BU hosting jazz festival
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Grammy-nominated singer Sara Gazarek will be one of the featured artists when the city plays host next month to its first jazz festival in about four years.
The Brandon University Jazz Festival will be held at the BU School of Music and the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium from March 16-18.
The event marks the first jazz festival in the city since 2019, and the first to be hosted by the BU School of Music. It succeeds the Brandon Jazz Festival, which was a highlight for aspiring musicians across Manitoba and beyond since 1983.
“The jazz festival is a great opportunity for our BU students to share the stage with professional performers and to share their love of jazz with a new generation of musicians,” BU dean of music Greg Gatien stated in a press release issued by the university Tuesday afternoon.
The Brandon Jazz Festival was a non-competitive event, first held in 1983, and brought together thousands of participants from across Manitoba, other provinces and the United States.
Performers received instruction and adjudication from educators and professional musicians from across Canada and the United States, and were able to attend concerts featuring visiting musicians and students from the School of Music.
The revived festival will have a similar format, with evening concerts to feature the Brandon University Big Band performing with guest artists at the WMCA. Concerts will be held March 16 and 17, with shows at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. each evening.
“Hosting the festival is a boon to Brandon businesses, a chance to welcome the public for spectacular performances, and a great way to introduce students to Brandon University and our music programs,” Gatien said in BU’s press release. “We’re going to show everyone a great time next month.”
More information about the BU Jazz Festival is available at bujazzfest.ca, and tickets to the showcase concerts are now available online at wmca.ca.
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