WJO 2020/2021 Season Concerts

WJO and Jazz Winnipeg present
Christine Jensen and Jill Townsend

East Meets West
Thursday, June 16, 2022, 8 pm,
West End Cultural Centre

For the 2022 TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival, Jill Townsend and Christine Jensen will present a Canada Council commission that bring together their considerable writing talents to produce a unique work for the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra.

Christine Jensen is regarded as one of Canada’s most compelling composers and improvisers. She has won two Juno's, the Oscar Peterson Prize by the Montreal International Jazz Festival for her contributions to the Canadian jazz scene, and the Downbeat Critic’s Poll for Rising Star. Her CD, Habitat received the coveted 5 stars in Downbeat. She is on faculty at McGill University where she teaches composition and directs Jazz Orchestra 1.

Jill Townsend is a prolific composer and arranger, and the leader of the Jill Townsend Jazz Orchestra. Their 2015 recording Legacy, was voted #1 in CBC’s Top Ten Outstanding CD’s of the Year. Jill teaches jazz arranging and private composition at Capilano University, and is the Director of the Dues Big Band at Douglas College.

June 16, 2022, 8 pm, West End Cultural Centre The TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival strongly encourages audience members to wear masks at all indoor venues (except when actively eating or drinking).

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for making this commission possible.
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WJO and Jazz Winnipeg presentChristine Jensen and Jill Townsend​East Meets WestThursday, June 16, 2022, 8 pm,West End Cultural Centre

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WJO and Jazz Winnipeg present
Christine Jensen and Jill Townsend

East Meets West
Thursday, June 16, 2022, 8 pm,
West End Cultural Centre