Whistler, BC - Cantando Festivals

New Era Music Festivals Presents the
April 28th-May 1st, 2016
Whistler, BC
April 28-May 1st, 2016
Director’s Message
Welcome to the Whistler Cantando Festival. Whistler has
experienced its best year ever for tourists and ski buffs. This
extends to our festival as our enrolment has posted new highs!
No doubt part of the reason for this popularity is the great
crew of adjudicators, guest artists, clinicians, student assistants,
equipment managers, and terrific team of administrative support.
This is our third Cantando festival of the season, with Edmonton
and Sun Peaks already completed.
The festival opens Thursday evening with the Penticton High
School Jazz Ensemble and the UBC Swing Kids. This is a great
opportunity to meet students from other schools, as well as hear
a great ensemble perform music from a different era.
Friday and Saturday day sessions are jammed with school band,
orchestra, jazz, and choir performances in several venues in the
Village. All are open to all students and the general public, so I hope you take advantage of hearing
your peers in performance. We reserve Sunday morning for the “Adjudicator’s Picks” featuring
ensembles recommended by our faculty.
The Friday evening concert features the UBC Wind Ensemble and due to huge enrolment, we
have both a 7:00 pm and an 8:30 pm program – check your schedule to see which concert you
are attending. On Saturday evening, we have a total of five different programs happening. The
main concert in the Convention Centre Ballroom features the University of Pretoria Youth Choir all
the way from South Africa! The 7:00 pm concert is for all choral students (and a handful of band
students); and the 8:30 pm concert is for the remainder of the band students (it will be jammed!!).
In the Hilton Hotel Ballroom, we have scheduled two concerts featuring the Semiahmoo Senior Jazz
Ensemble – one at 7:00 pm and another at 7:45 pm. This is a smaller venue and primarily for our
jazz students with standing room for additional students. We have attempted to assign interested
groups to the two concerts, but can’t promise a seat for this outstanding ensemble. Our Saturday
late night concert features the contemporary jazz choir “Nuf Sed” from Edmonton with help from
Cap College rhythm section. This will be a special treat for our choral students.
Many thanks to our corporate sponsors – both Yamaha and Ludwig/Musser provide the instruments
needed here in Whistler, and it is no small task getting them here. Special thanks to Tom Lee Music
for their immense help – show them your support by looking over the materials they bring out to
the festival located in the front of the Convention Centre. Several participating ensembles have also
provided support through lending instruments, stands, amplification equipment et al – we couldn’t
operate without your help.
Next year promises more great groups with the National Youth Band already booked as well as a
phenomenal junior high band from Japan. We are also in the process of booking an outstanding
professional choral group that should blow everyone away!! Our website (www.cantando.org) will
keep you abreast of the latest news.
Dr. Dennis Prime
Cantando Festival Director
Introduction | 3
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Festival-At-A-Glance
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Thursday April 28th
Concert and Dance
Friday April 29th
Concert Band Performances & Workshops
Jazz Ensemble Performances & Workshops
UBC Wind Ensemble
Concert
Noon Hour Jazz Jam Session
Choral Performances
Choral Workshops
Saturday April 30th
Concert Band Performances & Workshops
Jazz Ensemble Performances & Workshops
Noon Hour Jazz Jam Session
Choral Performances
University of Pretoria
Youth Choir
Nuf Sed Concert
Semiahmoo Secondary
Senior Jazz Ensemble
Choral Workshops
Instrumental Masterclasses
Sunday May 1st
School Nominated Performances
Morning
4 | Introduction
Afternoon
Evening
April 28-May 1st, 2016
Whistler, BC
Maury Young Arts Centre
Delta Suites
Whistler Convention Centre
Mt Currie Ballroom,
Hilton Hotel
Introduction | 5
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Concert Band
Friday April 29th
Mt. Currie Ballroom, Hilton Hotel
Warm-up 30 minutes before, Workshop 50 minutes after
Time
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
Ensemble Name & Director
Walnut Grove Intermediate Concert Band
Shane Fawkes
Bowen Island Community School
Cindy Fairbank
M. E. LaZerte Band
Corey Whaley
Oak Bay Grade 9 Concert Band
Jeff Weaver
Mission Secondary Concert Band
Kim Grant
Notre Dame Intermediate Concert Band
Quentin Paras
Ecole Okotoks 8/9 Concert Band
Sam Shumka
Semiahmoo Grade 9 Concert Band
Kevin Lee
Mulgrave Grade 7 Concert Band
Colin Van de Reep
Earl Marriott Grade 9 Concert Band
Rodger Owens
Ecole Glenbrook Middle School Concert Band
Peter Zaenker
Clayburn Middle School Concert Band
Doug Pritchard
Fleetwood Park Grade 8 Concert Band
Colleen Sheridan & Adam Gough
Southridge Grade 9 Concert Band
Jenna Parker
6 | Concert Band Performances
Hometown
Langley, BC
Bowen Island, BC
Edmonton, AB
Victoria, BC
Mission, BC
Vancouver, BC
Okotoks, AB
Surrey, BC
West Vancouver, BC
Surrey, BC
New Westminster, BC
Abbotsford, BC
Surrey, BC
Surrey, BC
April 28-May 1st, 2016
Friday April 29th
Sea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre
Warm-up 30 minutes before, Workshop 50 minutes after
Time
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:30
4:00
4:30
Ensemble Name & Director
ATMS Concert Band
Janet Wade
Calgary Girls’ School Concert Band
Quan Le
Westmount Charter School Symphonic Band
Dr. Wendy Freeman
Mount Baker Senior Concert Band
Evan Bueckert
Earl Marriott Grade 10 Concert Band
Rodger Owens
Reynolds Secondary Concert Band
David Flello
Vancouver College Senior Concert Band
Larry Olson
Mount Elizabeth High School Concert Band
Courtney Preyser
Calgary Girls’ School Symphonic Band
Quan Le
Frank Hurt Concert Band
Steven Ho
Robert Bateman Concert Band
Kris Werner
Delview Concert Band
Mel Hoskyn
Vancouver College Senior Wind Ensemble
Larry Olson & Dr. Milan Milosevic
Mount Elizabeth Middle School Concert Band
Courtney Preyser
Moscrop Intermediate Band
Juliet Rundell
Hometown
Abbotsford, BC
Calgary, AB
Calgary, AB
Cranbrook, BC
Surrey, BC
Victoria, BC
Vancouver, BC
Kitimat, BC
Calgary, AB
Surrey, BC
Abbotsford, BC
Delta, BC
Vancouver, BC
Kitimat, BC
Burnaby, BC
Concert Band Performances | 7
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Saturday April 30th
Sea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre
Warm-up 30 minutes before, Workshop 50 minutes after
Time
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
Ensemble Name & Director
Fleetwood Park Grade 9 Concert Band
Colleen Sheridan
Pacific Academy Junior Band
Aaron Hardie
ATSS Concert Band
Janet Wade
G.P. Vanier Grade 9 Band
Adam Mailman
York House Junior Concert Band
Lia Wolfe
Fleetwood Park Senior Concert Band
Colleen Sheridan
Moscrop Orchestra
Juliet Rundell
Walnut Grove Senior Concert Band
Shane Fawkes
Penticton Secondary School Concert Band
Justin Glibbery
Eric Hamber Symphonic Winds
Nick Francis
Mulgrave Grade 8/9 Concert Band
Colin Van de Reep
Moscrop Senior Band
Juliet Rundell
G.P. Vanier Grade 8 Band
Adam Mailman
Johnston Heights Senior Band
Keith Honeywell
Vancouver College Grade 8/9 Band
Larry Olson & Dr. Milan Milosevic
8 | Concert Band Performances
Hometown
Surrey, BC
Surrey, BC
Abbotsford, BC
Calgary, AB
Vancouver, BC
Surrey, BC
Burnaby, BC
Langley, BC
Penticton, BC
Vancouver, BC
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Burnaby, BC
Calgary, AB
Surrey, BC
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Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Jazz Ensembles
Friday April 29th
Rainbow Theatre, Whistler Convention Centre
Warm-up 30 minutes before, Workshop 50 minutes after
Time
Ensemble Name & Director
Hometown
8:30
Vancouver College Grade 12 Jazz Band
Larry Olson
Vancouver, BC
9:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:30
Ecole Okotoks Jazz Band
Okotoks, AB
Sam Shumka & Warren Cummins
Penticton Secondary Senior Jazz Band
Penticton, BC
Justin Glibbery
Fraser Heights Secondary Jazz Ensemble
Surrey, BC
Mike Horn
Mulgrave Grade 8/9 Jazz Band
West Vancouver, BC
Colin Van de Reep
JAZZ JAM SESSION WITH CAP COLLEGE ALL STARS
Penticton Secondary Junior Jazz Ensemble
Penticton, BC
Justin Glibbery
Fleetwood Park Junior Jazz Band
Surrey, BC
Adam Gough
Moscrop Jazz Band
Burnaby, BC
Kyu Min Sigerson
Westmount Charter School Big Band
Calgary, AB
Dr. Wendy Freeman
Reynolds Secondary Jazz Band
Victoria, BC
David Flello
Mount Baker Jazz Band
Cranbrook, BC
Evan Bueckert
Mission Secondary Jazz Band
Mission, BC
Kim Grant
Vancouver College Grade 11 Jazz Band
Vancouver, BC
Larry Olson
10 | Jazz Ensemble Performances and Workshops
April 28-May 1st, 2016
Saturday April 30th
Rainbow Theatre, Whistler Convention Centre
Warm-up 30 minutes before, Workshop 50 minutes after
Time
Ensemble Name & Director
Hometown
9:30
Robert Bateman Jazz Ensemble
Kris Werner
Abbotsford, BC
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
Semiahmoo Grade 9 Jazz Band
Surrey, BC
Gary Tse
Earl Marriott Senior Jazz Band
Surrey, BC
Rodger Owens
Notre Dame Junior Jazz Band
Vancouver, BC
Quentin Paras
Vancouver College Grade 10 Jazz Ensemble
Vancouver, BC
Larry Olson
JAZZ JAM SESSION WITH CAP COLLEGE ALL STARS
Oak Bay Secondary Grade 9 Jazz Band
Victoria, BC
Jeff Weaver
Semiahmoo Grade 9 Jazz Band
Surrey, BC
Dagan Lowe
Midway Jazz
North Vancouver, BC
Adrian Smith
Frank Hurt Senior Jazz Band
Surrey, BC
Steven Ho
Pacific Academy Grade 8 Jazz Band
Surrey, BC
Aaron Hardie
Fleetwood Park Senior Jazz Band
Surrey, BC
Colleen Sheridan & Adam Gough
Jazz Ensemble Performances and Workshops | 11
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April 28-May 1st, 2016
Concert Choir Performances
Friday April 29th
Maury Young Arts Centre
Warm-up 30 minutes before
Time
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
Ensemble Name & Director
Hometown
Vancouver College Senior Choir
Dr. Milan Milosevic
Oak Bay Secondary Junior Concert Choir
Sally Murphy
Vancouver, BC
Victoria, BC
Robert Bateman Concert Choir
Abbotsford, BC
Kris Werner
York House Girls’ Choir
Vancouver, BC
Heather Christiansen
Mulgrave Grade 8/9 Concert Choir
West Vancouver, BC
Natassja By
Ecole Okotoks Chamber Choir
Okotoks, AB
Sam Shumka
Walnut Grove Concert Choir
Langley, BC
Mike Angell
Johnston Heights Chamber Choir
Surrey, BC
Alan Holmes
MASS CHOIR REHEARSAL
At the Whistler Convention Centre Ballroom
Mount Baker Concert Choir
Cranbrook, BC
Evan Bueckert
Walnut Grove Chamber Choir
Langley, BC
Mike Angell
Victoria School Mixed Jazz Choir
Edmonton, AB
Bruce Cable
Victoria School Ladies Jazz Choir
Edmonton, AB
Bruce Cable
Choral Performances | 13
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Time
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
Ensemble Name & Director
Oak Bay Secondary Jazz Express
Tina Horwood
Gladstone Secondary Choir
Mike Braverman
Eric Hamber Grade 10 Choir
Les Nerling
Fraser Heights Secondary Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Kristen Huskins
Hometown
Victoria, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Surrey, BC
Saturday April 30th
Maury Young Arts Centre
Warm-up 30 minutes before
Time
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
Ensemble Name & Director
Penticton Secondary Choir
Justin Glibbery
Ecole Okotoks Concert Choir
Sam Shumka
Hometown
Penticton, BC
Okotoks, AB
M. E. LaZerte Choir
Edmonton, AB
Corey Whaley
Delta Community Choir
Delta, BC
Danielle Hamilton
Mulgrave Grade 7 Choir
West Vancouver, BC
Waylon Ye
White Rock Elementary Choir
White Rock, BC
Linda Woods
Johnston Heights Senior Choir
Surrey, BC
Alan Holmes
Mulgrave Middle School Vocal Jazz
West Vancouver, BC
Natassja By
MASS CHOIR REHEARSAL
At the Whistler Convention Centre Ballroom
14 | Choral Performances
April 28-May 1st, 2016
Time
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
Ensemble Name & Director
Hometown
Moscrop Choir
Kyu Min Sigerson
Mount Baker Vocal Jazz
Evan Bueckert
Okotoks & Robert Bateman Schools
Sam Shumka & Kris Werner
New Westminster Secondary Senior Choir
Kelly Proznick
Northwest Girlchoir Amabile
Melyssa Stone & Andrew Seifert
New Westminster Secondary Chamber Choir
Kelly Proznick
Clayburn Middle School Concert Choir
Doug Pritchard
LCI Chamber Choir
Karen Hudson
Burnaby, BC
Cranbrook, BC
Okotoks, AB
Abbotsford, BC
New Westminster, BC
Seattle, WA, USA
New Westminster, BC
Abbotsford, BC
Lethbridge, AB
Choral Performances | 15
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Concert Choir Workshops
Friday April 29th
Maury Young Arts Centre & Delta Hotel
Time
Ensemble Name & Director
Mount Baker Concert Choir
Evan Bueckert
Johnston Heights Chamber Choir
Alan Holmes
2:00-2:50
2:00-2:50
2:00-2:50
2:00-2:50
3:00-3:50
3:00-3:50
3:00-3:50
4:00-4:50
4:00-4:50
4:00-4:50
4:00-4:50
5:00-5:50
5:00-5:50
5:00-5:50
5:00-5:50
York House Girls’ Choir
Heather Christiansen
Oak Bay Secondary Junior Concert Choir
Sally Murphy
Victoria School Mixed Jazz Choir
Bruce Cable
Walnut Grove Concert Choir
Mike Angell
Walnut Grove Chamber Choir
Mike Angell
Mulgrave Grade 8/9 Concert Choir
Natassja By
Robert Bateman Concert Choir
Kris Werner
Ecole Okotoks Chamber Choir
Sam Shumka
Oak Bay Secondary Jazz Express
Tina Horwood
Gladstone Secondary Choir
Mike Braverman
Eric Hamber Grade 10 Choir
Les Nerling
Victoria School Ladies’ Jazz Choir
Bruce Cable
Fraser Heights Secondary Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Kristen Huskins
16 | Choral Workshops
Room
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
April 28-May 1st, 2016
Saturday April 30th
Maury Young Arts Centre & Delta Hotel
Time
Ensemble Name & Director
Vancouver College Senior Choir
Dr. Milan Milosevic
Mount Baker Vocal Jazz, Evan Bueckert
2:00-2:50
2:00-2:50
2:00-2:50
3:00-3:50
3:00-3:50
3:00-3:50
3:00-3:50
3:00-3:50
4:00-4:50
4:00-4:50
4:00-4:50
4:00-4:50
5:00-5:50
5:00-5:50
5:00-5:50
5:00-5:50
5:00-5:50
Johnston Heights Senior Choir
Alan Holmes
Penticton Secondary Choir
Justin Glibbery
M. E. LaZerte Choir, Corey Whaley
Ecole Okotoks Concert Choir
Sam Shumka
Delta Community Choir
Danielle Hamilton
White Rock Elementary Choir
Linda Woods
Mulgrave Grade 7 Choir
Waylon Ye
Okotoks & Robert Bateman Schools
Sam Shumka
New Westminster Secondary Senior Choir
Kelly Proznick
Northwest Girlchoir Amabile
Melyssa Stone & Andrew Seifert
Mulgrave Middle School Vocal Jazz
Natassja By
Moscrop Choir
Kyu Min Sigerson
LCI Chamber Choir
Karen Hudson
New Westminster Secondary Chamber Choir
Kelly Proznick
Clayburn Middle School Concert Choir
Doug Pritchard
Room
A
B
D
A
B
C
D
E
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
E
Choral Workshops | 17
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April 28-May 1st, 2016
Instrumental Masterclasses
Saturday April 30th
Hilton Hotel
Time
Room
Instrument
9:00
9:00
9:00
9:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
1:00
1:00
1:00
1:00
2:00
2:00
2:00
2:00
2:00
3:00
3:00
3:00
4:00
4:00
4:00
Mt. Currie Ballroom
Black Tusk
Sutcliffe
Cheakamus
Mt Currie Ballroom
Cheakamus
Sutcliffe
Black Tusk
Mt Currie Ballroom
Cheakamus
Black Tusk
Sutcliffe
Cheakamus
Diamond Head
Black Tusk
Sutcliffe
Mt Currie Ballroom
Black Tusk
Sutcliffe
Cheakamus
Diamond Head
Mt Currie Ballroom
Sutcliffe
Black Tusk
Mt Currie Ballroom
Cheakamus
Sutcliffe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Trombone
Percussion
Flute
Jazz Improv
Horn
Oboe
Saxophone
Trumpet
Conducting
Low Brass
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Clarinet
Bassoon
Trombone
Percussion
Electric Bass
Flute
Horn
Oboe
Saxophone
Trumpet
Low Brass
Instrumental Masterclasses | 19
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Daytime Concerts
Friday April 29th and Saturday April 30th
Rainbow Theatre, Whistler Convention Centre
Time
Ensemble
12:00
JAZZ JAM SESSION WITH CAP COLLEGE ALL STARS
Sunday May lst
Mt. Currie Ballroom, Hilton Hotel
**schools will be nominated**
Time
Ensemble
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
Most Musical Junior Concert Band
Most Exciting Jazz Choir
Most Mature Concert Choir
Most Musical Senior Concert Band
Most Exciting Junior Jazz Ensemble
Most Exciting Senior Jazz Ensemble
20 | Instrumental Masterclasses
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Evening Concerts
Thursday April 28th 7:30PM
Sea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre
UBC Swing Kids with the Penticton High Senior Jazz Ensemble
Justin Glibbery, Director
Open to all participants, come out and learn all about the dances your
grandparents made famous. Come away knowing all about the Lindy Hop or
West Coast Swing or a variety of others made famous by the big bands of the
1930’s and 40’s! This event is a lot of fun for the participants and a great chance
to meet other music students from western Canada.
22 | Evening Concerts
April 28-May 1st, 2016
Friday April 29th 7:00 & 8:30PM
Sea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre
UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Robert Taylor, Conductor
Angels in the Architecture - Camille Holland, soprano
Frank Ticheli
American Elegy - Allan McMurray, conductor
Frank Ticheli
Blue Shades - Sydney Tetarenko, clarinet
Frank Ticheli
…plus the following chamber group performances:
Strange Humors (UBC Saxophone Quartet)
John Mackey
Stubernic (UBC Percussion Trio)
Mark Ford
March (Tuba/Euph Quartet)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Time
Groups Assigned
7:00pm
Abbotsford Traditional School; Bowen Island Community School; Calgary
Girls’ School; Clayburn Middle School; Delview Secondary School; Earl
Marriott Secondary School; Ecole Glenbrook Middle School; Ecole
Mission Senior Secondary School; Eric Hamber Secondary School; Frank
Hurt Secondary School; Fraser Heights Secondary School; Georges P.
Vanier School; Lethbridge Collegiate Institute; Midway Jazz; Moscrop
Secondary School; Mount Baker Secondary; Mount Elizabeth Middle
Senior Secondary School; Northwest Girlchoir; Penticton Secondary
School; Robert Bateman Secondary School; Semiahmoo Secondary School;
Southridge School; Westmount Charter School Mid-High Campus; White
Rock Elementary School
8:30pm
Delta Community Choir; École Okotoks Junior High School; Fleetwood
Park Secondary; Gladstone Secondary School; Johnston Heights Secondary
School; M.E. LaZerte High School; Mulgrave School; Notre Dame Regional
Secondary; Oak Bay Secondary School; Pacific Academy; Reynolds
Secondary School; Vancouver College; Victoria School of the Arts; Walnut
Grove Secondary School; York House Girls’ School
Whistler Convention Centre (Lower Level) 7:30-9:00pm
Director’s Reception
Evening Concerts | 23
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Saturday April 30th
Sea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre 7:00 & 8:30PM
University of Pretoria Youth Choir
Lhente-Mari Pitout, Conductor
Festival Mass Choir will perform on the 7:00PM Concert only
A selection of the following will be sung:
• Iza Ngomso / Come Tomorrow – Christopher Tin ( 1976 - )
• Grace Before Sleep - Susan La Barr ( 1981 - )
• Locus Iste - Paul Mealor ( 1975 - )
• Be Still My Soul – Jean Sibelius ( 1865 – 1957) Arranged by Molly Ijames
• Tabula Rasa – Don Macdonald ( 1966 - )
• The Road Home – Adapted by Stephan Paulus ( 1949 – 2014)
• Del Anima Sola ( Tree of the Lonely Soul) – Antonio Estevez ( 1916 - 1971)
• I Sing Because I’m Happy – Charles Gabriel ( 1856 – 1932)
• The Colour Purple – Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Stephan Bray. Arranged by Rollo Dilworth
• Endless Night – Hans Zimmer, Jay Rifkin & Lebo M. Arranged by Mark Brymer
• Waiting on the world to change – John Mayer, Arr. Deke Sharon
• Heal Our Land – Tom & Robin Brooks
• Ke Na le Modisa - Arranged by David Mulovhedzi
• Wildsbok / Psalm 42 – Arranged by Renette Bouwer
• Ingoma – As sung by Ithemba Male Voices
• Uyangithanda - Nqubeko Mbatha, Arranged Herman Swanepoel
• Umahlalela – Arranged by Michael Barrett
• The Crossing / O Siyeza – Johny Clegg / Savuka, Arranged Bernard Kruger
• 1Kaapse Klopse/ Cape Minstrel Songs
• Kgomo (Sotho wedding song – Jonas Gwangwa)
Time
Groups Assigned
7:00pm
Clayburn Middle School; Delta Community School; École Okotoks Junior
High School; Eric Hamber Secondary School; *Fraser Heights Secondary
School; Gladstone Secondary School; Johnston Heights Secondary School;
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute; M.E. LaZerte High School; *Moscrop
Secondary School; Mount Baker Secondary; *Mulgrave School; New
Westminster Secondary School; Northwest Girlchoir; *Oak Bay Secondary
School; Penticton Secondary School; *Robert Bateman Secondary School;
*Vancouver College; Victoria School of the Arts; Walnut Grove Secondary
School; White Rock Elementary School; York House Girls’ School
**Note: Due to hall size constraints non-choral students from the bolded schools will
attend the 8:30PM Choir Concert. There may be some wiggle room to add a few students
who want to see the Mass Choir Concert rather than the Jazz concert, but please note that
it will be on a first come first serve basis.**
24 | Evening Concerts
April 28-May 1st, 2016
Time
Groups Assigned
8:30pm
Abbotsford Traditional School; Bowen Island Community School; Calgary
Girls’ School; Delview Secondary School; Earl Marriott Secondary School;
Ecole Glenbrook Middle School; Ecole Mission Senior Secondary School;
Fleetwood Park Secondary; Frank Hurt Secondary School; Georges P.
Vanier School; Midway Jazz; Mount Elizabeth Middle Senior Secondary
School; Notre Dame Regional Secondary; Pacific Academy; Reynolds
Secondary School; Semiahmoo Secondary School; Southridge School;
Westmount Charter School Mid-High Campus
Hilton Hotel Ballroom 7:00 & 7:45PM
**For Band Students**
Semiahmoo Secondary Senior Jazz Ensemble
Kevin Lee, Director
Program to be announced from podium
Time
Groups Assigned
7:00pm
Earl Marriott Secondary School; Ecole Mission Senior Secondary School;
Frank Hurt Secondary School; MidwayJazz; Mount Baker Secondary;
Penticton Secondary School; Semiahmoo Secondary School; Vancouver
College
7:45pm
École Okotoks Junior High School; Fleetwood Park Secondary; Fraser
Heights Secondary School; Moscrop Secondary School; Mulgrave School;
Notre Dame Regional Secondary; Oak Bay Secondary School; Pacific
Academy; Reynolds Secondary School; Robert Bateman Secondary
School; Westmount Charter School Mid-High Campus
**Note: Standing room available for others; first come, first serve.**
Hilton Hotel Ballroom 8:30PM
**Choral students only; first come, first serve**
‘Nuf Sed
Program to be announced from podium
Evening Concerts | 25
Whistler Cantando Music Festival
UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble is comprised of the most outstanding wind and percussion
students in the School of Music. The group is dedicated to the performance of the finest
wind repertoire, regardless of the period or size of ensemble. Although many members are
music majors, students studying in other fields sometimes qualify for participation. Many
students rotate between placements in the Symphonic WInd Ensemble and Symphony
Orchestra throughout the season, which provides exposure to the full complement of
repertoire for winds and the opportunity to work with multiple conductors.
‘Nuf Sed
Formed in April 2002, the mandate of Today’s Innovative Music Edmonton (T.I.M.E.) is to
provide young people with the highest level of musical training in contemporary music
genres. A special focus on music technology and innovation is also a prime focus of the
organization. T.I.M.E. is unique in Canada as the only community organization with a
contemporary vocal music focus for small ensembles.
T.I.M.E.’s three vocal groups, FORM and ‘Nuf Sed, and J***Word have worked with and
performed alongside numerous renowned vocal ensembles over the years including
Rajaton, New York Voices, Cadence, Sixth Wave, the Beehive Singers, and Nitecap. They
have also performed at many prestigious events including the Ontario Vocal Festival, the
Vancouver Vocal Jazz Festival, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (Idaho), the International
Society of Music Educators Conference (Canada), and the International Association of Jazz
Educators Conference (New York City).
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University of Pretoria Youth Choir
The UP Youth Choir represents a community of highly skilled and talented individuals
who want to develop the youth of South Africa to be a ‘can do’ achiever through music,
dancing and the arts. The University of Pretoria Youth Choir was formed in 2001, revived
in 2005 starting with 9 singers and going strong with 91 teenagers ranging from 14 – 19
years old representing 33 schools in a diverse multicultural regional youth choir in 2015.
The choir was revived with fresh new performance ideas in the latter part of 2012 with
the aim to develop youth of all nationalities to achieve true development and innovation
for our and other choirs and singers through our development projects. The choir hosted
an impressive series of concerts and events involving not only the choir members but also
local and international artists.
Semiahmoo Secondary Senior Jazz Ensemble
Semiahmoo Secondary’s music program has a long tradition of producing many fine
bands and nurturing talented music students. Thanks to a supportive administration and
a spectacular parent organization, it shows promise of continuing this tradition for years
to come. Over 500 students are enrolled in the music program directed by Dagan Lowe,
Kevin Lee, and Gary Tse. The Semiahmoo Music Program consists of three Concert Bands
with approximately 100 in each, Six Jazz Bands, IB Music, and 10 Jazz Combos. The band
has had many performances throughout the year and has participated in several festivals
and tours. This year, the band has attended the Envision Jazz Festival, the Lionel Hampton
Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho as well as performing in New Orleans.
This year, the Semiahmoo Grade 12 Jazz Band, has been invited to perform on the Sounds
of Youth Stage at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival! The Semiahmoo Secondary
Grade 12 Jazz band is excited to perform at “The Whistler Cantando Music Festival” and
hopes everyone attending will enjoy the music they have prepared!
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April 28-May 1st, 2016
Adjudicators
Robert Taylor (Concert Band)
Robert Taylor is Director of Bands and Assistant Professor
of Conducting at the University of British Columbia. Prior
to his appointment at UBC, Dr. Taylor served as Director
of Bands at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma,
WA, and Chair of the Performing Arts Department at
Eureka High School in northern California. Under his
direction, the Eureka High Jazz Ensemble and Symphonic
Band earned recognition for excellence by Downbeat
Magazine, the Selmer Corporation, and Grammy
Signature Schools, placing Eureka High among the finest
school music programs in North America. Dr. Taylor
maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and
clinician. Past engagements include performances with
the Chicago-based contemporary music group, the MAVerick Ensemble, in addition to
collaborations with a wide range of international artists—from Allen Vizzutti, Gail Williams,
and Ingrid Jensen, to Manhattan Transfer and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. He has also made
frequent appearances with young musicians, serving as principal conductor of the Puget
Sound Youth Wind Ensemble and guest conductor of the CODA/ASTA Honour Orchestra,
Humboldt Youth Academy Orchestra, and numerous honour groups.
As a passionate advocate of music in the schools, Dr. Taylor is in high demand as a
rehearsal clinician and festival adjudicator. Recent appearances in western Canada
include the Vancouver Heritage Music Festival, New Westminster Hyack Festival, Alberta
International Band Festival, Alberta Band Association Festival of Bands, and BCMEA
Honour Band, among others. Dr. Taylor received the Master of Music and Doctor of Music
degrees in conducting from Northwestern University and the Bachelor of Arts degree in
Trumpet and Music Education from Humboldt State University. His research has been
published in GIA’s Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series and featured in
presentations at several regional and national music conferences. He is a Jacob K. Javits
Fellow, and a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda National Honour
Societies, College Band Directors National Association, World Association for Symphonic
Bands and Ensembles, Music Educators National Conference, and British Columbia Music
Educators Association.
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Fraser Linklater (Concert Band)
Fraser Linklater is presently an Associate Professor in the
Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music at the University
of Manitoba, where he directs the Wind Ensemble,
Concert Band and Chamber Winds and teaches
courses in music education and conducting. A native of
Winnipeg, Dr. Linklater holds a Master’s degree in Music
Education from the University of North Texas and a Ph.D.
in Music Education from the University of Michigan.
He has published articles in the Journal of Research
in Music Education, the Music Educators Journal, and
the Canadian Music Educator. He has also presented at
national music education conferences.
At the provincial level, Dr. Linklater has been on the
Executive Board of the Manitoba Band Association for almost two decades and coordinates
all three levels of the MBA honour band program. In October 2002, he received the MBA
Award of Distinction for his services to music education in Manitoba. Nationally, Dr.
Linklater is an assistant editor of Canadian Winds, the national journal of the Canadian
Band Association. Over the past decade, Dr. Linklater has contributed almost twenty
articles to this journal.
A trumpet player, Dr. Linklater has performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra,
the Orchestre Symphonique de Genève (Switzerland), and the Ron Paley Big Band, as
well as being a founding member of the Winnipeg Brass Quintet. His trumpet teachers
have included Vincent Cichowicz, Armando Ghitalla, and Edward Tarr. Dr. Linklater has
studied wind conducting in numerous workshops with clinicians such as Frank Battisti,
Eugene Corporon, Craig Kirchhoff, Allan McMurray, Larry Rachleff, and Mallory Thompson,
as well as with H. Robert Reynolds at the University of Michigan. Dr. Linklater has guest
conducted and adjudicated at various festivals and music camps across Canada as well as
the United States. For almost a decade, Fraser Linklater was a co-director (with Dale Lonis)
of the Canadian Wind Conductors Development Program, an international conducting
and instrumental music education summer workshop. In May 2006 Dr. Linklater was the
guest conductor of the National Youth Band of Canada and has also conducted guest wind
groups several times at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival.
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Gary Green (Concert Band)
Gary D. Green is Emeritus Professor of Music and
Director of Bands at the Frost School of Music at the
University of Miami. While teaching at the University of
Miami Frost School of Music in addition to supervising all
band activities, he was the conductor of the Frost Wind
Ensemble, supervised all graduate conducting students
in the wind and percussion area and served as the
Chairman of Instrumental Performance for seventeen
years.
Prior to coming to Miami, Professor Green served for ten
years as Director of Bands the University of Connecticut
in Storrs, Connecticut. While at the University of
Connecticut, Professor Green was influential in
commissioning and recording new works for winds and
percussion including Symphony No. 3 by David Maslanka
and A Cornfield in July and the River by William Penn.
During his tenure at the University of Miami, Professor Green continued the commissioning
and performance of important new repertoire for winds and percussion. Under his
direction, the Frost Wind Ensemble has performed on two separate occasions for the
convention of the American Bandmasters Association as well as twice for the national
convention of the College Band Directors National Association.
Professor Green is an active conductor and clinician and has appeared with international,
national, and regional bands and intercollegiate bands in all of the continental United
States and Hawaii. He has conducted the Texas All-State Band frequently and premiered
Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre with that ensemble. He has also conducted in Taipei,
Taiwan where he appeared with the Republic of China Army Band and the Taiwan National
Wind Ensemble as part of the 2005 International Band Association Festival. Additionally
he has conducted in Austria, Germany, Japan and England, having performed there in the
Royal Academy of Music. In March of 2008, Professor Green hosted the annual convention
of the American Bandmasters Association on the campus of the University of Miami in
Coral Gables.
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Robert Ambrose (Concert Band)
Conductor Robert J. Ambrose enjoys a highly successful
and diverse career as a dynamic and engaging musician. His
musical interests cross many genres and can be seen in the
wide range of professional activities he pursues. Ambrose
studied formally at Boston College, Boston University, and
Northwestern University, where he received the Doctor of
Musical Arts degree in conducting.
Ambrose has conducted professionally across the United States
as well as in Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong
Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. His interpretations have earned
the enthusiastic praise of many leading composers including
Pulitzer Prize winners Leslie Bassett, Michael Colgrass, and
John Harbison. He has conducted over two dozen premiere performances including
works by Michael Colgrass, Jonathan Newman, Joel Puckett, Christopher Theofanidis, and
Joseph Turrin. In addition, a recent performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms
under his direction has been given repeated airings on Georgia Public Radio.
Dr. Ambrose is founder and music director of the Atlanta Chamber Winds a professional
dectet specializing in the promotion of music by emerging composers as well as lesserknown works of established composers. Their premiere compact disc, Music from Paris
was released in 2009 on the Albany Records label and has received outstanding reviews in
both Fanfare Magazine and Gramophone Magazine.
As a guitarist Ambrose has performed in dozens of jazz ensembles, combos, rock bands
and pit orchestras. His rock band “Hoochie Suit,” formed with members of the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, received rave reviews throughout the Chicago area.
Ambrose currently serves as Director of Bands, Professor of Music and Associate Director
of the School of Music at Georgia State University, a research institution of over 50,000
students located in Atlanta, Georgia. As Director of Bands he conducts the Symphonic
Wind Ensemble, maintains a highly selective studio of graduate students in the Master of
Music in Wind Band Conducting degree program, and oversees a large, comprehensive
band program comprised of four concert ensembles and three athletic band organizations.
He lives in Peachtree City, Georgia with his wife Sarah Kruser Ambrose, a professional flute
player and daughters Isabelle and Hannah.
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April 28-May 1st, 2016
Chee Meng Low (Concert Band)
Chee Meng Low, a native of Malaysia, is the director of the
University of Lethbridge Wind Orchestra, as well as the
instructor of saxophone and musicianship skills. He is also
involved with the Symphonic Winds of NSO Malaysia, UofL
Faculty Wind Sextet, Edmonton Saxophone Quartet, and has
performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Canada,
Europe and Asia. Chee Meng has previously held positions
in the Thailand Saxophone Ensemble (2005-2009), Thailand
Philharmonic Orchestra (2007-2009), Southeast Asian Youth
Wind Ensemble (2001, 2002), WASBE International Youth Wind Orchestra (2005), and
also a fellowship with the ASEAN Youth Culture Camp (2001). During 2007-2010, Chee
Meng served as the Assistant Communications and Planning Manager for the Thailand
Philharmonic Orchestra, developing the education & outreach programs, as well as
implementing the daily operations of the orchestra. In addition to that, he also served as
one of the saxophone instructors for the College of Music, Mahidol University, coaching
private lessons, saxophone quartet and saxophone ensemble and serving the College as
assistant to the Deputy Director for Academic and Research Affairs.
A recipient of the University of Alberta FS Chia Doctoral Scholarship, Chee Meng holds
a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from the University of Alberta Canada, under the
guidance of William Street (saxophone) and Dennis Prime (conducting). While working on
his degree, Chee Meng taught Band Technique and Aural Skills courses at the University
of Alberta and served as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for the saxophone ensemble,
symphonic wind ensemble, and concert band.
Barry Valleau (Concert Band)
Barry Valleau started his musical career as a trumpet player in
the Canadian Army military bands for six years. He received
his Bachelor of Education degree with a music major from the
University of Calgary in 1973 and taught music in the Alberta
school system for 27 years.
His school bands received numerous awards over the years
including 3 invitations to National Festivals with both junior and
senior high concert bands and jazz bands. His personal awards
include: 1991 - Alberta Band Association’s “Director of the
Year”, 1995 - The Tommy Banks Award, 2000 - The Canadian
Band Association’s “Distinguished Director”, 2002 - The John
Philip Sousa, Legion of Honour Award. He was the director of
the senior band at the Penhold Air Cadet Summer Band Camp from 2000 - 2014 and the
director of the junior band at the Prairie Bible Institute every spring from 1993 - 2005. He
was chosen to direct the Northern Alberta Junior Honour Band in 2001. Since retirement
in 2000, Valleau has worked as a guest conductor, adjudicator or clinician for 100’s of
bands. Barry and his wife, Carol, have two sons both of whom are professional musicians.
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Allan McMurray (Concert Band)
Allan McMurray is Distinguished Professor and
Professor of Conducting Emeritus at the University of
Colorado. He served for 35 years as Director of Bands
and Chair of the Conducting Faculty before retiring
from CU at the end of the 2013 academic year. Prior
to this position, he was on the faculty of the University
of Michigan, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Considered
one of the world’s leading teachers of conducting,
Professor McMurray has guest conducted and taught
conductors in 48 states and 13 foreign countries.
He has been a featured visiting professor and
conductor at over 200 universities and conservatories
internationally.
During his tenure at Colorado, the University of
Colorado Wind Symphony performed by invitation at major conferences and conventions,
including the First International Conference for Symphonic Bands in Manchester, England;
the All-Japan Band Conference in Nemo Nu Sato, Japan; the College Band Directors
National Association Convention (twice); and the World Association of Symphonic Bands
and Ensembles in Hamamatsu, Japan. The ensemble has also released two CDs on the
Klavier label featuring original works by Daneil Kellogg, Carter Pann and Frank Ticheli;
and collaboration with the Kakacs String Quartet, Patrick Mason, baritone, and Jennifer
Bird-Arvidson, soprano.
Professor McMurray’s internationally acclaimed DVD series on the Art of Conducting
includes three DVD. Allan McMurray has received numerous honors and awards. He
is Past-President of the College Band Directors National Association, he is recipient of
the Bohumil Makovsky Award for outstanding College Band Directors from the National
Band Fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, and has been recognized by California State University
Long Beach as “Distinguished Artist in Classical Music.” In December 2004, the Board
of Regents of the University of Colorado designated Allan McMurray as the university’s
25th Distinguished Professor in recognition of his lifetime professional achievement in the
teaching of conducting.
Allan McMurray remains active as an artist conductor, teacher and author. His schedule
this year includes professional activity in California, Colorado, Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois,
New York, Washington D.C., Georgia, Florida, Canada and Australia.
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April 28-May 1st, 2016
Christin Reardon MacLellan (Concert Band)
Christin Reardon MacLellan is the director of UBC Concert Winds. A
dedicated music educator, she is also the Education & Community
Programs Manager for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra,
where she develops, implements, and oversees a wide variety of
educational programming for individuals of all ages, including the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute at Whistler.
Christin is dedicated to supporting and advocating for quality
music education in schools. She directs the Greater Vancouver
Youth Music Academy (GVYMA) Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and
maintains an active schedule as an in-demand clinician, guest conductor, adjudicator,
and guest speaker. Christin has presented workshops and her research at numerous
conferences and symposia in Canada and the United States, including the recent Canadian
Music Educators Association National Conference. As President of the Coalition for
Music Education in BC, she works closely with teachers, community members, and arts
organizations to protect, promote, and advance music education in BC schools.
Christin has taught band, choir, and general music in the public schools of Manitoba.
Christin earned her masters degree and is currently pursuing her doctorate in music
education from Indiana University, where she has taught courses in music education and
served as a university supervisor for music education student teachers. Christin’s research
is published in the Journal of Research in Music Education and Music Educators’ Journal.
Robert Spittal (Concert Band)
American conductor and composer of music for band, orchestra,
chamber ensembles and electronic media. His music has been
described as “original”,”inventive and witty”, “intelligent” and
“full of musicality” and is published by Shaba Road Music,
Boosey & Hawkes Co., and Maestro and Fox Music. Robert ‘s
works have won favor with the finest professional and academic
musicians in North America, Europe and Asia.
His works frequently combine sophisticated art music forms and
techniques with a non-patronizing sensitivity toward audience
accessibility. This duality - the musician’s concern for aesthetic sophistication and artistic
integrity, and for communicating more openly and directly to a listener - has been
developing since his adolescent years as serious flute student in the Cleveland Institute of
Music’s Prep progam, and a free-lance saxophonist in horn sections of jazz, r&b and other
dance bands on the city’s west side.
An interest in wind music developed at Ohio State University, where he studied conducting
with Craig Kirchhoff. He later studied with renowned wind conductors Michael Haithcock
and Eugene Corporon, and received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music in 1995.
Robert is a Professor of Music at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, USA.
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Whistler Cantando Music Festival
Jerrold Dubyk (Jazz Band)
Typically, there are two types of successful musicians: those
that play well and those that are well schooled. Jerrold Dubyk
has found a celebrated grouping of those elements that pour
through his saxophone with each performance. Acclaimed
jazz drummer Victor Lewis describes him as “a solid voice who
performs with a sense of musicality and maturity that I expect
from anyone who I perform.” With a desire for being versatile
and expressive on the stage, Dubyk brings an inspired ability towards the melodic line and
harmonic gestures in the saxophone tradition, with a devotion to his own personal sound.
Inspired by the diverse Canadian saxophonist, Ralph Bowen, Dubyk began his studies
in his Masters in Performance at Rutgers University (New Jersey). This marked a major
turning point for him. In pursuing deeper studies of his art, he boldly adopted a “total
makeover approach” and “abandoned all his previous knowledge”.
Dubyk released his first album “The Way You See It” (2006) followed by a Canadian
jazz festival tour the following summer. In 2008, he brought a new band together with
Vancouver musicians Jesse Cahill (drums), Chris Gestrin (hammond organ) and multiple
Juno award winner Brad Turner (trumpet) to create “The Maverick” – which won the 2009
Western Canadian Music Award for Jazz Recording of the Year, and set Dubyk’s mark in the
Canadian jazz scene. For his third album, “/ˌIn.vɪˈteɪ.shəns/” , Dubyk combines his core
Vancouver bandmates Brad Turner (piano), WCMA award winner Jesse Cahill (drums) and
new band members, National Jazz Award Winner/Juno Nominated Jodi Proznick (bass)
and Grammy nominated jazz musician Terell Stafford (trumpet).
An educator as well as a performer, Dubyk is the Director of Music at Strathcona
High School, on faculty at MacEwan University where he teaches jazz saxophone.. In
November 2012, to celebrate his contributions in the arts and youth of Edmonton, Dubyk
was included into Edmonton’s Avenue Magazine “Top 40 under 40”.
Craig Brenan (Jazz Band)
Trombonist, composer and educator Craig Brenan has been an
active performer throughout Canada. A graduate of the New
England Conservatory where he received his Master’s degree in
Jazz Performance, Craig has had the opportunity to work and study
with George Russell, Slide Hampton, Bob Brookmeyer, Danilo Perez,
George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi and Marty Ehrlich. Craig Brenan
is also the first trombonist in Canada to perform with a complex
system of digital harmonizers and looping devices, creating a new
sound for the trombone. Craig is a member of the Modo Trio which
released a self titled CD in 2001. Craig has appeared with almost every jazz musician and
jazz group in Edmonton, including the Tommy Banks Big Band, latin group Bomba!, and
groups outside of Edmonton, including the Bob Brookmeyer Big Band, Jim McNeely Big
Band, the Gunther Schuller Jazz Orchestra and the Hugh Frazer Orchestra.
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April 28-May 1st, 2016
Jared Burrows (Jazz Band)
Dr. Jared Burrows is the Academic Coordinator of the Jazz
Studies Department and teaches improvisation, conducting,
arranging, and directs small and large ensembles. He is
a dynamic force on the Vancouver scene as a performer,
composer and community organizer. He works in a huge variety
of ensembles in jazz, new music, and world music settings and
leads the Jared Burrows Quartet and Sextet and the Vancouver
Improvisers Orchestra. Jared performs as a sideman with
Dave Robbins Electric Band, the Offering of Curtis Andrews,
Sancharam Trio, Delta Quartet, Michael Vlatkovich Quintet,
Colin MacDonald’s Pocket Orchestra, Koan, Len Aruliah Sextet,
and the Brad Muirhead 4tet, to name only a few.
Before coming to Capilano, Jared taught at Douglas College, Simon Fraser University,
University of Oregon, and the Stanford Jazz Workshop. Since 2008 he has curated the
weekly Jazz at Presentation House concert series in North Vancouver. Past community
music leadership roles include the South Delta Jazz Festival and Jazz Workshop (founder
and co-director 2003-2013), Freedom Festival of Improvised Music (founder and
artistic director 2000-2005), the Hundredth Monkey new music ensemble (co-founder
and co-director 1998-2000), and East Van Jazz Orchestra (co-founder and co-director
2007-2010).
In addition to performing and composing, his research interests include cognitive
theories applied to improvisation and Confucian, Taoist and Sufi philosophies applied to
problems in music education. His work has been presented in academic conferences and
in guest lectures across Canada, the US and the UK and has been published in College
Music Symposium, Jazz Educators Journal, BC Music Educators Journal, Critical Studies in
Improvisation, and in the Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies.
Jared holds a PhD in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University. His doctoral research
explored an alternative paradigm for music education based on improvisation and his
thesis supervisor was the pianist and philosopher, Yaroslav Senyshyn. He has a MMus
in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon where he was mentored by the great
educator and musician, Steve Owen and studied composition under Robert Kyr and David
Crumb. His early teachers included Rudolph Komorous, Martin Gotfrit, David MacIntyre
(composition) and Ihor Kukurudza (guitar).
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Lisa Ward (Choral)
Lisa Ward has directed choirs in Red Deer, AB for over 28 years
and is the founder of C-SUS (Choral Singers Unite Society)
and artistic director of Brioso, Soliloquy, Selah & ihana Choirs
and It’s Time Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Lisa taught choral music
at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School 1989 – 2010
where she directed 5 choirs that were the recipients of national
and international recognition for musical excellence in both the
jazz and chamber choir fields. She has also taught elementary
music, directed the Seton Singers children’s choir, and is
currently teaching choir at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School for the 2015-2016
school year. When Lisa’s not at school or choir rehearsals, she teaches private voice and
piano, and runs her gorgeousyoucosmetics.com business.
Lisa was the recipient of the Alberta Centennial Medal Award, has received the Con Spiritu
Award presented by the ACF, and was nominated for an Excellence in Teaching Award.
Most recently, she was a committee member and clinician for the Cantando Music Festival
in Sun Peaks, BC, in April, 2015 and served as Artist-in-Residence at Victoria School of the
Arts December, 2014, where she worked with 9 choirs and 240 singers. She has been an
adjudicator and workshop clinician for the Ontario Vocal Festival, Saskatchewan Provincial
Honour Choir, Saskatchewan and numerous school groups and festivals.
Lisa has fostered young people’s passion for choral music and led choral groups to national
and international honours. She demonstrates excellence in teaching and directing and
has tremendous energy and enthusiasm for her work. Working with choirs has been a
tremendous source of joy and connection for Lisa and has enabled her to thrive, smile,
grow and learn something new every day.
Scott Leithead (Choral)
Scott Leithead is the Artistic Director of Edmonton’s Kokopelli
Choir Association and TIME Association. He has conducted
provincial and state honour choirs on seventeen occasions and
has presented workshops across North America and beyond.
Notable appearances include: conducting the Alberta Youth
Choir for the Alberta Choral Federation’s 40th Anniversary;
adjudicating both the ACCC National Competition for Amateur
Canadian Choirs and the International Kathaumixw Festival.
In 2008, Scott was on sabbatical in Namibia where he worked
with the Mascato Youth Choir and numerous other choirs from
southern Africa. Scott is a longtime member of the advisory committee for the Canadian
Rocky Mountain Festival. He is the president of the Brailletone Music Society for persons
with disabilities and a member of three additional national boards as well as the National
Youth Music and Art Development Foundation of South Africa. In 2014/15 he will present
workshops across Canada and return to conduct numerous honour choirs including: The
New Brunswick Youth Choir and The Ellison Canadian Honour Choir.
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April 28-May 1st, 2016
Benila Ninan (Choral)
Ms. Benila Ninan is a music teacher, conductor, and clinician
living in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is originally from
Edmonton, Alberta, where she pursued her studies. Along with
her degrees in Music (Voice Performance) and Education at
the University of Alberta, Ms. Ninan also studied at the Kodály
Institute of the Liszt Academy of Music in Hungary, where she
specialized in Music Pedagogy.
Ms. Ninan has worked as a school music teacher and clinician in
both British Columbia and Alberta. She has taught all age levels
from Kindergarten to Grade 12, including General Music at the elementary level, Grades
6 to 12 Choir, Jazz Choir, and provided musical direction for Musical Theatre. She has
inspired many students to develop a passion for choral music; her approach to teaching
encourages students to discover their individual voices while singing in different styles
and genres. Ms. Ninan was a vital member of the performing arts team at Edmonton’s
Victoria School of Performing Arts. She has also taught at Collingwood School in West
Vancouver, and currently teaches at The Westside School in Vancouver.
Ms. Ninan’s experience as a choral singer and soloist is vast and accomplished. She has
sung with Canada’s professional choirs including Pro Coro Canada (Edmonton), musica
intima (Vancouver), and Luminous Voices (Calgary). Ms. Ninan was selected as a singer
to represent Canada by the International Federation for Choral Music to participate in
five tours with the World Youth Choir, where she had the opportunity to sing under the
direction of master conductors and teachers such as Frieder Bernius, Steve Zegree, Peter
Erdei and more. In 2008 and 2009 she was invited back to be a section leader for the
choir. Highlights from these tours include performing for the Opening Ceremonies of the
Olympic Equestrian Events in China and Europa Cantat in the Netherlands.
Ms. Ninan draws on her passion for education, her choral experiences from around the
globe, and her strong musicianship skills in her approach to sharing the art of choral music
with her students.
Kathleen Luyk (Choral)
Kokopelli Choir Association’s executive director Kathleen Luyk, B.Mus.
(University of British Columbia, 2003), M.Mus. Choral Conducting
(University of Alberta, 2005), is the conductor of the Oran Choir.
Prior to finishing her post-secondary education, Kathleen spent
two years as the assistant conductor of the U of A Madrigal Singers
under the direction of Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff. Kathleen was the music
director at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church until recently, where she led
two adult choirs and a children’s choir. Now Kathleen is pleased to be
taking on a new role as the executive director for the Kokopelli Choir
Association. An emerging conductor and composer on the Alberta
choral scene, Kathleen has been engaged as a clinician and vocal coach for high school
and youth groups around B.C. and Alberta. Her compositions have been published and
performed widely in North America.
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Lhente-Mari Pitout (Choral)
Lhente-Mari Pitout completed her studies at the University of
Potchefstroom / North-West where she successfully completed a
BMus majoring in the Pianoforte. She is an accomplished singer
and pianist and is furthering her studies in choral conducting. She
works as a musician, conductor and adjudicator in both classical and
contemporary genres.
She was a member and later director of the A Cappella group,
Boulevard Harmonists. They toured extensively and participated in
all the major South African Music and Arts Festivals.
In 2001 she was selected by the IFCM (International Federation of
Choral Music) as part of a vocal jazz ensemble. Gold Company director Steve Zegree,
conducted this 16 voice jazz ensemble that toured and gave concerts in Belgium, France
and South Africa.
In 2003 she was one of five musicians recruited for the International S.O.U.L (Singers of
United Lands) Project. In 2007 she established the Lesedi Show Choir Project in Heidelberg,
Gauteng. The project forms part of HAMACC, Heidelberg Arts Media and Culture Centre
model in Gauteng. In 2008 she was invited to Sweden for the 20th Anniversary of the
World Youth Choir, performing in the chamber choir project representing South Africa and
chosen to serve on the Alumni board.In 2010 she was invited to the World Youth Choir
session in Tenerife/Spain working and conducting the choir as section leader.
Lhente-Mari is currently conducting the University of Pretoria Youth Choir along with the,
Kempton Park Horskoolkoor, Pretoria Boys High Choir and Laerskool van Riebeekpark
Seniorkoor. She is the conductor of the Singkronies Chamber Choir since 2009. She is also
a founder member of the Jazz ensemble, Born South.
Frank Lee (Choral)
Frank Lee is in his fifteenth season as the choral director at Seycove
Secondary School in North Vancouver, where he directs seven choral
ensembles and a jazz studies course. The Seycove Chamber Choir
was honoured with the distinction of Youth Choir of the World at
the International Choral Festival, Kathaumixw, in 2007. In 2009 the
Chorale was named top choir at the Canadian National Choral Festival
and had their solo debut concert in 2011 at Carnegie Hall. His award
winning vocal jazz ensembles have been featured in Western Canada
and and Washington State.
Frank received his undergraduate music degree from the University
of Victoria studying trombone with Ian McDougall. He is currently a graduate music
student studying choral conducting, under Dr. Graeme Langager, at the University of
British Columbia. He is sought after as a clinician across Canada and Washington State.
Frank has served as the chair for the BCMEA Honour Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Kiwanis Vocal
Jazz Festival and is currently on the Canadian Rocky Mountain Music Festival Advisory
Committee.
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April 28-May 1st, 2016
Carrie Tennant (Choral)
Carrie Tennant is the Artistic Director and founder of the
Vancouver Youth Choir. Carrie began her career as a high
school choir, building a nationally recognized choral program
at Maple Ridge Secondary School before deciding to
pursue graduate studies in choral conducting in 2009. From
2009-2012 Carrie directed the Vancouver Chor Leoni MYVoice
Choir and the Sarah McLachlan Youth Choir. In 2012, Carrie
worked as the assistant conductor to Diane Loomer, and in that role, conducted Chor
Leoni in several major performances. In January of 2013 Carrie was selected to succeed
Diane as Artistic Director of EnChor.
Currently, on top of her work with Vancouver Youth Choir and EnChor, Carrie is the
conductor of the award-winning Coastal Sound Youth Choir, and Associate Artistic
Director of Coastal Sound Music Academy. Under Carrie’s direction, Coastal Sound has
been featured on CBC Radio, and this summer will be the subject of documentary for Telus
Optik TV. Repeated award winners at the National Music Festival, in 2013 Coastal Sound
was awarded first place in the youth choir category at the ACCC National Competition for
Amateur Choirs, and was chosen, along with Elektra Women’s Choir, to represent Canada
at the 2013 Chorus America Conference. In 2013, Carrie founded the Vancouver Youth
Choir. This season, the choir will be an Associate Choir of the Vancouver Chamber Choir
and will perform with them at three season concerts.
Carrie is an Affiliate Conductor with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, an Artist-in-Residence
with the Vancouver School Board, and is a frequent clinician, adjudicator and retreat
facilitator across Canada.
Carrie also tours, performs and records as a member of Vancouver-based indie-pop group,
the Salteens (Boompa Records).
Allison Girvan (Choral)
Allison is a professional singer, arranger, director, clinician and
adjudicator. She has been a featured soloist on recordings
and in performance with ensembles including musica intima,
Elektra Women’s Choir, The Vancouver Chamber Choir,
the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and as a
vocalist for studio sessions for radio, T.V. and feature film.
Allison has worked extensively with Canadian Celtic Tenor, John McDermott on recordings,
international tours, and the PBS specials, “A Time to Remember” and “Sharing Christmas”.
Her debut solo cd, “Resonance”, combining her love of world music and her love of
languages, was released in 2007. She now lives in Nelson, B.C. where she continues to
record for television and feature film scores, directs the Nelson Youth Choir, the women’s
choir, “Shenango”, corazón vocal ensemble, and is music director for the Capitol Theatre’s
youth program.
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