sometimes we want to fight things that are naturally how life goes, and there's nothing you can do about it, you accept your fate
beat by Bailsxc

Letter To Old Me - Interlude (BEAT by Bailsxc)

Who said getting the groceries had to be boring?

Epic grocery shop

York-based composer, musical director, tutor, and saxophonist extraordinaire, adds finesse and humour to serious musicality. Educated at Leeds Conservatoire (BA in Music, Jazz/Sax, 2017–2021; MA in Musical Direction, 2022–2023), Joe combines polish with play—and a sax that’s heard things.

His performing credits include fronting Manouche Ganoush, holding alto sax duties for GT Big Band and Burley-in-Wharfedale Big Band, and leading both the Joe Allen Big Band and the trio Bowes/Berg/Allen. Each ensemble adds another layer to his musical footprint.

In theatre, Joe has worked with TV names like Louis Spence and Les Dennis, toured nationally with Anton Benson Productions, and serves as Musical Director for York’s acclaimed NETheatre. One might say he orchestrates more than just music. 

Joe also writes—original scores for kids’ theatre (Northern Opera Group’s Book of Eternity), commissions, and freelance arrangement work both local and global. His pen scores, and so do his students.

As a tutor, Joe teaches sax, clarinet, voice, theory, composition—and more importantly, teaches musicians how to be musicians. Tackling performance anxiety, audition prep, deep listening, even event-producing, he’s part mentor, part musical GPS. 

In short, Joe Allen knows how to direct, compose, teach—and occasionally crack a jazz pun mid-solo.

Joe on LinkedIn: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeallenmusic/

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