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Coming Soon! WJO's Winter 2022 Season!
WJO 2021-2022
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2021
2:00 pm
Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre (SOPAC) 711 Jefferson Avenue
In many Latin American countries, the arrival of the holiday season is marked by parrandas. These street festivals are a joyous gathering of people, with lots of food, fireworks, and of course lots and lots of music and dancing in celebration of the season. Trio Bembe (Rodrigo Muñoz, Amber Epp, Victor López) joins the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra for a holiday concert that captures that joy and paints a musical tableau of Latin American year-end celebrations.
A 60 minute stream of this concert is available from Friday, December 7 to Sunday, December 26.
2:00 pm
Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre (SOPAC) 711 Jefferson Avenue
In many Latin American countries, the arrival of the holiday season is marked by parrandas. These street festivals are a joyous gathering of people, with lots of food, fireworks, and of course lots and lots of music and dancing in celebration of the season. Trio Bembe (Rodrigo Muñoz, Amber Epp, Victor López) joins the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra for a holiday concert that captures that joy and paints a musical tableau of Latin American year-end celebrations.
A 60 minute stream of this concert is available from Friday, December 7 to Sunday, December 26.
We are excited to announce our plans for the fall and hope that you can join us for some or all of our planned performances. This season we will continue our Sunday concert series, but will expand with a brand new “Second Stage” series.
WJO Mainstage Series:
This fall we will have three concerts at SOPAC (Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre) on October 24, November 21 and December 5. These programs will continue to explore writing projects and creative projects.
SOPAC allows us flexibility in spacing and ability to record. An online stream of each of these concerts will be available for two weeks after each concert. We have subscription packages for these three concerts. ($108 Adult, $54 student, $60 online only - subscribers also receive links to the online stream)
WJO “Second Stage” Series:
The WJO will present three Wednesday evening events in partnership with the West End Cultural Centre. The purpose of these performances is to feature local artists and projects, and to focus on inclusion and community engagement. These presentations will be live only, and will be held on October 13, November 3 and December 15.
Note:
* There will be no intermission for the fall concerts.
* Proof of vaccination required for attendance at live concerts.
* Mainstage performances will be 80-90 minutes.
* Mainstage performances will also be available as a live-stream series; each on-line concert will be 60 minutes.
* Second Stage performances will be 75 minutes.
WJO Mainstage Series:
This fall we will have three concerts at SOPAC (Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre) on October 24, November 21 and December 5. These programs will continue to explore writing projects and creative projects.
SOPAC allows us flexibility in spacing and ability to record. An online stream of each of these concerts will be available for two weeks after each concert. We have subscription packages for these three concerts. ($108 Adult, $54 student, $60 online only - subscribers also receive links to the online stream)
WJO “Second Stage” Series:
The WJO will present three Wednesday evening events in partnership with the West End Cultural Centre. The purpose of these performances is to feature local artists and projects, and to focus on inclusion and community engagement. These presentations will be live only, and will be held on October 13, November 3 and December 15.
Note:
* There will be no intermission for the fall concerts.
* Proof of vaccination required for attendance at live concerts.
* Mainstage performances will be 80-90 minutes.
* Mainstage performances will also be available as a live-stream series; each on-line concert will be 60 minutes.
* Second Stage performances will be 75 minutes.
Upcoming Events
MINNEDOSA: November 28, 2021 at 2:00pm “Music from a Charlie Brown Christmas”
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE: November 28, 2021 at 7:00pm (The Glesby Centre) “Music from a Charlie Brown Christmas”
MAINSTAGE: December 5, 2021 at 2:00pm (SOPAC): “Felices Fiestas” with Trio Bembe
SECOND STAGE: December 15, 2021 at 7:30pm (WECC): “Music from a Charlie Brown Christmas”
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE: November 28, 2021 at 7:00pm (The Glesby Centre) “Music from a Charlie Brown Christmas”
MAINSTAGE: December 5, 2021 at 2:00pm (SOPAC): “Felices Fiestas” with Trio Bembe
SECOND STAGE: December 15, 2021 at 7:30pm (WECC): “Music from a Charlie Brown Christmas”
Thank you for keeping Big Band Jazz alive
We appreciate all of you who have donated toward our free online concerts. If you haven't yet and would like to donate, please use the button below or go to our donation page here.
In spite of all the impediments last season, we performed seven live online concerts, recorded four concerts that are being streamed for free, recorded student-level charts that are on this website with the scores for students to play-along with, commissioned many of these student-level charts and professional charts for the WJO to perform in the future, recorded short instructional videos, held two school workshops online, held the first Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop, held the first annual Women in Jazz Symposium, and released our fourth CD. Whew! We are pleased to have achieved so much in a year that we could not perform great jazz music for you in-person.
Our switch to virtual has meant that some of our dreams (the Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop and the Women in Jazz Symposium) happened much differently (and better, I think) than we imagined. We hope you have enjoyed some of our offerings this year. We are still streaming the recorded concerts (found below and on the Safe-at-Home page), so come back many times, press, play, close your eyes, and imagine that you are in a hall with just you and the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra.
Oh! And before you do that, 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 2021-2022 and beyond.
In spite of all the impediments last season, we performed seven live online concerts, recorded four concerts that are being streamed for free, recorded student-level charts that are on this website with the scores for students to play-along with, commissioned many of these student-level charts and professional charts for the WJO to perform in the future, recorded short instructional videos, held two school workshops online, held the first Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop, held the first annual Women in Jazz Symposium, and released our fourth CD. Whew! We are pleased to have achieved so much in a year that we could not perform great jazz music for you in-person.
Our switch to virtual has meant that some of our dreams (the Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop and the Women in Jazz Symposium) happened much differently (and better, I think) than we imagined. We hope you have enjoyed some of our offerings this year. We are still streaming the recorded concerts (found below and on the Safe-at-Home page), so come back many times, press, play, close your eyes, and imagine that you are in a hall with just you and the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra.
Oh! And before you do that, 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 2021-2022 and beyond.
Second Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop
The WJO presented another Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop on Saturday, September 18 from 11 am to 2 pm - CDT (Winnipeg time)! The next Composers Workshop will be in January. Click here for more information.
Free Streaming Big Band Concerts - Still available from last season!
Big Band Streamed Concerts:
February 15-28 La Nouvelle Nation - Featuring Andrina Turenne and Ariane Jean - available HERE
March 1-14 Divas of Jazz - Featuring Jennifer Hanson, Stacey Nattrass, Jayme Giesbrecht, Jocelyn Gould - available HERE
March 15-28 Divas of Jazz 2 - Featuring Erin Propp, Charlotte Martin, Sol James and Nadia Douglas - available HERE
March 29-April 12 Latin Connection - Featuring Rodrigo Munos, Amber Epp, Marco Castillo - available HERE
February 15-28 La Nouvelle Nation - Featuring Andrina Turenne and Ariane Jean - available HERE
March 1-14 Divas of Jazz - Featuring Jennifer Hanson, Stacey Nattrass, Jayme Giesbrecht, Jocelyn Gould - available HERE
March 15-28 Divas of Jazz 2 - Featuring Erin Propp, Charlotte Martin, Sol James and Nadia Douglas - available HERE
March 29-April 12 Latin Connection - Featuring Rodrigo Munos, Amber Epp, Marco Castillo - available HERE
Twisting Ways CD Release!
Twisting Ways CD cover
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(Release video still available to stream)
A journey of self-discovery through darkness and light inspires the words to the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra’s Twisting Ways – a unique album launching on May 10. The album features the acclaimed voice of Sarah Slean with compositions by Award-winning jazz artists David Braid (Toronto) and Philippe Côté (Montreal) with musical poetry by, Dr. Lee Tsang (Liverpool). Hear Twisting Ways, see pictures and videos of the rehearsal and performance, and hear a live question and answer session with Philippe Côté. Find more information about the CD here. |
Education events
Resources for Students and Teachers:
Play-along charts for students are available HERE.
Jazz Skills videos are available HERE. - Seven new videos just posted!
Play-along charts for students are available HERE.
Jazz Skills videos are available HERE. - Seven new videos just posted!
