I am finally getting around to putting the first newsletter of the 2011 - 2012 school year together. So much has been going on since the last newsletter back in June it will be impossible for me to recap!
Instead, I will try to focus on whats coming up!
"We hope that you will join us on June 10th at the
Manitoba Theatre Centre for the fifth and final edition of
Jazz for Humanity. With your help, we have been able to donate over $23,000 to Ubuntu's initiatives in Kimironko throughout the last five years. We are striving to add another $15,000 to that total by filling our theatre on June 10th!
We are thrilled to announce that every penny from ticket sales, art auction sales and donations at Jazz for Humanity 2011 will go directly to Rwanda. Every contribution from each of our audience members is indispensable. If you are unable to attend, we invite you to consider purchasing a ticket for a student through our donate - a - ticket program.
We want to thank you for the generous support you have shown us throughout the duration of our project. Whether Jazz for Humanity is a relatively new discovery to you, or whether you have been with us since the very start five years ago, you are a member of the community which has allowed us to grow and create change.
Thank you - Merci - Murakoze!"
Rayannah Kroeker
Co-Executive Director
Jazz for Humanity
Click here to view the Jazz for Humanity 2010 photo album
JAZZ FOR HUMANITY 2011
THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD ART AUCTION
FRIDAY JUNE 10
MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE
174 Market Ave. Winnipeg [map]
19:00 | art auction 20:00 | concert
catered reception to follow
an evening of jazz, art dance and food raising funds
for a community of survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
tickets $30 | $15 for students
Tickets available online or at the Jazz Winnipeg office
[204.989.4656 | 007-100 Arthur Street]
FEATURING THE SEXTET
Curtis Nowosad [drums] Graham Isaak [bass] Rayannah Kroeker [voice] Shannon Kristjanson [sax/flute] Simon Christie [trumpet]
Will Bonness [piano] AND SPECIAL GUESTS
ART PIECES CREATED BY Antoine Fréchette | Caroline Mousseau
Carolyne Kroeker | Gillian King | Justin Currie | Karl Kohut
Liliane Lavack | Linda St-Jacques | Lisa Spiers | Megan Driedger
Miguel Yetman | Monique Chartier-Kroeker | Nathalie Van der Zaag
Paulette Fournier-Jones | Quintin Bart | Renée Quiring | Shoshana Coodin
AND VISUAL ARTIST FROM KIMIRONKO Patrick Ruganintwali
Time to register for
The U of M Summer Jazz Camp!
Click here to "like" our Facebook page and keep in the loop!
Do you play in junior
high/high school jazz or concert band? Or perhaps you have a son or daughter, niece or nephew or grandchild that plays an instument and is interested in learning how to play jazz! Are you an adult that wants the opportunity to play jazz in an small ensemble setting?
If you answered yes to any of these, the
U of M Summer Jazz Camp is for you!
Enrolment is open to anyone with an interest in furthering his or her jazz performance skills. Junior and senior high students, university students, jazz musicians and music educators are all encouraged to attend.
Click here for more information AND to register.
This Newsletter comes to you courtesy of the
University of Manitoba Jazz Studies Program
and is put together by:
Anna-Lisa Kirby
Jazz Program Coordinator
Jazz Vocal Instructor, University of Manitoba
Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music
65 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-7060
The TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival is coming
June 16 - 25 and The U of M Jazz Studies Program students, faculty and Alumni are taking it by storm!
New show, just added - Monday June 13, 8:30pm! The TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival Kick - Off Party and Jam Session! Come on down and hang, and don't forget your ax!
Thursday June 14, 7:30pm @ The Centennial Concert Hall, U of M Jazz Studies Professor Jimmy Greene opens with his quartet for
Wynton Marsalis and The Jazz @ Lincoln Centre Orchestra!
Click here to listen to Bloomfield
from Jimmy Greene's latest release: Live At Small's
Here is a list of all of the Jazz Winnipeg festival performances that involve U of M Jazz Studies students, faculty and/or alumni. Hope to see you at the festival!
Free Opening Weekend @ Old Market Square
Thursday June 16
Trio Bembe 7pm, Papa Mambo 10:40pm
Friday June 17
Paul DeGurse Quartet noon & 6pm,
Larry Roy and Friends 7pm, Sheena 11:45pm
Club Series: Aqua Books, 274 Garry Street
(all 10pm sets are followed by the late night jam session)
Monday June 20, 10pm
Bert Johnson & Daniel Jordan Quintet
Tuesday June 21, 10pm
Karl Kohut & Rayannah Kreoker Duo
Wednesday June 22, 10pm
The Greene/Allen Project
Thursday June 23, 10pm
Steve & Anna-Lisa Kirby and Friends
Friday June 24, 10pm
Nowosad - Bradford - Bonness
Saturday June 25
Helen White & Friends, 8pm
Erin Propp w/ Larry Roy & Luke Sellick, 10pm
Club Series: Le Garage Cafe, 166 Provencher Blvd.
Wednesday June 22, 9pm
Sol James
Thursday June 23, 9pm
Red Moon Road