia to best address the gender gap and provide targeted support for this group in negotiating the tertiary and professional environment.

I have developed strong but flexible organizational skills and am eager to secure employment in a music-related position. I encourage feedback and will work diligently to address student needs and function well in a team environment.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

I regularly attend workshops and symposiums, both delivering and listening to content in order to upskill.

I include this reference from New York based eminent jazz violinist Christian Howes, who provided a positive reference as to my musical abilities when I applied to ANU for MPhil:

Reference from Christian Howes (eminent Jazz violinist)

A former Associate Professor of the Berklee College of Music, I've been widely established as a leading jazz violinist and educator, having won several awards or honours in the last three years including the Jazz Journalists Association, Downbeat Critics Polls, and Jazz Times Expanded Critics Poll, among others. I have also recorded or performed with a wide array of the world's leading jazz musicians. Feel free to see my website www.christianhowes.com

to learn more about me and put my comments in context.

If you have heard El's work samples, you will not need me to confirm for you that she is undoubtedly a highly accomplished and sophisticated jazz musician . What you may or may not be aware of his how rare it is to find a violinist who possesses this degree of sophistication in the jazz world. It is extremely rare. I can tell you this because I am closely connected within the small international community of jazz string players. El is among the upper echelon within this community and as such, she is uniquely qualified to benefit both the string world and the jazz world at large via the project she is proposing.

Jazz violinists are often confronted by misconceptions that others hold concerning why the violin is rare in jazz. The main reason the violin is rare in jazz is because of the lack of study and teaching done by violinists at the level done by other instrumentalists. El's proposal to study 'inflection" is very appropriate because it aims to tap into the essence of jazz language by studying elements of inflection- many elements of inflection can crossover to many instruments- for example, a violin can mimic the inflection of piano, trumpet, voice, etc… not only will this help to bring to light how string players can better understand jazz language, but it will be universally helpful across the jazz community.

Christian Howes

Monday November 2 nd, 2015