2022-2023 SEASON GUEST ARTISTS
David Braid pianist . composer
Rhapsody in Blue - Sun, April 23, 2023, 2:00 pm
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.
Rhapsody in Blue - Sun, April 23, 2023, 2:00 pm
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.
JENNIFER HANSON vocalist
RESPECT, THE MUSIC OF ARETHA FRANKLIN-Saturday & Sunday, May 13/14, 2023 2:00 pm
The youngest of seven children, Jennifer Hanson learned to love 30's and 40's era standards at her father Bill's knee. In order to get just a little attention ...in the midst of all those kids, she began singing them for anyone who would listen around 1972, and then after her short, but throat blistering career in rock ’n’ roll, actually got paid to sing the really good stuff around 1993.
Jennifer's reputation for great vocal chops and notoriety for countless public appearances singing national anthems at NHL games, and touring the country with her band, began to attract the attention of a new audience among jazz fans.
Her torchy, seductive vocal style is among the finest in the current generation of jazz singers, while her stage presence is that of the classic generation of singers like Rosemary Clooney, Julie London and Vera Lynn. She's definitely not just another voice in the crowd. “how the night people pray,” Jennifer's most recent CD, was written by composer, musician and producer Graham Shaw, one of Canada’s great artistic treasures.
RESPECT, THE MUSIC OF ARETHA FRANKLIN-Saturday & Sunday, May 13/14, 2023 2:00 pm
The youngest of seven children, Jennifer Hanson learned to love 30's and 40's era standards at her father Bill's knee. In order to get just a little attention ...in the midst of all those kids, she began singing them for anyone who would listen around 1972, and then after her short, but throat blistering career in rock ’n’ roll, actually got paid to sing the really good stuff around 1993.
Jennifer's reputation for great vocal chops and notoriety for countless public appearances singing national anthems at NHL games, and touring the country with her band, began to attract the attention of a new audience among jazz fans.
Her torchy, seductive vocal style is among the finest in the current generation of jazz singers, while her stage presence is that of the classic generation of singers like Rosemary Clooney, Julie London and Vera Lynn. She's definitely not just another voice in the crowd. “how the night people pray,” Jennifer's most recent CD, was written by composer, musician and producer Graham Shaw, one of Canada’s great artistic treasures.
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Andrina Turenne guitarist•vocalist•recording artist
RESPECT, THE MUSIC OF ARETHA FRANKLIN-Saturday & Sunday, May 13/14, 2023 2:00 pm Andrina Turenne is a Métis/Franco-Manitoban artist from St-Boniface, Manitoba. Her love of music ignited around the campfires she learned to sing around as a child, harmonising alongside family and friends. A singer, songwriter and musician, she has worked in the music industry for over 20 years. She has contributed to nearly 50 albums, has performed on stages across five continents and has been featured on TV and radio broadcasts both in Canada and internationally. Formerly of award-winning group Chic Gamine, Andrina Turenne has been gaining momentum as a solo artist since 2016. In Fall 2022, she will release her first solo album of original, bilingual compositions, as well as a francophone EP. |
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Sol James vocalist
RESPECT, THE MUSIC OF ARETHA FRANKLIN-Saturday & Sunday, May 13/14, 2023 2:00 pm Sol James is a force to be reckoned with, with a voice to match. At home in multiple styles including jazz, soul, country and folk, Sol has used the past decade+ to perform, tour, support other artists, and release recordings of her own original music, cementing her reputation as a sought-after professional vocalist and performer. Her stage presence is vivacious, sincere, and charmingly funny, with a strong and agile voice that can either shake the paint off the walls or soothe you to your soul. An accomplished musician, she has completed two degrees: The University of Manitoba Jazz Studies program in 2008, and the Canadian Mennonite University Music Therapy Program in 2020. |
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Sasha Boychouk clarinetist . saxophonist
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Quinn Green, Narrator
MUSIC FROM A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - December 15, 2021 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. |
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Jayme Giesbrecht, Vocalist
MUSIC FROM A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - December 15, 2021 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. |
