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April 12, 13, 14, 2018

41st ANNUAL

Thank you to our sponsors

Festival Committee 2018

Jazz Festival Tickets

Chris Perry Festival CoordinatorJeannette Mergens House ManagerCharlotte Swaters Assistant House ManagerCarol Colpitts Treasurer and TravelBrian Street MCErika Sinhuber Workshop and Equipment CoordinatorTim Watson Stage ManagerSharla Flint Adjudicator RecordingsSheila French Traffic FlowJeff Saunders Festival Setup and SoundKimberly Gorman Scholarships and Awards, Webmaster Dennis Colpitts Adjudicator LiaisonWentworth Music Stage Equipment Craig Thomson Artistic DirectorKim Kleineberg Friday Night Social Wendy Argatoff PublicityRudi Kronhardt Forum Ticket Coordinator

Daytime PerformancesKelowna Community Theatre $3 per day (purchase tickets at the inside theatre doors). Rotary Centre for the Arts: Free Combo performances April 12, 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

FREE Workshops featuring festival adjudicators, local talent, and the annual headline artist. Rotary Centre for the Arts: April 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and April 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jazz Masters’ ConcertKelowna Community Theatre: April 13, 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 April 14, 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

Scholarships

Adjudicator Biographies

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

Festival Coordinator’s Greetings

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I welcome you to the 41st annual BC Interior Jazz Festival.

As I begin my tenure as coordinator for the festival, I want to acknowledge the incredible history and reputation of the BC Interior Jazz Festival and all the hard work that has been put into it by past coordinators and volunteers. I personally became involved with the festival because of the fantastic experience that it was providing for my students, and I look forward to continuing that tradition to the best of my abilities.

Ken Burns stated that “By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz”, and I feel that the same can be said for the Jazz Festival. There are so many volunteers that take part that I could fill the entire program thanking them, and still miss some. If you have a moment, and see someone with a festival name tag, please take a moment to thank them for helping make this experience happen for our students.

Our students are the reason that we’re here. These young musicians are taking risks and exploring jazz with some fantastic adjudicators and inspiring music directors guiding them through their musical journey. They express themselves through Jazz in a way that motivates me as an educator to give my best for them. I’ve been lucky enough to hear hundreds of groups on the festival stage, and their passion has galvanized my view that Jazz is an integral part of our schools and these young people’s lives.

Jazz is diverse. Jazz is exciting. Jazz is moving. Jazz takes both performer and audience on a journey through the soul and allows us to express ourselves in ways that words just can’t. That’s why it’s so important to keep Jazz and music a part of these young people’s lives, at home and in the community. Look at the dedication and work that goes into what you see on the stage and understand that it is the culmination of hundreds of hours of playing, practice and rehearsal by these students.

I also want to take a moment to thank our Sponsors, which include Wentworth Music, Beach Radio, Kelowna Events, the Delta Grand Hotel, Gorman Brothers, Yamaha, Power 104, School District 23, MusicFest Canada, Capilano University, Arts Council of the Central Okanagan and Intrigue Winery. Without their generous support of funds, equipment and time, this festival would not happen. Their backing has allowed us to create an experience that will be a lasting memory for the performers.

Personally, I would also like to thank my family and friends, who have been incredibly understanding in my first year as coordinator.

Enjoy the performances that you see on stage. This is the starting point for many of these students’ lifelong journey in Jazz, and you get to take part.

Chris Perry Festival Coordinator

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www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com

Friday, April 13, 2018, 7:30pm

F E A T U R I N G

Kelowna Community Theatre

Tickets $35 at Select Your Ticketswww.selectyourtickets.com (Kelowna Theatre Link), or by phone: 250.762.5050

(plus service charges)

41st Annual

Jazz Masters’ Concert

SUNNY WILKINSON FEATURED ARTIST

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In addition to over four decades of professional accomplishments and performances, Sunny has sung with music icons such as The Count Basie Orchestra, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Clark Terry, Mark Murphy, Milt Hinton, Curtis Fuller and many more. With four CDs as leader and numerous guest appearances, her last CD is a duo project with pianist Tom Garvin entitled A Gentle Time - When Sunny Meets Tom. “The musical empathy that is shared by these two artists is truly extraordinary...Sunny

Wilkinson is at the top of her game here. She has spent a lot of time refining her craft in the trenches and now emerges as a master songstress able to get inside of a song and find its essential emotional core.” - Don Mizell - co-producer of “Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company.” Sunny has just finished recording a new CD and is looking forward to it being released in the fall of 2017.

Sunny has also made significant contributions in jazz education. She rejoined the faulty at Western Michigan in 2016 and is thrilled to be working with the talented students there. She has been on the jazz faculty at Michigan State University, Cal State Northridge, Fullerton College, and the Dick Grove School of Music, as well as teaching numerous private voice students. Presently she is the artist in residence at the University of Michigan. Sunny served as a president of the Michigan chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators and the past chairperson for IAJE’s Women’s caucus. She also developed a mentoring program for young women jazz musicians called “Sisters in Jazz” that was taken to an international level through IAJE.

An inspirational voice in jazz, Sunny has a rich stage history, having performed at jazz festivals, with symphony orchestras, and at clubs and music programs across the country.

Looking ahead, Ms. Wilkinson is excited and passionate about continuing to share her music with audiences and students everywhere.

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THE BIG BAND THIS YEAR IS:CRAIG THOMSON, DIRECTOR

SAXOPHONES: Craig Thomson (alto), Chris Perry(alto), Stephen Buck (tenor),

Lucy Benwell (tenor), Malcolm Green (bari)

TROMBONES: Bob Rogers, Connor Murdock, Chris Manuel, Gord Waters (bass)

TRUMPETS:

Marshall Rasmussen, Bruce Dougall, Dennis Colpitts, Tim Benwell

RHYTHM SECTION: Loni Moger (guitar), Neville Bowman (piano), Bernie Addington (bass),

Scott Gamble (drums)

Schedule: Thursday, April 12

Perform

9:30 am

9:55 am

10:20 am

10:45 am

11:05 am

11:25 am

11:50 am

12:15 pm

12:40 pm

1:40 pm

2:05 pm

2:30 pm

2:55 pm

3:20 pm

3:35 pm

4:00 pm

4:25 pm

4:50 pm

Held at the Rotary Centre for the Arts

Institution

KLO Middle School

Glenrosa Middle School

Kelowna Secondary School

KVR Middle School

BREAK

Constable Neil Bruce Middle School

Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary


LUNCH


KLO Middle School


Salmon Arm Secondary

BREAK


Okanagan Mission Secondary



Group

“Jazz NE1” Combo

GMS Jazz Combo 8

Combo 10-The Little Big Band

Derailed

BREAK

CNB Gr. 9 Combo

Grade 10 Jazz Combo

GMS Jazz Combo 9

LUNCH

Grade 11 Jazz Combo

“Don’t Fret, Jazz Do It” Combo

Combo 11

SAS Jazz Combo

BREAK

Combo 12

Mr. Christie’s Trio

Grade 12 Jazz Combo

Stages Quartet

Category

Junior IV Combo

Junior V Combo

Junior III Combo

Junior V Combo

BREAK

Junior IV Combo

Junior III Combo

Junior IV Combo

LUNCH

Intermediate Combo

Junior IV Combo

Intermediate Combo

Senior Combo

BREAK

Senior Combo

Senior Combo

Senior Combo

Senior Combo

Director

Tom Klassen

Carmen McDowell & Kimberly GormanSheila French

Stan Sabourin

BREAK

Chris Perry

Jeff Saunders

Carmen McDowell & Kimberly GormanLUNCH

Jeff Saunders

Tom Klassen

Sheila French

Brian Pratt-Johnson

BREAK

Sheila French

Megan Frederick

Jeff Saunders

Sheila French

From

Kelowna

West Kelowna

Kelowna

Penticton

BREAK

West Kelowna

Kelowna

West Kelowna

LUNCH

Kelowna

Kelowna

Kelowna

Salmon Arm

BREAK

Kelowna

Kelowna

Kelowna

Kelowna

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Perform

9:30 am

9:55 am

10:20 am

10:45 am

11:00 am

11:25 am

11:50 am

12:15 pm

12:40 pm

1:40 pm

2:05 pm

2:30 pm

2:55 pm

3:20 pm

Institution



Dr. Knox Middle School

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KLO Middle School


Skaha Lake Middle School

KLO Middle School

LUNCH


George Elliot Secondary School

Dr. Knox Middle School


Kelowna Christian School

Group

CNB Gr. 8 Jazz Band

Jackson Jazz Band

Dr. Knox Grade 8 Jazz Band

BREAK

KLO Grade 8 Jazz Band

Sullivan Jazz Band

SLMS Jazz Band

KLO Grade 9 Jazz Band

LUNCH

CNB Gr. 9 Jazz Band

GESS Jr. Jazz

Dr. Knox Grade 9 Jazz Band

GMS Jazz Band

Senior Band

Category

Junior V

Junior III

Junior V

BREAK

Junior V

Senior

Junior V

Junior IV

LUNCH

Junior IV

Junior IV

Junior IV

Junior IV

Senior

Director

Chris Perry

Brian Pratt-Johnson

Erika Sinhuber

BREAK

Tom Klassen

Brian Pratt-Johnson

Will Schlackl

Tom Klassen

LUNCH

Chris Perry

Dave McGarry

Erika Sinhuber

Carmen McDowell

Connor Murdock

From

West Kelowna

Salmon Arm

Kelowna

BREAK

Kelowna

Salmon Arm

Penticton

Kelowna

LUNCH

West Kelowna

Lake Country

Kelowna

West Kelowna

Kelowna

Held at the Kelowna Community Theatre

Schedule: Thursday, April 12

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Perform9:05 am9:30 am9:55 am10:20 am10:45 am11:10 am11:30 am11:55 am12:20 pm12:45 pm1:35 pm2:00 pm2:25 pm2:50 pm

InstitutionKelowna Secondary SchoolBrocklehurst Middle SchoolMount Boucherie Senior SecondaryKelowna Secondary SchoolKVR Middle SchoolBREAKMount Boucherie Secondary SchoolOkanagan Mission SecondaryKelowna Secondary School LUNCHOkanagan Mission SecondaryGeorge Elliot Secondary SchoolKelowna Secondary School Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary

GroupJazz Band 10 - Day 2Brock Middle Jazz BandGrade 10 Jazz BandJazz Band 10 - Day 1KVR Jazz Express BREAKGrade 11 Jazz BandOKM Grade 9/10 Jazz BandJazz Band 11 LUNCHOKM Senior Jazz BandGESS Sr. JazzJazz Band 12Grade 12 Jazz Band

Category Junior IIIJunior IVJunior IIIJunior IIIJunior VBREAKIntermediateJunior IIIIntermediateLUNCHSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

DirectorSheila FrenchJarrett SchillJeff SaundersSheila FrenchStan SabourinBREAKJeff Saunders Megan Frederick Sheila French LUNCHMegan FrederickDave McGarrySheila French Jeff Saunders

FromKelowna KamloopsKelownaKelownaPenticton BREAKKelowna Kelowna Kelowna LUNCHKelownaLake Country KelownaKelowna

Schedule: Saturday, April 14Held at the Kelowna Community Theatre

Held at the Kelowna Community Theatre

Schedule: Friday, April 13

Perform8:00 am9:00 am10:00 am11:00 am12:00 pm1:00 pm2:00 pm2:25 pm 2:50 pm3:15 pm

InstitutionKelowna Secondary SchoolMount Boucherie Secondary SchoolW.L. Seaton Secondary SchoolConstable Neil Bruce Middle SchoolLUNCHKelowna Secondary SchoolW.L. Seaton Secondary School Kalamalka Secondary SchoolBREAKW.L. Seaton Secondary School

GroupKSS Vocal Jazz Ensemble Senior Vocal JazzC-TonesCNB Vocal JazzBREAKKSS Vocal ComboW.L. Seaton Junior Jazz EnsembleKal Jazz BandBREAKW.L. Seaton Senior Jazz Ensemble

Category Senior Vocal JazzSenior Vocal Jazz Senior Vocal JazzVocal Jazz BREAKVocal ComboJunior IIISeniorBREAKSenior

DirectorSheila French Kim Kleineberg Lana O’BrienChris PerryBREAKSheila French Geoff Dolman Paul HunterBREAKGeoff Dolman

FromKelownaWest KelownaVernonKelownaBREAKKelownaVernonVernonBREAKVernon

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FREE Jazz Festival Workshops

Friday, April 13th Workshop Schedule

Saturday, April 14th 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. Horace Alexander Young Saxophone

10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Dennis Esson Trombone

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Larry Roy Guitar

12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Sunny Wilkinson Vocal

1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Loni Moger Guitar

2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Campbell Ryga Saxophone

10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Trevor Salloum /Lonnie Burma Latin Percussion

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Hugh Parsons Piano

12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Craig Thomson Saxophone

1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Bernie Addington Bass

2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Scott Gamble Drum Kit

3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Marshall Rasmussen Trumpet

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Scholarships

The BC Interior Jazz Festival and its participants would like to thank the following providers of scholarship and cash awards:

GORMAN BROTHERS

BCIJF (BC INTERIOR JAZZ FESTIVAL)

VALLEY WIND AND REED

BEN VERKERK

CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (CFUW) KELOWNA

WESTBANK ROTARY CLUB

Thursday April 12th, Jam Session 6 - 8 pm, Concert 8 - 10 pm at The Forum, 1317 Ethel St.

Thursday will feature a free, all-ages jam session from 6pm to 8pm, and will be followed by a ticketed show featuring Campbell Ryga accompanied by a selection of the Okanagan’s finest musicians.

For tickets to the concert portion of the event please contact: [email protected]

Next year’s BC Interior Jazz Festival will be heldAPRIL 11, 12, 13, 2019

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

Sponsored by Capilano University and Concert featuring Campbell RygaFESTIVAL OPENER JAM SESSION

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Adjudicators / Artists

REJEAN MAROIS JAZZ BAND AND VOCAL ADJUDICATOR

Réjean Marois teaches at Capilano University for the Jazz Studies Program. He conducts two vocal ensembles, NiteCap and Capital Jazz, and teaches improvisation and instrumental and vocal arranging in the Program. Furthermore, Réjean has been involved for the last 29 years as arranger and conductor for the Cap Jazz Series concerts featuring renowned jazz and world music artists from around the world. In May 2012, he has received an «Award for Empowering Learning» from Capilano University.

His recent composition: « Aerides » for clarinet, oboe and bassoon was given honorable mention for the 2017

BCMCC. « Kinesis » for flute, violin and piano was selected for the finals of the International Composition Competition “Shostakovich 2017”. His works « Chanson Ubuesque » « Bone & Bass » « Dream Reflection » and « Bergère » have been selected by Vancouver Pro Musica’s Sonic Boom 2015 - 2017 Festivals where they were all premiered. « na-lim’s prism » for violin and piano was premiered on July 29 in Milna, Island of Braç, Croatia as part of the Upbeat 2016 Masterclass in Composition. « Sospeso » for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello has been selected for performance by Great Noise Ensemble at the 2017 West Fork New Music Festival and was premiered on September 25, 2016 by the ensemble TEMPO at California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles).

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For fourteen years, he was the artistic coordinator of the Jazz Singing Workshop at Domaine Forget, St. Irénée in the magnificent Charlevoix region of Québec.

For the last 25 years, he has been in demand throughout Canada and the U.S. as a clinician, adjudicator, conductor, music advisor and arranger.

Born in Thetford-Mines, Québec, Réjean Marois moved to British Columbia in 1988. Before, he worked in Québec as a composer, arranger, trombonist, publisher, educator and performed all across North America and Europe.

In 1983 he was nominated for a Genie Award (Canadian Academy of Cinema) for his original soundtrack for the movie “Les Doux Aveux”.

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HORACE ALEXANDER YOUNGJAZZ BAND 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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DENNIS ESSONJAZZ BAND ADJUDICATOR

Since moving to Vancouver in 1980, Dennis has established himself as a highly respected and sought after trombonist and educator for a wide variety of musical endeavours. He has recorded music for cartoons, movies, jingles and soundtracks in addition to albums with many pop and rock groups. He has also been in the pit orchestras of several Broadway shows. As a jazz musician Dennis performs with groups such as the “Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (VEJI)”, “Orquesta Goma Dura”, “Jill Townsend Big

Band”, “Hard Rubber Orchestra” and the “Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra”. Some of the musicians he has performed with include Kenny Wheeler, Phil Woods, Eddie Daniels, Marvin Stamm, David Foster, Maynard Ferguson, Natalie Cole, Clark Terry, Bud Shank, and Phil Nimmons. He has appeared and performed at all of the major jazz festivals across Canada. In 1993 Dennis was the recipient of a Canada Council of the Arts “B” grant to study jazz trombone in New York where he studied with Conrad Herwig, Steve Turre, Benny Powell and Slide Hampton.

As a music educator Dennis is currently the Jazz Studies Coordinator- Resource at Capilano University where he also directs the “B” Band as well as teaching other jazz courses. He is also a faculty member at UBC where he directs the UBC Jazz Ensemble II.

He has been on the faculty of the Courtney Youth Music Center, the Okanagan Summer School of the Arts, Douglas College Jazz Intensive, UBC Summer Music School, Victoria Conservatory Summer Jazz Camp, and the Kwantlen University Summer Jazz Camp. Dennis is a Yamaha trombone artist and performs and records on the YSL697Z trombone. As well he is a frequent adjudicator and clinician at Music Festivals across B.C. as well as nationally.

BERNIE ADDINGTONCOMBO ADJUDICATOR

Bernie 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.

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LONI MOGERCOMBO ADJUDICATOR

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”.

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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 ranging from Blues to Jazz to Funk, Rhythm and Blues, Pop and Country. He also harbors a secret passion for Classical music, having had several opportunities to work with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra , including Pops concerts and most recently on the Operatic work “Ainadamar, Fountain of Tears” and the “Lord of the Rings Symphony”.

LARRY ROYCOMBO ADJUDICATOR

Larry Roy has long been a fixture of the Winnipeg music scene. He is the first-call jazz guitarist in the city, he’s a busy recording engineer with his own studio, and after completing his Master’s Degree in Music at The University of Manitoba, he has formally joined the faculty of the Jazz Studies program at the University of Manitoba.

Mr. Roy is a sought after arranger and composer and has been the musical director for over 150 live or pre-recorded radio and television episodes. Larry has performed extensively in clubs, sessions, concerts, workshops and master classes.

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CAMPBELL RYGAGUEST ARTIST:

Campbell Ryga was born in 1961 in Edmonton Alberta, Canada. Campbell is the eldest son of the internationally renowned Canadian Author and Playwright - George Ryga.

Campbell was raised in the community of Summerland British Columbia, where he lived until moving to Vancouver to pursue private and post-secondary study in 1979. Since 1979, Campbell has resided in the cities of Vancouver British Columbia, Toronto Ontario and in New York City.

Mr. Ryga was honoured to have received the Jazz Report Magazine Award of ‘Canada’s Alto Saxophonist of the Year 2000’ presented to him at the annual Jazz Report Awards Ceremony held in Toronto in May of the year 2000. The two former recipients of this award were Moe Koffman and PJ Perry.

Mr. Ryga has received 3 Juno Awards, with two additional nominations, a Grammy nomination, and he appeared on Michael Buble’s recording ‘Crazy Love’ which received a Grammy Award in 2010. Campbell Ryga’s recordings have twice received the ‘Western Canadian Music Award’ in the Jazz category.

Campbell Ryga has toured internationally on 26 occasions, primarily to Western Europe and to Latin America, notably to the Havana International Jazz Festival, where he has been invited to perform for six consecutive years.

Mr. Ryga is a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Hugh Fraser Quintet, an All Star multiple Award Winning Canadian Jazz Quintet to which Campbell has had a long term association. Campbell’s affiliation with Hugh Fraser and the Quintet began in 1981. On top of his International touring schedule, Campbell has also been involved in cross country Canadian touring on 24 separate

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occasions, and has performed week long engagements at the famed Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho - London, on 4 separate occasions. Campbell has contributed to 72 Jazz Recordings inclusive of his four current releases as a leader, ‘Coastal Connection’ and two years later ‘Spectacular’ which was released in December of 2001 and was nominated for a Juno Award. Both of these releases were handled by Radioland/Universal Records.

More recently, Campbell recorded a release with the great New York pianist Renee Rosnes for CBC Records entitled Deep Cove which features Neil Swainson on bass and Rudy Petchauer on drums, recorded by CBC Records and is distributed by Universal. Deep Cove was nominated for a Juno Award for 2005. This recording received the Western Canadian Music Awards award for Most Outstanding Jazz Recording for the Year 2005. In 2008 Campbell collaborated with the great Canadian Jazz Alto Saxophonist PJ Perry to record his most recent release ‘Joined at the Hip’ a live recording with Ross Taggart on Piano, Neil Swainson on Bass and Terry Clarke on Drums - available on Cellar Live Records.

Mr. Ryga continues to maintain a busy schedule as a Clinician, in association with Yamaha Canada. Campbell also maintains an active Adjudicators’ Schedule. Campbell has sat on the Jury Boards for The British Columbia Arts Council and The Canada Council for the Arts.

Campbell Ryga is currently on faculty at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Langley, British Columbia.

Mr. Ryga has received the honor of having been placed on the British Columbia Secondary School District 67 - Wall of Fame - for excellence in his field.

In 2010, Mr. Ryga has been inducted to the Envisions Jazz Festival ‘Hall of Fame’ in honour of his accomplishments as a Performer.

Mr. Ryga is proud to be affiliated and Sponsored by the following good friends:Campbell Ryga is a Yamaha Canada Saxophone ArtistTheo Wanne Mouthpiece ArtistD’Addario Reeds Artist

THE MICHAEL GARDING BIG BAND

Style 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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The BC Interior Jazz Festival would like to acknowledge our volunteers. It is because of our volunteers that we are able to offer such an incredible festival.

Yamaha and Wentworth Music for sponsoring Dennis Esson and Campbell Ryga and to Wentworth Music for providing the

backline equipment free of charge

For providing a 10%discount

Please support these fine businesses in our community, and make the time to check out the display of fine Yamaha instruments located in the Atrium at the Rotary Centre for the Arts.

Thank You

Thank You

Thank You

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Thursday at The Forum: Jazz Jam – 6 - 8 p.m. FREECampbell Ryga – 8 - 10 p.m. $15 student, $20 adultcontact: [email protected]

Friday at Kelowna Community Theatre: Jazz Masters’ Concert – 7:30 p.m.tickets at: www.selectyourtickets.com

Saturday at Kelowna Community Theatre: Showcase of Outstanding Student Groups – 7 p.m.$10 at door

BC Interior Jazz Festival Evening Events

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