THE MUSIC OF A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS 2024
📅 DATE: Sunday, Decembe2r 23rd, 2024 🕑 TIME: Matinee - 2:00 PM (Doors open at 1:00) 🕑 TIME: Evening - 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00) 🏟️ VENUE: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre 🏟️ ADDRESS: 250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON 💵 PRICE: Regular: $35 + HST + Fees
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Enjoy the Music of a Charlie Brown Christmas with an intimate live jazz experience in the heart of wine country. This show features Duncan Wilson on piano, Tyler Wagleron on the upright bass, Adam Bowman on drums, and special surprise guests. Join us on Sunday, December 23rd, 2024 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Presented in partnership with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Tyler Wagler / Duncan Wilson / Adam Bowman
ADAM BOWMAN: DRUMS
Drummer and percussionist, Adam Bowman, has been a mainstay in both the Canadian and international music scenes for more than two decades. As a touring musician, Adam has been heard on stages across five continents with artists such as Juno-award winners Kellylee Evans and Carlos Morgan, Canadian independent music trailblazer Ember Swift, improvising guru VINX, and country-folk songstress Dawn Langstroth, among many others. In the studio, Adam has become the drummer of choice for producers and songwriters on a variety of recordings. 2015 saw Juno-nominations for Eccodek’s Singing in Tongues album, and Alysha Brilla’s Womyn album. In 2018, Alysha’s Rooted album received another nod. Currently, Adam can be heard playing with Elise LeGrow, John Orpheus, Jeff Eager and as part of the Nights of Grief and Mystery ensemble featuring Gregory Hoskins and Stephen Jenkinson. Adam also provides percussive and electronic accompaniment for modern and contemporary dance classes with IMAGEO artworks & Dancetheatre David Earle. Read more
TYLER WAGLER: BASS
For well over a decade Tyler Wagler has been an in-demand sideman in Canadian folk, roots, and reggae music. He has been busy playing guitar and bass with artists such as The Human Rights, David Sereda, Raven Meets Lion, and many more. He relocated to Guelph thirteen years ago from Toronto where he studied electric and double bass, earning a diploma in jazz performance from Humber College and a Bachelor of Music degree from Thompson Rivers University. Since moving to Guelph he has been busy playing with prominent locals such as Joni NehRita and Tannis Slimmon, as well as releasing a full-length album with modern jazz trio Hammerton/Wagler/O’Neill. As a solo singer/songwriter, he has released two EPs under his own name.
Duncan Wilson (b. 2002) is a Toronto-based pianist rooted in the bebop tradition. Born and raised in Orillia, Ontario, Duncan currently studies jazz performance at the University of Toronto. His teachers have have included Chris Donnelly, Mike Murley, and Kelly Jefferson. He has performed as a leader or sideman at many venues and festivals throughout Toronto and Ontario, including but not limited to: The Rex, The Jazz Room, The Horseshoe Tavern, The Kensington Market Jazz Festival, and the Festival of the Sound. He also served a stint as the pianist for the Toronto All-Star Big Band. Duncan‘s artistic influences include Kenny Barron, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, and Hank Jones.
OPENING ACT: JAZZ 4 the AGES YOUTH PERFORMER
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