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- GJF Art Auction raises $21,000
- WORKSHOP: Burnt Sugar, on conduction technique
- CONCERT: Burnt Sugar brings hot sound to Guelph
- 2008 Winter Concerts
- Jazz Festival restructures, hires new staff
- Three October 2007 concerts
- 2007 Post-Festival Thanks
- People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz is Now!
Current News
GJF nominated for Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts
May 23, 2008 – The Guelph Jazz Festival is one of six arts organizations shortlisted for the 2008 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts, with the announcement coming just before the Festival announces its 15th season’s program.
The Festival is in distinguished company for the $50,000 award: Coach House Books, of Toronto (Literature - Cultural Industries), Hot Docs, of Toronto (Media Arts - Cultural Industries), Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, of Toronto (Theatre), Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, of M'Chigeeng (Arts Centre), Réseau Ontario, of Ottawa (Theatre). Dancer David Earle, of Guelph, was one of six artists nominated in the Artist category. The awards will be presented early this summer, in Toronto.
“The nomination recognizes the Guelph Jazz Festival’s unique artistic vision to showcase new creative and improvised music, which continues in this, our 15th season,” says Ajay Heble, the Festival’s Artistic Director. “We will announce an exciting series of mainstage shows next week and the full program in mid-June, when we’ll launch our redesigned website.”
Tickets for the September 3-7, 2008 Festival go on sale on July 2.
The festival planning team this year includes Heble, Derek Andrews (Executive Director), Julie Hastings (Director of Operations), Thomas Silvani (Administator) and Mary Rankin (Volunteer Coordinator).
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Colloquium Keynote: Linda and Michael Hutcheon
Linda Hutcheon is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and one of the world's most important theorists of contemporary culture. Michael Hutcheon is an author, Professor of Medicine, and Deputy Physician in Chief for Education at the Toronto Health Network. Together, this husband and wife duo have published numerous articles and three books at the intersection of medical and cultural history including 2004's Opera: The Art of Dying. Their keynote address is entitled, "Jazz/Opera and the Staging of Race".
Thursday, Sept. 4,3:45 - 4:45 pm
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (Free)
