Events may be altered or cancelled at any time due to health or travel regulations.
Note: Our primary concern is your safety and the safety of our musicians, volunteers and staff.
Fall of 2022: Some venues require proof of vaccination and masks to be worn in any indoor enclosed space. We thank everyone for being considerate of their neighbour. Any virus prevention measures at concerts will be cautiously re-evaluated prior to each concert.
Note: Our primary concern is your safety and the safety of our musicians, volunteers and staff.
Fall of 2022: Some venues require proof of vaccination and masks to be worn in any indoor enclosed space. We thank everyone for being considerate of their neighbour. Any virus prevention measures at concerts will be cautiously re-evaluated prior to each concert.
WJO 2022-23 - Concert Season on sale!
WJO 25th Anniversary Celebration!
THURSDAY, October 27, 2022, 7:30 pm
West End Cultural Centre (WECC) - 586 Ellice Avenue
WJO returns to the West End Cultural Centre - where it all began!
With this concert we plan to feature many of the original musicians that were involved in our inaugural concert in 1997. There will be swinging hits by Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Rob McConnell, alongside WJO favourites from years past that will make this a silver anniversary to remember.
Education events
Women in Jazz Symposium 2022:
Join us for our second Women in Jazz Symposium on Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
Adults $25, Students $5 (subsidized tickets available for students - see your band teacher for details)
- More information coming soon!
Join us for our second Women in Jazz Symposium on Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
Adults $25, Students $5 (subsidized tickets available for students - see your band teacher for details)
- More information coming soon!
Resources for Students and Teachers:
Play-along charts for students are available HERE.
Jazz Skills videos are available HERE. - More videos coming!
Play-along charts for students are available HERE.
Jazz Skills videos are available HERE. - More videos coming!
Thank you for keeping Big Band Jazz alive
We appreciate all of you who have donated toward our 2022 events and education initiatives. If you haven't yet and would like to donate, please use the button below or go to our donation page here.
Last season we held three composers workshops, mentoring emerging composers for big band (whose pieces you will hear at our concerts!), commissioned more compositions to reflect the different cultures in our great country and will be releasing that music on our fifth CD soon. We presented a concert with all female performers and conductor to tie in with the International Women's Day and are held our Second Annual Women in Jazz Symposium.
Some of our dreams (the Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop and the Women in Jazz Symposium) were much better than we imagined, with people zooming in from all over North America.
Please donate to the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra so we can continue to provide you with the best in big band jazz. We have more ideas to explore and new experiences to bring to you in the 2022-23 season and beyond.
Last season we held three composers workshops, mentoring emerging composers for big band (whose pieces you will hear at our concerts!), commissioned more compositions to reflect the different cultures in our great country and will be releasing that music on our fifth CD soon. We presented a concert with all female performers and conductor to tie in with the International Women's Day and are held our Second Annual Women in Jazz Symposium.
Some of our dreams (the Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop and the Women in Jazz Symposium) were much better than we imagined, with people zooming in from all over North America.
Please donate to the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra so we can continue to provide you with the best in big band jazz. We have more ideas to explore and new experiences to bring to you in the 2022-23 season and beyond.
