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2025-2026 Casual Tickets
(subscriptions for 2026-2027 will be available in late April)
$45 Casual Adult Tickets for 8-Bit Big Band
$49 Casual Adult Tickets for Reelin' in More Years - Steely Dan Tribute
$22 Casual Student or under 30 years ticket
East Meets West: Connections
Winner of the Juno Award:
Jazz Album of the Year (group)
Winner of the Western Canadian Music Award:
Jazz Artist of the Year (2025)
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra’s eighth album release features new works by Canadian composers Fred Stride and Jean-Nicolas Trottier. A key goal of the WJO is fostering connections between jazz performers and composers across Canada. Several years ago, the WJO approached Montreal-based Trottier to propose a collaborative commission. Without hesitation, he suggested Fred Stride, whom he had met in 2011 when Stride was presenting masterclasses at the University of Montreal. The collaboration resulted in the stunning nine-movement suite featured on this album. Fred and Jean-Nicolas are prolific jazz composers and we are thrilled to bring them together on this project.
Winner of the Juno Award - Jazz Album of the Year (group)
Winner of the Western Canadian Music Award - Artist of the Year
available on all streaming platforms
Winner of the Juno Award - Jazz Album of the Year (group)
Winner of the Western Canadian Music Award - Artist of the Year
available on all streaming platforms
Newly released! Forgotten Stories Suite!
Education events:
CANADIAN JAZZ COMPOSERS WORKSHOPS
For passionate jazz enthusiasts and students of jazz of all ages who want to learn how to compose or want to understand the dynamics of composition, these free workshops are for you. We hope that you can join us as we hose this wonderful zoom series. Although the workshops are free, we ask that you register as this helps with future grant applications. As well we may have to limit the numbers as we can host a maximum of 95 participants.
Other resources for Students and Teachers:
All pre-concert performances for the 2025-2026 season are now filled. Please contact us if you wish to have your band perform before one of our concerts in the 2026-2027 season.
Jump into your 2026-2027 school year with a half-day workshop for each of your jazz bands. Take some of the weight of instruction off yourself and let us teach, encourage and inspire your students! Mid-October and mid-November dates available. Reserve an earlybird spot by contacting [email protected].
If you would like your band to beta-test our upcoming play-along app, please contact [email protected].
Play-along charts for students are available HERE.
Jazz Skills videos are available HERE.
All pre-concert performances for the 2025-2026 season are now filled. Please contact us if you wish to have your band perform before one of our concerts in the 2026-2027 season.
Jump into your 2026-2027 school year with a half-day workshop for each of your jazz bands. Take some of the weight of instruction off yourself and let us teach, encourage and inspire your students! Mid-October and mid-November dates available. Reserve an earlybird spot by contacting [email protected].
If you would like your band to beta-test our upcoming play-along app, please contact [email protected].
Play-along charts for students are available HERE.
Jazz Skills videos are available HERE.
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra Endowment Fund!
The Winnipeg Foundation logo - For Good. Forever.
The annual revenue we receive from the interest from this fund contributes to the WJO’s stability and sustainability. We receive matching funds from the Canada Cultural Investment Fund.
You can make your donation on The Winnipeg Foundation website by clicking on the GIVE icon and choosing the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra. This endowment, along with your regular donations and the support of funding bodies, will ensure continued music-making by the WJO.
Thank you to The Winnipeg Foundation and the Canadian Endowment Incentives fund for their support.
You can make your donation on The Winnipeg Foundation website by clicking on the GIVE icon and choosing the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra. This endowment, along with your regular donations and the support of funding bodies, will ensure continued music-making by the WJO.
Thank you to The Winnipeg Foundation and the Canadian Endowment Incentives fund for their support.
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra welcomes and shares its performance and creation of music - a universal language to all people irrespective of culture, race, sexuality, ability, language and gender.
Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council for a professional development grant to help attend the Arts Reach Marketing, Ticketing and Development Conference in Toronto in June 2025.
Thank you to the Manitoba government for a grant to increase our inclusivity and diversity
and a grant to assist our move to electronic, paper-less music.
Thank you to the Government of Canada Canadian Heritage for Endowment Incentives matching grants for the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra Endowment administered by the Winnipeg Foundation..
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- We take pictures and videos at WJO events. By attending you give permission for your image to be used in marketing or promotional materials.
- Masks are always welcomed at events, but not required. We thank everyone for being considerate of their neighbour and not attending if they are not feeling well. Our primary concern is your safety and the safety of our musicians, volunteers and staff.
