About Us
Awards
The Guelph Jazz Festival has garnered recognition and awards for its work since almost the beginning. Most recently, we were a finalist for two major awards in 2008.
Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts 2008 (finalist)
The Guelph Jazz Festival was one of five finalists in the Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Eight festival representatives attended a packed ceremony at the Carlu in Toronto on Monday, June 23, 2008 with the awards being presented by the Ontario Minister of Culture, Aileen Carroll. Although we did not win - the prize in our category went to Coach House Press of Toronto - the degree of recognition and profile was gratifying.
Our heartfelt thanks go to long-time festival supporter and performer Scott Thomson, who nominated us for the Premier's Award. In doing so, he wrote, "The Festival's most remarkable achievement is its ability to present world-class practitioners of atypical, sometimes noisy music while remaining closely tied to the community of Guelph. This fine line has been followed, primarily, through the deft programming choices of Ajay Heble which continue to provide a context for novice listeners to experience unconventional music performances without undue alienation." Our congratulations also go to the other nominees, including choreographer David Earle of Guelph, who was nominated, but did not win, in the individual artist category.
Events Producer of the Year: Jazz Journalists Association (finalist)
Artistic director Ajay Heble was nominated as "Events Producer of the Year" in 2008 by the Jazz Journalists Association, an international body with members worldwide. The winner of that award was Patricia Nicholson-Parker of the Vision Festival, a New York avant-garde jazz festival. We send our congratulations to Nicholson-Parker.
Lieutenant Governor's Award for the Arts
- recipient 2001
- recipient 2000
- recipient 1997
Ontario Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts
The Guelph Jazz Festival was one of five finalists in the 2008 Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, in the arts organization category. View our short nomination video with president Michelle Lobkowicz by clicking the button below.
