2026 Canadian Jazz Composers Workshops:
- March 21, 2026 - with Allison Au
- April 25, 2026 - with Chelsea McBride
- June 6, 2026 - with Daniel Hersog
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- March 21, 2026 - with Allison Au
- April 25, 2026 - with Chelsea McBride
- June 6, 2026 - with Daniel Hersog
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Thank you to everyone who attended. We plan to hold the next workshop in 2024. See you then!
GIVING THE ESSENTIALS: WRITING EFFECTIVE DRUM PARTS - Allison Au
During this session, Alisson will share select scrores from her 2-034 Juno award nominated album "Migrationas", written and arranged for a ten piece chamber jazz ensemble (vocals, saxophone, vibraphone, piano, bass, drums, and string quartet). Long time vband mte and co-collaborator, drummerr Fabio Ragnelli, will complement this discussion exploring the individual parts and what makes for effective drum parts i this context.
HOW TO WRITE A MIDDLE SCHOOL BIG BAND CHART - Chelsea McBride
TRANSFORMING TRADITION: CRAFTING NEW STORIES FROM OLD MELIDIES - Daniel Hersog
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Daniel Hersog explores how long‑loved folk material can become the foundation for contemporary jazz orchestra writing. Attendees will follow the creative arc – from the moment a folk tune sparks an idea, through the shaping of form and colour, to the final ensemble score. Hersog will break down his approaches to reinterpreting source material, including strategies in orchestration, harmonic reframing, and developing narrative intention. Participants will gain insight into how familiar melodies can be reshaped into expansive, modern works while retaining their emotional corefor both composers and filmmakers, David Braid, goes step-by-step through the process of transforming literary materials into musical forms.
In-person: Room T2-145, 150 Dafoe Rd., Desautels Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba
On-line: contact [email protected]
September 16, 2023, 12:00 - 2:00 pm CDT
Sponsors: SOCAN Foundation & the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra
Thanks to Jazz Winnipeg & the Desautels Faculty of Music
There is no charge for this event, and we hope to keep it this way.
Donations toward this project are welcomed and will receive a tax receipt. (https://www.winnipegjazzorchestra.com/donate.html)
To register, please contact Richard Gillis at [email protected]. An email with the link to the event will be sent to you the morning of the workshop.
This session will be in English.
Thank you for your participation in the Canadian Jazz Composers Workshops.
We plan to hold the next composers workshop in Winter 2024.
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This free event will feature one of Canada's top jazz and movie composers.
David Braid - Winner of 2 Canadian Screen Awards, Best Original Score, Best Original Song Used in A Film (2017), nominated, Best Original Song Used in a Film (2022), and winner of four Juno Awards.
Hailed "one of of Canada's true Renaissance men" (The Ottawa Citizen) composer, improviser, and pianist, David Braid is a ten-time nominee and four-time recipient of Canada's highest music prize (Juno Award). David Braid is a Steinway Artist, Composer-in-Residence for Sinfonia UK Collective, Guest Artist of the Danish National Music Conservatory, and Affiliate Artist of the University of Liverpool’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Composition and Technology. First emerging as an "Ace Jazz Pianist" (The New York Observer) Braid turned to composing chamber music prioritizing narrative, colour, rhythm, spontaneity, and inclusion of musical techniques absorbed from over twenty years of international artistic collaboration. Concertizing throughout the UK, Scandinavia, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, The Far East, Australia, Brazil, and Canada his original music is described as: "brilliant" (Montreal Gazette), "enchanting" (The Age, Australia), "une force poétique" (Le Soleil), and "hauntingly beautiful" (The Globe & Mail). His first instrumental chamber music album, FLOW (Steinway & Sons Label) with the Epoque Quartet (Prague) is described by the Los Angeles Examiner as “an exceptional work... created with patience, love and understanding of the human condition, form, and structure”. His first choral composition, “Corona Divinae Misericordiae” was nominated for Classical Album of the Year in Canada, and his first film score won two CSAs (Canadian Screen Awards) for “Best Original Score” and “Best Original Song". Braid’s brief foray into writing dramatic music includes arrangements and compositions for the Chet Baker-inspired bio-pic, "Born to Be Blue" starring Ethan Hawke, considered by The Telegraph (UK) as one of the top jazz films of all time. Braid's jazz score was praised for its "contemporary patina without sacrificing period authenticity" (The Times, UK). He also received a CSA nomination for his orchestra score to the 2022 film, “Delia’s Gone” starring Stephan James and Marisa Tomei. Braid is a recipient of the Ontario Foundation for the Arts’ prestigious prize: "Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry".
Hailed "one of of Canada's true Renaissance men" (The Ottawa Citizen) composer, improviser, and pianist, David Braid is a ten-time nominee and four-time recipient of Canada's highest music prize (Juno Award). David Braid is a Steinway Artist, Composer-in-Residence for Sinfonia UK Collective, Guest Artist of the Danish National Music Conservatory, and Affiliate Artist of the University of Liverpool’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Composition and Technology. First emerging as an "Ace Jazz Pianist" (The New York Observer) Braid turned to composing chamber music prioritizing narrative, colour, rhythm, spontaneity, and inclusion of musical techniques absorbed from over twenty years of international artistic collaboration. Concertizing throughout the UK, Scandinavia, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, The Far East, Australia, Brazil, and Canada his original music is described as: "brilliant" (Montreal Gazette), "enchanting" (The Age, Australia), "une force poétique" (Le Soleil), and "hauntingly beautiful" (The Globe & Mail). His first instrumental chamber music album, FLOW (Steinway & Sons Label) with the Epoque Quartet (Prague) is described by the Los Angeles Examiner as “an exceptional work... created with patience, love and understanding of the human condition, form, and structure”. His first choral composition, “Corona Divinae Misericordiae” was nominated for Classical Album of the Year in Canada, and his first film score won two CSAs (Canadian Screen Awards) for “Best Original Score” and “Best Original Song". Braid’s brief foray into writing dramatic music includes arrangements and compositions for the Chet Baker-inspired bio-pic, "Born to Be Blue" starring Ethan Hawke, considered by The Telegraph (UK) as one of the top jazz films of all time. Braid's jazz score was praised for its "contemporary patina without sacrificing period authenticity" (The Times, UK). He also received a CSA nomination for his orchestra score to the 2022 film, “Delia’s Gone” starring Stephan James and Marisa Tomei. Braid is a recipient of the Ontario Foundation for the Arts’ prestigious prize: "Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry".
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