We plan to hold the next composers workshop on April 30, 2022.
Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop - February 12, 2022.
11:00 am CDT - Jeff Presslaff "Randomness is Your Friend; Rolling the Dice in Jazz Composition"
12:00 pm CDT - David Braid "Setting Limits to Enable Musical Creativity and Originality"
1:00 pm CDT - Question and Answer Session & Discussion
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 by Zoom and in English.
Thank you for your participation in the Canadian Jazz Composers Workshops.
We plan to hold the next composers workshop on April 30, 2022.
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This free virtual event will feature some of Canada's top large jazz ensemble writers
Jeff Presslaff (http://www.jeffpresslaff.com/epk.php) Pianist, trombonist, and composer/arranger, Jeff Presslaff has become a mainstay of the Winnipeg jazz scene since moving from New York in 1997. Born in Manhattan, educated at Princeton and Wesleyan Universities, he has had a varied career working with many distinguished musicians, including Benny Carter, Bill Barron, Ed Blackwell, Roswell Rudd, Sheila Jordan, Bob Brookmeyer, Howard Levy, Stanley Jordan, Bill Watrous, George Garzone, Steve Nelson, Edgar Meyer, Sim Cain, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Josh Groban and many others.
In 2004, he was named Jazz Winnipeg's Musician of the Year.
Jeff is featured as a player, writer and/or producer on many recordings. Rhapsodies by Two, an album of keyboard duets with Will Bonness was nominated for a 2013 WCMA Jazz Album of the Year award; Red Goddess, a piano trio album of all original tunes, has been played on over 100 radio stations in N.America, and garnered a 2009 Best Instrumental Jazz nomination from Just Plain Folks, the world's largest music awards.
Jeff has received many commissions for a wide variety of ensembles, including big band, clarinet choir, combined big band/wind ensemble, symphony orchestra plus salsa band, clarinet quartet and many others. His work is frequently supported by awards from the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. He is the composer of the world's only concerto for cello and big band.
“He gets the harmony just right!” -- Wayne Shorter
In 2004, he was named Jazz Winnipeg's Musician of the Year.
Jeff is featured as a player, writer and/or producer on many recordings. Rhapsodies by Two, an album of keyboard duets with Will Bonness was nominated for a 2013 WCMA Jazz Album of the Year award; Red Goddess, a piano trio album of all original tunes, has been played on over 100 radio stations in N.America, and garnered a 2009 Best Instrumental Jazz nomination from Just Plain Folks, the world's largest music awards.
Jeff has received many commissions for a wide variety of ensembles, including big band, clarinet choir, combined big band/wind ensemble, symphony orchestra plus salsa band, clarinet quartet and many others. His work is frequently supported by awards from the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. He is the composer of the world's only concerto for cello and big band.
“He gets the harmony just right!” -- Wayne Shorter
David Braid (http://davidbraid.com/biography.php) Hailed in the Canadian press as "one of his country’s true renaissance men when it comes to music" (The Ottawa Citizen), composer and jazz pianist, David Braid is a nine-time nominee, and three-time winner of Canada's highest music prize (Juno Award). His first classical composition was nominated for Classical Album of the year, and his first film score won two Screen Awards for Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. He is also a recipient of the Ontario Foundation for the Arts’ prestigious prize: ’Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry’.
David Braid is a Steinway Artist, Composer-in-Residence for both Sinfonia UK Collective and The International Chamber Music Festival Casalmaggiore Italy, and Adjunct Professor at the Danish National Academy of Music.
Concertizing throughout the UK, Scandinavia, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Japan, Australia 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 arrangements and compositions were an integral part of the Chet Baker-inspired film, "Born to Be Blue" and his jazz score received praise for its "contemporary patina without sacrificing period authenticity" (The Times, UK).
"Braid’s tone, touch, chord voicings and imagination make him one of the most interesting new pianists I’ve encountered in a long time." – Doug Ramsey, recipient of Jazz Journalists Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award (USA)
David Braid is a Steinway Artist, Composer-in-Residence for both Sinfonia UK Collective and The International Chamber Music Festival Casalmaggiore Italy, and Adjunct Professor at the Danish National Academy of Music.
Concertizing throughout the UK, Scandinavia, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Japan, Australia 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 arrangements and compositions were an integral part of the Chet Baker-inspired film, "Born to Be Blue" and his jazz score received praise for its "contemporary patina without sacrificing period authenticity" (The Times, UK).
"Braid’s tone, touch, chord voicings and imagination make him one of the most interesting new pianists I’ve encountered in a long time." – Doug Ramsey, recipient of Jazz Journalists Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award (USA)
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