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TOMORROW’S Warriors Artist Development Programme helps aspiring young jazz musicians to achieve their creative ambitions by providing free access to learning and training.
The programme at Southbank Centre reaches out in particular to those from low-income and black and ethnic minority backgrounds, or those whose circumstances would tend to lock them out of opportunities to pursue a career in the music industry.
After its funding came to an end in 2018 and it was unsuccessful in its bid for a new funder, Tomorrow’s Warriors was left struggling to keep supporting young musicians.
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