Upstream Music in Association with Jazzeast Rising
presents
A Love Upstream Jazz Composers Workshop as part of the 22nd Annual TD Canada Atlantic Jazz Festival. Bandleaders’ original music at 1313 Hollis Street - July 13th to 17th, 2008 5 bandleaders bring musicians from here and away together for the first time to play their original creations. Prepare on any given night to die screaming, laughing, crying, quietly or joyously.
Sunday, July 13th
Jeff Torbert – music for violin (Gina Burgess), contrabass (David Langstroth). electric guitar (Jeff Torbert), saxophone etc.(David Christensen) and trumpet (Matt Myer)
Monday, July 14th
Dawn Hatfield – music for trumpet (Rick Waychesko), tenor sax/clarinet, (Paul Cram) baritone sax (Dawn Hatfield),cello {Matt Brubeck (USA/Toronto)}, contrabass (Pete Johnson), drums {Pierre Tanguay (Montreal)}
Tuesday, July 15th
Matt Brubeck – music for sax/oorophones (Dani Oore) baritone sax (David Mott), cello (Matt Brubeck), contrabass (Lukas Pearse), drums (David Burton)
Wednesday, July 16th
Lukas Pearse – music for violin (Gina Burgess), cello (Matt Brubeck), piano/electronics (Tim Crofts), contrabass/electronics (Lukas Pearse), drums (Pierre Tanguay)
Thursday, July 17th
Lisle Ellis (NYC) - music for trumpet(Rick Waychesko), sax/oorophones (Dani Oore), tenor sax/clarinet (Paul Cram), bass and circuitry (Lisle Ellis), drums (Pierre Tanguay)
“A Love Supreme (John Coltrane Quartet/1965) was one of the greatest jazz records of all time. Part of its greatness lay in the fact that it was entirely the original music of the late great saxophone genius John Coltrane. It was a monument of the beat generation that predated and influenced psychedelic rock and everything else. It was actually featured on CBC’s Q with Jian Ghomeshi a few months ago; some guy was on who wrote a book about the “making” of A Love Supreme. In this critical period of civilization, we must support the Herculean efforts of our present generation of musicians to channel the spirit of the ancestors and fearlessly raise their inner voices to the heavens.” Paul Cram – Artistic Director/Upstream Music Association
The Parrsboro Cultural Campus of the Parrsboro Citizen’s Band
and Upstream Music Association Present
The Upstream Orchestra Workshop
open your ears - explore new sounds - channel your inner salmon
July 8th to 12th, 2008 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
We invite vocalists and players of winds, strings and percussion to take some chances in a non-judgmental atmosphere and explore the tricky (and hugely rewarding) terrain of improvisation. Play with Upstream’s facilitators as they guide you through refreshing concepts of improvising drawn from jazz, world music, contemporary classical and beyond . The intention is to build a contemporary improvising orchestra together with the instruments at hand. Musicians of all ages who have experience in performing, are interested in improvisation and being a part of an ensemble are welcome to enroll in Upstream’s 5 day intensive retreat led by three master composer-improvisers: Lisle Ellis – bass and circuitry (NYC), Pierre Tanguay - drums (Montreal) and Paul Cram – clarinet and saxophone (Halifax)
The “hands-on” sessions will take place at the Citizen’s Band Hall in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia commencing July 8th, 2008 and culminating with a public performance at 8 p.m., Saturday July 12th. Workshop hours are: 1 pm to 5 pm daily (evening jam sessions TBA).
The program will focus on work-shopping and rehearsing facilitators’ original compositions; incorporating techniques of free, rhythmic and textural improvisation, modern compositional and notational strategies including concepts of arranging, orchestration, and “conduction” used in contemporary creative music.
The cost for the workshop will be $200 for the week. Enrollment is limited. Please send motivational history and experience including instrument played with your address, phone number and e-mail to Upstream Music Association, Box 36040, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J2S9 or e-mail: info@upstreammusic.org . Further information: (902) 461-1232. You will be notified of your acceptance and asked to confirm registration with a cheque to guarantee placement.
If you do not live in Parrsboro, there are a wide range of accommodations available including country inns, B&Bs, motels, camping and cottages. Book early. Billets can be arranged. Parrsboro is located on the beautiful north shore of the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, 2.5 hours northwest from Halifax. Google: Parrsboro Accomodations or Parrsboro Info
Upstream Music Association is a non-profit organization based in Nova Scotia, Canada that facilitates and promotes productions of pan-genre orchestral music for ensembles of all sizes. The central shared vision of the Upstream is to produce and present concerts of the utmost intensity that sharpen our wits and increase our awareness of truth. We accomplish this “ecstatic equilibrium” most consistently through the precise articulation of relevant musical work that leaves room for the music of the moment to emerge, surprise and inform. Upstream empowers open-minded musicians coming from classical, jazz and world music orchestral traditions to absorb themselves completely in the music and together achieve the highest levels of excitement in performance.
Upstream Music Association is pleased to collaborate with the Parrsboro Band Association in the development of a Cultural Campus for Atlantic Canada. Special thanks to the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture.
www.upstreammusic.org www.thehall.ca