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April 11, 12, 13, 2019 ANNUAL

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Festival Committee 2019

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Chris Perry Festival CoordinatorCraig Thomson Artistic DirectorJeannette Mergens House ManagerJeff Saunders Facilities Manager and Sound EngineerErika Sinhuber Workshops and Equipment ManagerWendy Argatoff PR Manager Kimberly Gorman Awards and Adjudicator Liaison and WebmasterCarmen McDowell TreasurerMegan Frederick Adjudicator Recordings and PhotosGil Kafka Traffic Volunteer SchedulerKim Kleineberg Directors’ Reception Brian Street MCJulie Klatt RCA Manager

Daytime PerformancesKelowna Community Theatre $3 per day (purchase tickets at the inside theatre doors). Rotary Centre for the Arts: Free Combo performances April 11, 8:25 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

FREE Workshops featuring festival adjudicators, local talent, and the annual headline artist. Rotary Centre for the Arts: Friday, April 12, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday April 13th, 11a.m. – 4 p.m.

Boss Tenors: “Straight Ahead” ConcertThe Forum: Thursday, April 11, 8 p.m.Tickets $20 (plus SC) available from www.brownpapertickets.com

Jazz Masters’ ConcertKelowna Community Theatre: April 12, 7:30 p.m.All tickets $35.00 (plusSC), available from www.selectyourtickets.com or 250-762-5050.

Showcase of Most Outstanding Participant GroupsKelowna Community Theatre, Saturday, April 13, 7:00 p.m. Cost $10 at the door.

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Table of Contents

Festival Committee

Jazz Festival Tickets

Thank you to our sponsors

Festival Coordinator’s Greeting

Jazz Masters’ Concert

Schedule of Performances

Schedule of Workshops: Friday & Saturday

Awards

Adjudicator Biographies

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We would like to thank our Major Sponsors for Their Generous Support

Festival Coordinator’s Greetings

Welcome to the 42nd annual BC Interior Jazz Festival.

Wynton Marsalis stated “Jazz is not just ‘Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.’ It’s a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.”

As you enjoy the fantastic ensembles that will perform in this festival over the next few days, I would like you to think about the countless hours that have been spent working towards these performances.

Since the students began playing an instrument in beginning band, they have dedicated hours at home to honing their abilities, and learning their parts. They have laboured diligently in practice rooms at school, woodshedding that difficult, elusive lick that they just couldn’t nail in the last rehearsal. They have collaborated with their peers in sectionals, rehearsals and more.

Parents have supported their musicians by offering early morning rides to school for rehearsals, extra rehearsals, and extra sectionals. They have chaperoned tours to festivals, and to far, and not-so-far-off, locations. Band parents have listened to, supported and encouraged their young musicians to keep playing as they worked on that one, elusive lick that they just couldn’t nail in rehearsal.

Music directors have dedicated years to their own journeys as musicians. They have spent countless hours at university, from their first lessons in front of their peers, to student teaching. They study scores, book clinicians, lead extra rehearsals, and lunch time practice sessions, in order to help students get that one difficult, elusive lick that they just couldn’t nail in rehearsal.

The festival’s esteemed adjudicators and performing artists have spent their lifetimes coaxing every bit of sound from their instruments and bodies. They have captured creativity and focused it into distilled emotions, creating those elusive licks that our students just can’t nail in rehearsal.

Countless hours of dedication have led to this moment. Jazz isn’t something that just happens. It is the result of focused learning, study and practice, and we are lucky enough to hear the result of all that time.

I also want to thank the festival organizers. As Christian Fabian says, “Teamwork makes the dream work” and this festival couldn’t come together without a great team of people working incredibly hard to make this festival happen.

As you are enjoying the collective result of so many individuals’ hard work, be sure to listen closely. You might just hear a student play one of those elusive licks, sounding effortless, and perfected just for this performance.

I hope you enjoy the result of time well spent.

Chris Perry Festival Coordinator

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Jazz Masters’ Concert

MIKE MURLEYFEATURED ARTIST

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An engaging, lyrical saxophonist, Mike Murley is one of Canada’s most celebrated and well-respected jazz artists. Currently active as a leader in various formations from duo to septet, Murley also maintains a busy schedule as both a sideman and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Jazz Program. He has played on fourteen Juno Award-winning recordings since 1990, seven as a leader or co-leader, seven as a sideman. His most recent Junos include The North (2018), Metalwood’s Twenty (2017) and his trio’s Test of Time (2013).

Since moving to Toronto from his native Nova Scotia in 1981 Murley has enjoyed a career that has spanned a wide stylistic spectrum. Recordings with legendary Canadian artists such as Ed Bickert, Guido Basso, and Rob McConnell showcase the saxophonist’s talents in the mainstream standard

repertoire. On the more contemporary side, Murley has collaborated frequently with the younger generation of improviser/composers including pianist David Braid and guitarist David Occhipinti. He is also well known for his work with the three-time Juno Award winning electric jazz group Metalwood. In addition he has recorded and performed with numerous other Canadian and international artists including John Abercrombie, David Liebman, Paul Bley, John Schofield and Kenny Wheeler.

AWARD-WINNING RECORDINGS AND GROUPS:AS A LEADER:Murley’s 2013 Juno Award-winning release, Test of Time, features his with legendary guitarist Ed Bickert and bassist Steve Wallace. Recorded in 1999, this recently rediscovered recording is certainly made significant by the fact that it represents a new release featuring Bickert (who retired from playing professionally in 2001). Murley’s other two Juno Award winning recordings as a leader were in 1990 for Two Sides (Unity Records) and in 2002 for Live at the Senator (Cornerstone).

Murley’s 2012 release, Still Rollin’, was the debut recording for his septet. Nominated for a 2012 Juno, it features the saxophonist’s compositions and arrangements performed by some of Canada’s finest jazz improvisers.

Murley has released eleven critically acclaimed recordings as a leader and numerous others as a co-leader with Metalwood, David Liebman. David Braid/The North and David Occhipinti. His 2005 recording, Extra Time, won the National Jazz Award for best album. Conversation Piece also received the same honour at the 1997 Jazz Report Awards. He was a four-time recipient of the Jazz Report Award for tenor saxophonist of the year during the 1990s and was also voted saxophonist of the year four times at National Jazz Awards in the 2000s.

The Melody Lingers On (CBC records), finds the saxophonist’s trio live in concert at the Glenn Gould Studio with a twelve-piece string ensemble conducted by Rick Wilkins. Also featured on the recording are Guido Basso (flugelhorn) and Tara Davidson (saxes) with string arrangements by Murley and guitarist Reg Schwager. This recording garnered an album of the year nomination at the 2007 National Jazz Awards.

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AS A CO-LEADER AND SIDEMAN:– WITH DAVID BRAID AND THE NORTHThe North recently won the 2018 Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year (Group) . The North is a jazz quartet creating music combining the experiences of jazz musicians living in Canada and Scandinavia. Multi-Juno Award winners David Braid and Mike Murley are long time musical collaborators as are Danish drummer Anders Mogensen and Finnish bassist Johnny Åman.

Murley was also a prominent soloist on David Braid’s 2005 Juno award-winning sextet recording, Vivid. Murley co-led a quartet with Braid that toured nationally in 2004. Their debut CD, “Mnemosyne’s March, was released in March 2006. The group was expanded to a quintet to include new co-leader Tara Davidson (see DMBQ).

– WITH ROB MCCONNELLMurley was a member of the Juno award-winning (2001) Rob McConnell Tenet. Their first of three albums on the Justin Time label was also nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award. The group features some of Canada’s finest jazz artists playing masterful arrangements by the legendary valve trombonist who sadly passed away in 2010.

– WITH METALWOODThe electric jazz group, Metalwood, featured the more robust side of Murley’s saxophone during the quartet’s prolific recording period from 1996-2003. The three-time Juno winners (’98 and ’99, and ’17) were signed by Verve/Blue Thumb in 2002 and produced The Recline, featuring special guests John Scofield, Mino Cinelu, and DJ Logic. Their reunion CD, Twenty (Cellar Live), won a 2017 Juno.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:Murley’s playing experience on the international level includes performances with a diverse cross-section of artists including Kenny Wheeler, Randy Brecker, and the late Jack McDuff. He has also appeared as a featured soloist on four different CDs with trumpeter/composer Wheeler, including two Maritime Jazz Orchestra CDs featuring John Taylor and Norma Winstone. He has also appeared as a featured soloist on four different CDs with trumpeter/composer Wheeler, including the latest two Maritime Jazz Orchestra CDs featuring John Taylor’s Azimuth. In addition Murley has worked with some of the most well-respected New York musicians of his generation including trumpeter Dave Douglas, pianist Renee Rosnes, and drummer Bill Stewart.

In July 2004, Murley was invited to perform as part of Solos: The Jazz Sessions – a series (produced for Bravo: Canada’s Arts Network) which captures renown jazz artists in the challenging solo performance format. In addition to Murley, other artists featured in the series include international luminaries such as saxophonists Joe Lovano and Lee Konitz, guitarists Bill Frisell and Kurt Rosenwinkle, and pianists Brad Mehldau and Andrew Hill.

Murley has performed with numerous internationally renowned Canadian performers including Dave Young, David Clayton-Thomas, and the late Doug Riley. He has also recorded and toured internationally with Cornerstone label-mates Time Warp and the Barry Elmes Quintet as well as numerous other Canadian artists including Kevin Dean’s B3 band, Stich Wynston’s Modern Surfaces, the Shuffle Demons, and NOJO. His work as a sideman has taken him to concert halls and clubs in Europe, South America, and Asia. As a leader Murley has played all of the major Canadian jazz festivals and performed high profile international engagements at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., at Expo ’92 in Spain, and Festival Internacional Cervantino 2007 in Mexico.

EDUCATOR:In August 2011 Murley accepted a full-time lecturer position at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. After promotion to Associate Professor he served as Area Chair in the Jazz Program from 2016-18. He has also taught at the York University (where he served as jazz area coordinator from 2008-11), Humber College, and has been a visiting member of faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts. He is also a faculty member at the IMC Summer Jazz Camp.

RECORD LABEL:Murley has been a part owner of Cornerstone Records since the company was formed in the 1994. For more information please visit www.cornerstonerecordsinc.com

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THE BIG BAND THIS YEAR IS:MICHAEL GARDING, DIRECTOR

SAXOPHONES: Michael Garding, Malcolm Green, Craig Thomson, Stephen Buck, Lucy Benwell

TRUMPETS: Bruce Dougall, Michael Perkins, Dennis Colpitts, Tim Benwell

TROMBONES: Wade Dorsey, Bob Rogers, Chris Manuel, Gord Waters

RHYTHM SECTION: Loni Moger, Tim Hirtz, Stefan Bienz, Scott Gamble

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Schedule: Thursday, April 11 - RCA

Perform

8:25 am

8:50 am

9:15 am

9:40 am

10:05 am

10:20 am

10:45 am

11:10 am

11:35 pm

12:00 pm

1:00 pm

1:25 pm

1:50 pm

2:15 pm

3:00 pm

Held at the Rotary Centre for the Arts

Institution

KLO Middle School

Glenrosa Middle School

KVR Middle School

Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary

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Salmon Arm Secondary



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W.L. Seaton Secondary School

Okanagan Mission Secondary School

Rutland Senior Secondary



Group

KLO Middle School Jazz Combo

The Morning People

The Beat Train

MBSS Gr. 9 Combo

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Crispie Chicken Combo

SAS Sullivan Jazz Combo

Fortunate Embouchure

MBSS Gr. 11 Combo

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Senior Jazz Combo

OKM Grade 10 Combo

Rutland Senior Jazz Combo

Miller/Nickel Quartet

Christie’s Quintet

Category

Junior IV Combo

Junior IV Combo

Junior V Combo

Junior IV Combo

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Junior III Combo

Senior Combo

Junior IV Combo

Intermediate Combo

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Senior Combo

Junior III Combo

Senior Combo

Senior Combo

Senior Combo

Director

Tom Klassen

Craig Thomson

Stan Sabourin

Chris Perry

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Chris Perry

David Izik-Dzurko

Craig Thomson

Chris Perry

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Jason Paas

Megan Frederick

Jeff Saunders

Chris Perry

Megan Frederick

From

Kelowna

West Kelowna

Penticton

West Kelowna

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West Kelowna

Salmon Arm

West Kelowna

West Kelowna

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Vernon

Kelowna

Kelowna

West Kelowna

Kelowna

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Perform

8:00 am

8:25 am

8:50 am

9:15 am

9:40 am

10:05 am

10:20 am

10:45 am

11:10 am

11:35 pm

12:00 pm

1:00 pm

1:25 pm

1:50 pm

2:15 pm

2:40 pm

3:00 pm

3:25 pm

3:50 pm

4:15 pm

Institution

Constable Neil Bruce Middle School

Dr. Knox Middle School


Skaha Lake Middle School

KLO Middle School

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George Elliot Secondary


KLO Middle School

KVR Middle School

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Dr. Knox Middle School


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Kelowna Christian School


Vernon Secondary School

Group

CNB Gr. 8 Jazz Band

Grade 8 Jazz Band

OKM Grade 9 Jazz Band

SLMS Jazz Band

KLO Grade 8 Honours Jazz Band

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GESS Jr. Jazz

Junior Jazz Band

KLO Grade 9 Jazz Band

KVR Jazz Express

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MBSS Gr. 9 Jazz Band

SAS Jackson Jazz Band

Grade 9 Jazz Band

Glenrosa Grade 8/9 Jazz Band

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Senior Jazz Band

Kelowna Christian School Jazz Band

SAS Sullivan Jazz Band

Senior Jazz Band

Category

Junior V

Junior V

Junior IV

Junior V

Junior V

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Junior IV

Junior III

Junior IV

Junior V

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Junior IV

Junior III

Junior IV

Junior IV

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Senior

Senior

Senior

Senior

Director

Rudi Kronhardt

Olivia Rhoddy

Megan Frederick

Will Schlackl

Tom Klassen

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Dave McGarry

Jason Paas

Tom Klassen

Stan Sabourin

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Chris Perry

David Izik-Dzurko

Olivia Rhoddy

Craig Thomson

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Jason Paas

Connor Murdock

David Izik-Dzurko

Emily Ashcroft

From

West Kelowna

Kelowna

Kelowna

Penticton

Kelowna

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Lake Country

Vernon

Kelowna

Penticton

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West Kelowna

Salmon Arm

Kelowna

West Kelowna

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Vernon

Kelowna

Salmon Arm

Vernon

Held at the Kelowna Community Theatre

Schedule: Thursday, April 11 - KCT

Perform

8:00 am

8:25 am

8:50 am

9:15 am

9:40 am

10:05 am

10:20 am

10:45 am

11:10 am

11:35 am

12:00 pm

1:00 pm

1:25 pm

1:50 pm

2:15 pm

2:40 pm

3:00 pm

3:25 pm

3:50 pm

Institution


KLO Middle School

GMS Combination Choir



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Rutland Middle School

Princess Margaret Secondary


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Kalamalka Secondary School

Penticton Secondary School

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Group

Mount Boucherie Vocal Jazz

KLO Middle School Choir


MBSS Vocal Combc A

C-Tones

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MBSS Vocal Combo B

Rutland Middle School Choir

Sing ‘N Swing

MBSS Vocal Combo C

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Mount Boucherie Choir

Rutland Senior Choir

Vocal Combo

KSS Jazz Band

Penticton Sec. Gr. 9 Jazz Band

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Penticton Sec. Gr. 10 Jazz Band

Penticton Sec. Senior Jazz Band

Category

Senior Vocal Jazz

Junior Combo Choir

Junior ComboChoir

Small Vocal Jazz Combo

Senior Combo Choir

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Junior Combo Choir



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Senior Combo Choir

Senior Combo Choir


Senior

Junior IV

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Junior III

Senior

Director

Gil Kafka

Tom Klassen

Craig Thomson

Gil Kafka

Lana O’Brien

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Gil Kafka

Carmen McDowell

Don Grant

Gil Kafka

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Gil Kafka

Jeff Saunders

Gil Kafka

Paul Hunter

Justin Glibbery

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Paula Baker

Justin Glibbery

From

West Kelowna

Kelowna

West Kelowna

West Kelowna

Vernon

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West Kelowna

Kelowna

Penticton

West Kelowna

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West Kelowna

Kelowna

West Kelowna

Vernon

Penticton

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Penticton

Penticton

Held at the Kelowna Community Theatre

Schedule: Friday, April 12 - KCT

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Perform

9:15 am

9:40 am

10:05 am

10:20 am

10:45 am

11:10 am

11:35 am

12:00 pm

1:00 pm

1:25 pm

1:50 pm

2:15 pm

2:40 pm

3:00 pm

3:25 pm

3:50 pm

Institution

St. George’s School


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J.L. Crowe

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J.L. Crowe



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George Elliot Secondary



Group

Senior Combo

Junior Combo

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Junior Jazz Ensemble

OKM Grade 10 Jazz Band

Crowe Jazz II

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Crowe Jazz II

Rutland Senior Jazz Band

Senior Jazz Ensemble

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GESS Sr. Jazz

OKM Grade 11/12 Jazz Band


Category

Senior Combo

Junior III Combo

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Junior III

Junior III

Junior III

Intermediate

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Intermediate

Senior

Senior

Senior

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Senior

Senior

Senior

Director

Rob Murray

Dean Markel/Jordan Forseth

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Chris Perry

Dean Markel

Megan Frederick

Robyn Verhoeven

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Chris Perry

Robyn Verhoeven

Jeff Saunders

Rob Murray

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Dave McGarry

Megan Frederick

Chris Perry

From

Vancouver

Vancouver

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West Kelowna

Vancouver

Kelowna

Trail

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West Kelowna

Trail

Kelowna

Vancouver

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Lake Country

Kelowna

West Kelowna

Schedule: Saturday, April 13 - KCTHeld at the Kelowna Community Theatre

FREE Jazz Festival Workshops

Friday, April 12th Workshop Schedule

Saturday, April 13th Workshop Schedule

Everyone is welcome to attend these FREE workshops. We encourage workshop participants to bring their instruments and participate actively.

All music workshops are held at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in the Dance Studio. To get to the Rotary Centre, go North on Water Street (in front of the Kelowna Community Theatre) and take the walkway directly behind the Law Courts.

9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Gregory Yasinitsky Saxophone 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. John Korsrud Composition/Arrangement11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Marshall Rasmussen Trumpet 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Mike Murley Saxophone 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Trevor & Lonnie Latin Percussion2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Bernie Addington Bass3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Kinga Heming Vocal4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Janet Warren Vocal

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Joost Patocka Percussion

12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Loni Moger Guitar

1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Stephen Buck Saxophone

2 p.m. – 3 p.m. TBA Drum Kit

3 p.m. – 4 p.m. TBA Piano

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Jazz Festival Workshops ‘19

FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH9 – 10 a.m. - Gregory Yasinitsky - Saxophone Techniques Do you want to be a better saxophonist? Greg Yasinitsky will share proven techniques to build your sound and technique.

Greg Yasinitsky, Regents Professor of Music at Washington State University, has an international reputation as a saxophonist, composer and arranger. He has performed with Sean Jones, Randy Brecker, Jeff Coffin, Marcus Printup, Diane Reeves, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Stan Getz and many others, and his saxophone playing, compositions and arrangements are featured on over 50 recordings. Greg is a Yamaha Performing Artist and a JodyJazz Artist. 10 – 11 a.m. - John Korsrud –Introduction to Composition and ArrangingJohn Korsrud will cover some of the basics on how to arrange for various size ensembles, and how to start composing original pieces.

John is the recipient of the 2012 City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Music. He is the leader and principle composer the 18-piece jazz/ new music ensemble, The Hard Rubber Orchestra, an ensemble he formed in 1990. John has been commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony and performed his own trumpet concerto at New York’s Carnegie Hall commissioned and performed by the American Composers Orchestra. His film scores have won several awards.

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Marshall Rasmussen – Trumpet and Improvisation BasicsMarshall Rasmussen is a trumpet player specializing in jazz and commercial music performance and education. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance from the renowned Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal.During his studies, Marshall had the opportunity to learn from and perform with some of the best musicians in Canada. Well-versed in a wide variety of genres, Marshall has returned to the Okanagan to carve out a career as a professional musician.

12 – 1 p.m. - Mike Murley –It’s About TimeSaxophonist/educator Mike Murley will discuss the importance of rhythm, phrasing, and time feel. He will offer and demonstrate strategies to develop these musical elements as a jazz improviser.

An engaging, lyrical saxophonist, Mike Murley is one of Canada’s finest jazz artists and one of the most versatile players on the scene today. He has appeared on fourteen Juno Award winning recordings over a career spanning the past three decades.

Active as a leader in various formations from duo to septet, Murley also maintains a busy schedule as a sideman and jazz educator. In August 2011 Murley accepted full-time position at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and held the position of Jazz Area Chair from 2016-18. He has also taught at the York University, Humber College, and has been a visiting member of faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Murley has appeared on a diverse collection of award-winning recordings by Metalwood, David Braid, and Rob McConnell, among others. He has also recorded and performed with numerous international artists including Dave Liebman, John Schofield, John Abercrombie, and Kenny Wheeler.

1 – 2 p.m. - Trevor Salloum & Lonnie Burma –Latin PercussionTrevor Salloum is well known internationally as a musician and music educator who specializes in jazz and Afro-Cuban drumming. He is a best selling author with Mel Bay Publications. He has performed with Armando Peraza, Pat LaBarbera, Phil Nimmons, Alex Acuña,and many of Canada’s finest musicians. See www.trevorsalloum.com

Lonnie Burma has been involved and playing music from early childhood. Raised in a Country/Gospel background with the “Burma Family Band”, Lonnie played around the Edmonton scene in the 70’s to early 80’s in various Country, Jazz, Rock, and Blues settings. After attending Grant MacKewan Community College in 1984-86, Lonnie moved to BC and began his musical career as a drumshop owner, educator, and musician.

Currently, Lonnie is educating “up and coming” students at his private drum studio in Kelowna and performing with many local artists, theatre and church productions, choirs, festivals, schools (and more) throughout BC.

Lonnie’s ability to function in almost any musical style combined with a multi-percussionist capacity offers loads of options for any musical situation.

2 – 3 p.m. - Bernie Addington –An Introduction to Upright BassThis workshop is aimed at players who are novices in hopes that it may inspire younger players to try something they may not be familiar with.

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Bernie Addington studied jazz at the Vancouver Community College of Music with renowned bassist Rick Kilburn majoring in performance and acoustic bass. He enjoys a successful career as a freelance musician, adjudicator, clinician and private instructor. Bernie has played throughout North America, Europe and Australia. He enjoys being a part of the British Columbia Interior Jazz Festival.

3 – 4 p.m. - Kinga Heming – VocalThis workshop will be based around learning your sound, choosing songs that best suit a singer’s range and vocal ability, connecting with songs, introduction to scatting, and learning how to phrase.

Kinga Heming is a jazz and pop chanteuse who currently calls Kelowna home. Her full bio as well as information on her latest recording endeavors can be found at https://www.kinga-jazz.com/

4 – 5 p.m. - Janet Warren – Vocal Improv For BeginnersJanet Warren, recipient of the British Columbia Music Educator’s Professional Music Educator Award, is recognized nationally for her work in both traditional choral repertoire and vocal jazz. Adjudicating and clinics have taken her from China to Ontario; she founded and organized the Sea-to-Sky Choral Festival for twenty-two years; and she presently directs Higher Ground Women’s Choir in Vancouver. Ms. Warren has enjoyed solo work, has appeared in several live shows (most recently at Quaaout Lodge with Jupiter Productions), and can be heard on the locally produced CD “A Time to Heal”. Choral conducting continues to be Ms. Warren’s favourite and most creative musical outlet.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH11 a.m. – 12 p.m.- Joost Patocka - Connecting the Dots – A Brief History of Jazz DrummersJazz drummer Joost Patocka is one of a small group of musicians able to focus on both the past and the future. At the Royal Conservatory in The Hague he worked on a classical idiom with drummers Eric Ineke and Clarence Becton, which to this day has been the foundation of his otherwise timeless style. Joost also studied with major American drummers such as Joe Morrello, Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith, and Carl Allen. In doing so, he developed a way of playing as solid as it is adventurous, helping him become one of the most sought-after jazz drummers in the Netherlands.

Over the last 30 years Joost has toured in Japan, Russia, the United States, Korea and around Europe. Amongst others,

he has performed with artists such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Branford Marsalis, Nat Adderley, Teddy Edwards, Julian Priester, Gary Bartz and almost everybody in the European Jazz Scene. He can be heard on over 40 albums and cd’s.

Joost is also a dedicated jazz educator and currently holds a professorship in jazz studies at the Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam.

12 – 1 p.m. – Loni Moger – The Importance of Freddie Green to Jazz Guitar Loni Moger is a talented and versatile musician who played his first professional gig at the age of fourteen and began teaching at the age of sixteen. After spending four years on the East Coast of the U.S. he received his bachelor’s degree from Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, studying Guitar, Voice and arranging.

Loni has performed alongside such international artists as “Bo Didley” and San Francisco’s “Tuck and Patti“; “Senator Tommy Banks” as well as local Calgary favorites “ The Swinging Bovines”, “Karl Roth” and former host CBC radio’s “Tonic”, “Tim Tamashiro”. He moved to Kelowna, BC in September of 2008. Loni shares, “I’ve played night clubs, concerts, weddings, political rallies, live radio and television, bowling alleys, country clubs, street corners (otherwise known as ‘busking’), churches and living rooms, all of which were equally fun!” He enjoys interpreting the works of others and performing his own material as well.

Loni is equally at home in a wide variety of musical styles but feels closest to “Jazz that makes you want to dance”.

1 – 2 p.m. - Stephen Buck – SaxophoneStephen Buck graduated from the University of Western Ontario and became a full-time professional musician. After a 30 year career performing on saxophone, clarinet and flute in theatre orchestras in Canada, the U.S., Holland, France, England and Germany, he moved to Kelowna. He currently teaches privately and performs in various ensembles throughout the Okanagan Valley, in addition to hosting the weekly Jazz Jam at the Rotary Center for the Arts.

2 – 3 p.m. – TBA – Drum Kitcheck www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com for final details

3 – 4 p.m.- TBA - Piano check www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com for final details

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Awards

The BC Interior Jazz Festival and its participants would like to thank the following providers of Outstanding Performance Awards:

FOLLOWED BY

GORMAN BROTHERS

BCIJF (BC INTERIOR JAZZ FESTIVAL)

VALLEY WIND AND REED

BEN VERKERK

Thursday April 11th, Jam Session 5 – 7pm,at the Forum, 1317 Ethel St.

8 – 10pm at the Forum, 1317 Ethel St.

Craig Thomson & Greg Yasinitsky present - Boss Tenors: “Straight Ahead” (with guest Anna Jacyszyn). The show will be built around the two tenor concept; Greg Yasinitsky and Craig Thomson will play the classic Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt album “Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead From Chicago 1961”. Also some Yasinitsky originals from his album “Nighthawks”. Band will be Craig Thomson, Greg Yasinitsky, Bernie Addington, Neville Bowman, and Mike Treadway.\

Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com

Next year’s BC Interior Jazz Festival will be heldApril 16, 17, 18, 2020

Music Directors - Register online at: www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com

Sponsored by Capilano UniversityFREE ALL-AGES JAM SESSION

CONCERT: BOSS TENORS: “STRAIGHT AHEAD”

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Adjudicators / Artists

HORACE ALEXANDER YOUNGJAZZ BAND AND VOCAL ADJUDICATOR

HORACE ALEXANDER YOUNG, is a 21st Century musician whose combined saxophone and vocal style revisits the sensitivity and grit of Lester Young and Cannonball Adderley, and the smoothness and grace of Nat King Cole. While he has spent most of his 30+ years in the music

business playing, arranging, composing and recording music for other artists, his focus now is on his personal artistry and mentoring the next generation of musicians. His personal intent is to leave a mark in both the domains of instrumental and vocal Jazz, as previously explored by Louis Armstrong and Chet Baker, and do so from a platform based on “the road less traveled”. Stay tuned.

Horace Alexander Young uses Vandoren Reeds, Mouthpieces and Ligatures, SKB Cases and AMT Microphones exclusively. www.pacificcoastjazz.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Alexander_Young

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JOHN KORSRUD JAZZ BAND ADJUDICATOR

Honored with the City of Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts Award for Music for 2012, and the 2015 Canada Council Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award, John is a composer, producer and trumpet player based in Vancouver. He is the leader and principle composer of the 17-piece Hard Rubber Orchestra, a highly active jazz/ new music ensemble that has toured to Europe and across Canada, released three CDs, and is the recipient of Canada’s largest arts prize, The Alcan Arts Award.

As a trumpet player, John’s wide range of experiences include everything from performing with international improvisors such as George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Han Bennink, Barry Guy and Kenny Wheeler to punk legends DOA to with The Vancouver Symphony. John has performed in the jazz festivals of Berlin, Havana, Chicago, Lisbon, Amsterdam and Montreal. John also leads the very popular 20-piece salsa/ latin-jazz orchestra, Orquesta Goma Dura, which has released a live CD on CBC’s Mothercorp records and the 14-piece Drum & Light Orchestra. John teaches at Vancouver Community College and Capilano University.

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GREG YASINITSKY JAZZ BAND ADJUDICATOR

Gregory W. Yasinitsky, Regents Professor of Music at Washington State University, has an international reputation as a composer, arranger and saxophonist. He is the winner of the American Prize for Orchestral Composition. Yasinitsky is a member of the Board of Directors for the Jazz Education Network and is a member of the Washington State Music Educators Hall of Fame. Additionally, he is the recipient of the WSU Eminent Faculty Award, the university’s top award for faculty, and the Distinguished Faculty Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. Yasinitsky is a recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Commission Project, Artist Trust and ASCAP. He has written music especially for David Sanborn, Clark Terry,

Dave Liebman and the USAF “Airmen of Note” big band. Yasinitsky has over 210 published musical works which are performed in over forty countries world-wide, and his compositions and saxophone playing are featured on over fifty recordings. Yasinitsky has performed with Randy Brecker, Sean Jones, Marcus Printup, Tom Harrell, Ed Calle, Alex Acuna, Kirk Whalum, Claudio Roditi, Conrad Herwig, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Louis Bellson, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton, Lou Rawls, Manhattan Transfer, and many others. Yasinitsky is a Yamaha performing artist and a JodyJazz Artist.

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JOOST PATOCKA COMBO ADJUDICATOR

Drummer Joost Patocka is one of few musicians able to focus on both the past and the future. He worked on a classical idiom with drummers Eric Ineke and Clarence Becton, which to this day has been the foundation of his otherwise timeless style.Joost also studied with major American drummers such as Joe Morrello, Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith, and Carl Allen. In doing so, he developed a way of playing as solid as it is adventurous, helping him become what he is now: one of the most sought-after jazz drummers of the Netherlands.

Joost is a member of the Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio, the Benjamin Herman Trio, and the Maarten Hogenhuis Quartet, and he is one of the founders of Krupa & The Genes. He has been working at Codarts Rotterdam since 2007 as a teacher of jazz drums.

BERNIE ADDINGTON COMBO ADJUDICATORBernie began composing, performing and recording in 1983. From 1989-91, Bernie studied Jazz at The Vancouver Community College School of Music, majoring in performance and acoustic bass. While there, he studied under the renowned bassist, Rick Kilburn. Since completing his studies, Bernie has enjoyed a successful career as a freelance musician and private instructor.

Bernie has played extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. Over the years, he has recorded with numerous artists (too many to mention), as a session musician. Since moving to the Okanagan, Bernie continues to play and record throughout the Interior as a first call musician and band leader.

LONI MOGER COMBO ADJUDICATOR

When asked why Loni Moger likes to play music in an intimate setting like a house concert, he replied, “Music can be transformative, and a house concert is a great place to connect in ways large venues do not have.”

He first fell in love with music as a small child while dancing to Elvis with his aunt. Listening to the BB King album ‘Live at Ole Miss’ as a teenager, drew him to the guitar. When given the opportunity to perform with Russel Jackson, the bass player on that album, he said, “It was like floating above the stage, watching myself play.”

His style is Jazzy, funky, and bluesy. Highly influenced by John Pizzarelli, Johnny Hartman and the Swing Era Big Bands of Count Basie and Duke Ellington. With just one guitar and a fantastic voice, he sounds like a whole band.

Although Loni has performed with many people and in many styles, he is currently focusing on a solo expression. “It’s like I’m a brand-new artist,” he said when asked about this exciting, new path. While Loni has recorded an Ep collection of six songs, he plans on recording a full album and is currently booking a tour of house concerts.

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JANET WARREN VOCAL ADJUDICATOR

Recipient of the British Columbia Music Educator’s Professional Music Educator Award, is recognized nationally for her work in both traditional repertoire and vocal jazz. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, she completed the Diploma in Music Education in 2000. Recently retired from teaching in North Vancouver, she is presently a Faculty Advisor for UBC, working with pre-service teachers at both elementary and secondary levels. Ms. Warren enjoys a variety of adjudicating and clinic experiences which continue to take her throughout Western Canada and as far as Japan.

Two career highlights for Ms. Warren have been conducting the BC Music Educator’s Provincial Honour Vocal Jazz Ensemble and directing the BC Choral Federation’s Provincial Youth Choir. She was honoured by colleagues in North Vancouver with the Award of Excellence, and was named 2004 Teacher of the Year by the Sylvan Learning Center.

For twenty-two years, Ms. Warren organized the Sea-to-Sky Choral Festival; she formed and has conducted Higher Ground Women’s Vocal Ensemble for ten years. Since retirement, Ms. Warren has been performing as a solo singer, has appeared in several live shows, and is featured on the locally produced CD “A Time To Heal”.

Other interests include travel (notably cycling internationally), dragon boating, and three awesome grand-daughters. Choral conducting continues to be Ms. Warren’s favourite and most creative musical outlet.

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KINGA HEMMING VOCAL ADJUDICATOR

Jazz and Pop chanteuse Kinga was born in Poland, then moved with her family to Amsterdam before settling in Ottawa, Ontario. While being baptized at four months of age, she screamed out, and the attending priest predicted that Kinga would become a singer. Her parents gifted Kinga with appreciation for music, including and especially jazz, at an early age: Her father played in a jazz cabaret while her mother constantly played vocal pop and jazz records by The Platters, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and the like.

By age thirteen, Kinga had studied classical piano and voice theory, and began immersing herself in classical and contemporary music, both jazz and pop. She soon began performing at recitals and competitions, and helped assemble and lead a jazz quartet (called West Berlin) that played in and around Ottawa until all its members graduated from high school. She also discovered and began learning the repertoires of many great jazz vocalists, including Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Sarah Vaughan, Natalie Cole, and especially Ella Fitzgerald. Kinga moved on to Humber College, studying voice and theory under Trish Colter, Lisa Martinelli, and Lisa Sullivan; she also served as instructor for voice, piano, theory, ear training and improvisation to child and adult students. “The most important experiences during my time at Humber College were working alongside very talented and reputable musicians, learning different aspects of the jazz world, and lastly, winning the Duke Ellington Honoree award in my final year there,” Kinga recalls.

Kinga has subsequently spread her vocal talents - as smooth, heady and sophisticated as well-matured brandy - throughout Canada: She has sung the American and Canadian national anthems for the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs (in partial French, for a sold-out contest against the Montreal Canadians), the Toronto Raptors, and internationally-broadcast Hockey Night in Canada. Kinga has performed with pianist Renee Rosnes, flugelhornist Guido Basso, and Don Thompson’s jazz ensemble, and appeared at the National Jazz Awards, the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada’s Walk of Fame, and on CTV and CBC Radio.

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THE MICHAEL GARDING BIG BANDStyle is what this band is really all about. The Big Band era goes back to the 1930’s and 1940’s. This was a time when North America was coming out of the depression and was ready to have a good time. Big Bands would travel around the country filling ballrooms and dance halls. This happy, upbeat music got people out of their chairs and up on the dance floor. The infectious rhythms and sentimental lyrics became more and more popular with the arrival of the Second World War. Guys and gals jumped at the opportunity to get dressed up and have a “night on the town”. In the last few years, there has been a resurgence of interest in this type of music. People are again “ready to have a good time.” Ballroom dancing has become extremely

popular not only as a recreation, but as a competitive sport. Swing dancing has once again swept the nation. Even contemporary artists such as Colin James have caught on. The “Little Big Band” was a huge success. The Michael Garding Big Band takes things to the next level; this is a true Big Band. Right down to the signs in front, the Michael Garding Big Band holds to the tradition that made this style so popular. Crisply dressed musicians with an ocean of shiny brass deliver big sound with the power only a Big Band can. Whether you want to dance or sit back and listen. The Michael Garding Big Band puts on a show you won’t soon forget.

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