WJO Co-Founder and Artistic Director Richard Gillis joined host Michael Wolch to give us all the details more details about their next concert, featuring WJO co-founder Sasha Boychouk, and get us excited about their 2017/2018 Season. Missed it? Watch the video here!
Dr. Richard Gillis and Sasha Boychouk founded the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) in 1997, inspired by a vision of forming a professional big band with the best emerging and veteran musicians in Winnipeg.
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra has developed an interesting and dynamic model for the promotion and performance of big band music in Canada. The organization performs a jazz series in a concert venue, it has a not-for-profit charitable structure, and the objectives are related to performance, composition, and training. The vision statement is challenging the WJO to play a national and potentially international leadership role in this genre of music.
Sasha will be performing the amazing Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto with the WJO! Here is some of what you can expect to hear:
Here is Michael Wolch's interview with Richard Gillis.
Tue, Apr 30, 9:00 AM
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