BAND MEMBERS
JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band
Jules Estrin, Musical Director
BAND BIO
The JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band is a dynamic ensemble that features outstanding middle and secondary school students performing classic and contemporary jazz at venues throughout Ontario. A free program for students from schools in the Greater Toronto Area, it provides these emerging artists with the opportunity to hone their musical skills and interact in a diverse, professional setting.
Now in its eighth year, the JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band provides an opportunity for exceptional middle and secondary school students to hone their skills and interact in a diverse, professional setting.
The band rehearses each Saturday at the JAZZ.FM91 studios in Liberty Village (King and Dufferin). The students receive regular workshops on improvisation, ensemble playing and jazz techniques from some of the foremost Canadian music educators and musicians.
JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band performs extensively throughtout the year. Apprearances include the TD Toronto International Jazz Festival, Markham Jazz Festival, Sound of Jazz Concert Series, The Rex Hotel, Lula Lounge, OMEA (Ontario Music Educators Conference), Xerox Rochester Jazz Festival, Jazz Lives, and various festivals in Southern Ontario.
Over the years the JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band has performed with legendary jazz figures such as Joey DeFrancesco, PJ Perry, Bucky Pizzarelli, Tom Scott, and Lew Tabackin, and recently opened for Al Jarreau at the Branford International Jazz Festival. They have also appeared with Canadian guests including Shirantha Beddage, Kelly Jefferson, Alistair Kay, Brian O’Kane, PJ Perry, Sundar Viswanathan, and Ron Westray.
They have also shared the stage with the Thelma Yellin Big Band (Tel Aviv, Israel), Jazz Ensemble I (Montreal, PQ), Next Generation Jazz Orchestra (Monterey, CA), University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra, and York University Jazz Orchestra.
Alumni from the group have gone onto further their studies at the Berklee College of Music, Brubeck Institute, Humber College, McGill University, New England Conservatory, University of Toronto, and McGill University.
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Performances
DATE: Sunday, July 26th, 2015
STAGE: The Village Outdoor Stage
ADDRESS:111 Garrison Village Drive, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, L0S 1J0
TIME: 12:15PM – 1:15PM
TICKET PRICE: Free
DATE: Saturday, July 29th, 2017
EVENT: Jazz in the Park
STAGE: Subaru Stage
ADDRESS: Corner of Queen St. and Picton St., Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
BAND: JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band
TIME: TBC
TICKET PRICE: FREE