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2019/20 SEASON GUEST ARTISTS

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Sherrie Maricle drummer, Leader of DIVA Jazz Orchestra
For Swing - Sun, October 27, 2019• 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm • WAG

From the drum set Sherrie Maricle leads The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, her quintet FIVE PLAY and co-leads the 3Divas. From Carnegie Hall, she performs with The New York Pops and she is also music director for Broadway star Maurice Hines.
Sherrie’s bands have performed at many of the world’s most acclaimed music venues; from Lincoln Center to the Hollywood Bowl and Jazz Festivals around the globe. DIVA was featured on TCM’s broadcast of the 25th Anniversary of the Kennedy Center and is prominently featured in the award-winning documentary film The Girls in the Band.
Sherrie’s awards include a 2014 Ovation award for “Best Music Direction - Tappin Thru Life;” the 2009 Mary Lou Williams-Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award and a 2013 State Department grant to tour Vietnam with FIVE PLAY. DIVA’s most recent recording is 25th Anniversary Project” (2017, Artistshare.) In 2019 FIVE PLAY released “LIVE” from the Firehouse Stage and in 2016 the 3Divas released their self-titled debut CD recorded “LIVE” at WVIA radio.

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come hear David & Philippe
David Braid pianist and composer
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Alliance - Sun, November 17, 2019• 2:00 pm • SOPAC

Hailed in the Canadian press as "one of his country’s true renaissance men when it comes to music" (The Ottawa Citizen), and "a jazz genius to call our own" (Maclean’s Magazine), Braid is an eight-time Juno nominee, and winner of three Juno Awards for his solo piano recording, ’Verge’, large ensemble recording, ’The David Braid Sextet Live.’, and small ensemble, "The North". Braid concertizes his original music and improvisations in the UK, Scandinavia, Continental Europe, Russia, China, Australia, The United States, and Canada. Combining the discipline of European classical music with the spontaneity of jazz, Braid’s music is described as "brilliant" (Montreal Gazette), "wide-ranging, exploratory" (South China Morning Post), "une force poétique" (Le Soleil) and "hauntingly beautiful" (The Globe & Mail).
David Braid is a Steinway Artist, a Special Associate Artist of Sinfonia UK, an Artist-in-Residence at the University of Toronto, a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, and a visting adjunct professor at the Danish National Academy of Music (Odense). He is a recipient of the Ontario Foundation for the Arts’ prestigious prize: ’Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry.’
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).               He also won ’Best Original Score’ and ’Best Original Song’ at the 2017 Screen                     Awards.
Composer, saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and improviser, Montreal-based Philippe Côté is a musical explorer at the crossroads of jazz and classical. 
Lungta, his first album of original compositions for jazz quintet and wind orchestra, was produced by world-acclaimed American saxophonist David Binney. Philippe Côté spent many years crafting the album’s intriguing jazz and classical perspective, culminating in a body of work earning critical appraisal.
Master of Music (M.Mus.), Philippe studied classical orchestration under the supervision of respected Canadian composer John Rea. Philippe’s work was shaped by his time spent in New York, the scene of two seminal moments for the composer: his encounter with long-time mentor David Binney, and his first experience with Lennie Tristano’s teaching method, learned from pianist Marc Copland.
The 2019-2020 season will bring various new projects: an exciting collaboration between Philippe, Marc Copland, and Quatuor Saguenay as well as the first album by Philippe Côté Chamber 5tet.

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​Quinn Greene  actor

Music from A Charlie Brown Christmas and other seasonal favourites - Sat, December 7, 2019 - 3:00 pm • WAG
& Sun, December 8, 2019 - 2:00 pm • WAG

​Quinn Greene is a prolific comedian, actor, writer, director, and producer. Quinn co-produced and co-directed the hit stage show Evil Dead: The Musical (Winnipeg 2018) and plays Bernie The Giant Recycling Raccoon in the popular Manitoba Recycle Everywhere commercial campaign. For more of Quinn's animated antics, tune in to his lifestyle series Quinnssential Winnipeg (Foundation Film & Media) on Fibe TV1 and follow his sketch comedy group HUNKS on all social media platforms.
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Jayme Giesbrecht  vocalist
Music from A Charlie Brown Christmas and other seasonal favourites
​- Sat, December 7, 2019 - 3:00 pm • WAG
& Sun, December 8, 2019 - 2:00 pm • WAG

​Jayme Giesbrecht first took to the stage 20 years ago, in a small church in Springing from her vocal roots in a small church in Winkler, Jayme Giesbrecht has broadened her repertoire from traditional gospel spirituals and hymns, to the soul classics of Aretha Franklin, Etta James, and Tina Turner. Through collaborations with jazz pianist John Alexiuk and blues man JP Lepage, Jayme was able to record and release her debut album To Keep You From Falling in 2016, which was sponsored by Golden West Broadcasting. As a co-host of CFAM 950’s morning show, she has become well-known on the air as an informed advocate for Manitoba musicians, and regularly interviews and highlights new artists on the weekly program Made in Manitoba.
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Kiko Freitas, drummer
LINDO MARAVILHOSO!- Sun, February 9, 2020• 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm • CCFM 

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Marco Castillo, guitarist
LINDO MARAVILHOSO!- Sun, February 9, 2020• 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm • CCFM


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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.
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