To further the love of improvisation and foster the growth of jazz education in Manitoba, the U of M Jazz Studies Program is happy to announce auditions for the 2nd installment of the U of M Youth Jazz Collective (UMYJC).
Auditions will be held on Dec. 8, 2012, at the  Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music’s […]

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The Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba is pleased to announce the CD release of Stepchild featuring Steve Kirby and the Northern Prairie Jazz Collective.
A launch party for the CD will be held on Thursday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Park Theatre (698 Osborne Street). Tickets are […]

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The Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Will Bonness as Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano, effective July 1, 2012.
Bonness has been an active member of the Winnipeg, Canadian and international jazz scenes since his teen years. At age 17, Bonness joined Maynard Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau Band […]

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Strong community support combined with the vision and creativity of Steve Kirby, the director of Jazz Studies at the University of Manitoba, has enabled the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music to dramatically extend the reach and power of a program Kirby has been dedicated to for eight years.
The Bridge: Music Learning for Life is […]

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Jazz on Wheels, the vision of Steve Kirby, director of jazz studies at the University of Manitoba, begins its sixth season on August 31.
The Street Corner Symphony, a group of great local jazz musicians, performs free concerts at community events and on August 31 they will play at Rossbrook House.
Kirby partnered with Jazz Winnipeg in […]

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The public is invited out to Hugh John MacDonald School tomorrow night, June 2, 2011, for a concert and celebration of community outreach programs running in the area.
The Bridge Program is an outreach initiative of the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music, led by Steve Kirby, which brings music instruction to underserved neighborhoods. The Bridge […]

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The Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of jazz trumpeter Derrick Gardner to the Babs Asper Professorship in Jazz Performance.
Mr. Gardner is internationally renowned as a performer and has an exceptional record as a dedicated and inspiring teacher at the post-secondary level. He brings to the Faculty over 20 […]

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