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The feedback from our Ellington/Stravinsky/Douglas/Turner Jump for Joy program has been extremely gratifying. The size of audiences and diversity of perspectives from those I knew or now have met was very special What has really interested me is that I heard alot of thoughtful responses to the risky cross genre programming as well as the [...]
Music you can touch!
Well, today is recovery day from an intensely gratifying presentation of our Jump for Joy program – the feedback from our audiences (in total over 500!) from our performances at the Langley Community Music School and SFU Woodward’s Fei and Milton Wong Theatre was quite overwhelming. I guess what also really hit me was [...]
Jumping for Joy in Langley Tonight
It’s hard to believe that it was over a year ago that we starting discussing our Jump for Joy concert. There was great excitement in the room as we discussed the possibility of commissioning Dave Douglas to write something for Turning Point Ensemble. What an incredible opportunity for us! With a little help from our [...]
Jump for Joy! Brad Turner
The occasional collaborations between musicians of a classical background and those of a jazz and improvised music background are very interesting to me. These opportunities, which I have been lucky to have been involved in both as a performer and as a composer, tend to be notable (at least in Vancouver from what [...]
20% off Regular Tickets for Jump for Joy Extending to March 19!
JUMP FOR JOY! Sunday, April 1 8pm at SFU Woodward’s WEB SPECIAL 20% OFF REGULAR TICKETS ORDER TICKETS COUPON CODE: JAZZ (enter all capitals) Premiere performances of music by Dave Douglas and Brad Turner plus music by Stravinsky and Ellington with special guest Jennifer Scott! Jump for Joy!
MUSICAL MAGIC – NOW YOU DON’T HEAR IT, NOW YOU DO
Turning Point Ensemble’s Jump for Joy concert is just a bit more than a month away, and any day now we should be receiving some very special packages. As of today, I have musical scores and parts from Stravinsky’s Octet, Tango, Pastorale, and Three Pieces for Clarinet -but that’s it! Our three guest composers – [...]
Jump for Joy!
WEB SPECIAL 20% OFF REGULAR TICKETS UNTIL MARCH 15 Tickets are available online or at the door (cash or credit card only, no interac available) PROMO CODE: JAZZ (enter all caps) April 1, 2012 8pm SFU Woodward’s at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre 149 West [...]
New Arrangement of Debussy’s Jeux
After having heard the Turning Point Ensemble’s first reading of my arrangement of Debussy’s orchestral piece “Jeux”, I am very much in awe of Debussy’s genius. Jeux is a landmark in musical thinking, and I can’t help but think that this arrangement reveals new aspects of this score. This ballet score, originally commissioned for Serge [...]
