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SUMMARY:2026 Canadian Jazz Composers Workshops: HOW TO WRITE A MIDDLE SCHOOL BIG BAND CHART
DESCRIPTION:2026 Canadian Jazz Composers Workshops:\n​\n April 25\, 2026 – with Chelsea McBride\n June 6\, 2026 – with Daniel Hersog\n–\nGIVING THE ESSENTIALS: WRITING EFFECTIVE DRUM PARTS – Allison Au\nDuring this session\, Allison will share select scores from her 2024 Juno award-nominated album “Migrations”\, written and arranged for a ten-piece chamber jazz ensemble (vocals\, saxophone\, vibraphone\, piano\, bass\, drums\, and string quartet). Long-time bandmate and co-collaborator\, drummer Fabio Ragnelli\, will complement this discussion exploring the individual parts and what makes for effective drum parts in this context. \nHOW TO WRITE A MIDDLE SCHOOL BIG BAND CHART – Chelsea McBride\nOver the course of this workshop\, we will discuss the specific needs of middle and high school ensembles and the traits of effective big band arrangements – and how to marry those two concepts into music that is fun for the ensemble\, director\, and audience alike. We will discuss a general form outline\, instrumentation/alternate parts\, range considerations\, and how the writing process can influence rehearsal and performance. \nTRANSFORMING TRADITION: CRAFTING NEW STORIES FROM OLD MELODIES – Daniel Hersog\nDaniel Hersog explores how long-loved folk material can become the foundation for contemporary jazz orchestra writing. Attendees will follow the creative arc – from the moment a folk tune sparks an idea\, through the shaping of form and colour\, to the final ensemble score. Hersog will break down his approaches to reinterpreting source material\, including strategies in orchestration\, harmonic reframing\, and developing narrative intention. Participants will gain insight into how familiar melodies can be reshaped into expansive\, modern works while retaining their emotional core.  \nSponsors: Winnipeg Arts Council & the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra \nThere is no charge for this event\, and we hope to keep it this way.\nDonations toward this project are welcomed and donations over $25 will receive a tax receipt. (https://www.winnipegjazzorchestra.com/donate.html) \nAn email with the link to the event will be sent to you the morning of the workshop.  \nThis session will be in English.\n​Thank you for your participation in the Canadian Jazz Composers Workshops. 
URL:https://pr.cmccanada.org/event/2026-canadian-jazz-composers-workshops-how-to-write-a-middle-school-big-band-chart/
LOCATION:Alberta
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SUMMARY:Marie Clements/Brian Current & Ian Cusson\, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:7 / SONGS OF RIVER & FIRE\n7.30pm\, Thursday\, April 30\nDesautels Concert Hall\, University of Manitoba\nMelody Courage and Marion Newman\, vocals\nAnne Manson\, conductor \nThemes of motherhood\, loss\, and joy emerge in a program that spans opera\, Indigenous voices\, and folk tradition\, with song and spirit rising together like flame and tide. \nMétis soprano Melody Courage gained national attention as The Native Girl “…played with ethereal grace…” in the 2017 world premiere of Marie Clements’ and Brian Current’s opera Missing\, co-produced by City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria. Missing gives voice\, in English and Gitxsan\, to the story of Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women. \nCritically acclaimed and award-winning mezzo-soprano Marion Newman is Kwagiulth and Stó:lō First Nations with English\, Irish and Scottish heritage. She is one of Canada’s most accomplished singers in repertoire ranging from Charpentier to Cusson and operatic roles\, including Carmen and Rosina in The Barber of Seville. \n–\nCassandra Miller\nPerfect Offering \nMarie Clements/Brian Current\nLanguage Duet from “Missing” \nJacques Offenbach\nBelle Nuit \nJoy Harjo/Ian Cusson\nFire \nMarion Newman\nKinanu \nGioachino Rossini\nUna voce poco fa \nCamille Saint-Saëns\nMon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix \nRichard Strauss\nCsárdás \nIan Cusson\nDodo\, mon tout petit \nG.F. Handel\nPiangerò la sorte mia \nProgram subject to change
URL:https://pr.cmccanada.org/event/marie-clements-brian-current-ian-cusson-manitoba-chamber-orchestra/
LOCATION:Desautels Concert Hall\, University of Manitoba\, 150 Dafoe Rd W\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, R3T 2N2\, Canada
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