WJO education

BIG BAND WORKSHOPS
for schools and community groups

2023-2024 Workshops:

October 21, 2023 at Ft. Richmond Collegiate

November 18, 2023 at Transcona Collegiate

for more information or to register contact Alexis at alexis@winnipegjazzorchestra.com

A mandate of the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) is to make direct and meaningful connections with many eager young jazz students, driving their passion for music by giving them valuable tools, skills and inspiration to help them succeed in their years of jazz band at school and beyond.

WJO Big Band Workshops are typically half-day classes where students work to learn the fundamentals in all areas of big band jazz from WJO musicians & Artistic Director, including a Masterclass led by a featured guest artist. The workshop may end in a sharing concert with student bands!

These workshops are now offered to over 500 students from over 25 middle and high school jazz bands across Manitoba and proudly continues to grow year over year.

These workshops are made possible with funding from Assiniboine Credit Union and The Winnipeg Foundation. Equipment is provided by Long & McQuade .

The drumset for Sherrie Maricle on October 26th and 27th was provided by Yamaha Canada and St. John's Music.
Transportation for Kiko Freitas' cymbals was provided by Paiste.

Workshop Sponsors

The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is Generously Funded by:

Funding assistance provided by the Manitoba government. Aide financière accordée par le gouvernement du Manitoba.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Education Sponsors:

The Play-Along App project is supported by the Government of Canada’s Healthy Communities Initiative.

Concert Sponsors:

Radio Sponsors

Special Event Supporters

Supporters

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.

Music is an agent of hope. A dynamic and valuable device that helps us to heal and to bring us together. The First Peoples of Canada understood this and used music to reunite, resolve and reconcile. In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that WJO activities take place on Treaty Territory – land that was maintained and earnestly cared for by Indigenous peoples before European settlement. Manitoba is the original lands of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and is the homeland of the Métis Nation. We acknowledge that Winnipeg benefits daily from Treaty 3 water that comes from Shoal Lake 40. It is with sincere sentiment that we recognize the mistakes of our recent and distant past. In working towards a Canada that benefits us all, we commit to seeking a greater understanding of Canada’s diverse cultural relationships through continued work with Indigenous communities; we commit to live in ways that honour and respect the treaties that were made on these territories; and we commit to stewarding the land in harmony for all who will come after us.

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra / Box 68114, RPO Osborne Village, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3L 2V9
Main: 204-421-9398 / manager@winnipegjazzorchestra.com Box Office: 204-632-5299 / tickets@winnipegjazzorchestra.com

BIG BAND WORKSHOPS ​for schools and community groups

Workshop Sponsors

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The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is Generously Funded by:

Education Sponsors:

BIG BAND WORKSHOPS
for schools and community groups