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Guelph Jazz Festival & Colloquium nominated for Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts
The Guelph Jazz Festival & Colloquium is delighted to learn that they have been shortlisted for the Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts. The $50,000 prize is awarded to professional artists and not-for-profit or commercial arts organizations for outstanding achievement and contribution to arts and culture in Ontario during a significant period of time.
The innovative festival celebrates its 17th anniversary this year by presenting international artists in concert, as well as workshops, panel discussions, lectures, jazz on the streets and installations.
The Guelph Jazz Festival & Colloquium is the only organization to be shortlisted three times.
"It is a tremendous honour for The Guelph Jazz Festival to be shortlisted as a finalist--for the third year in a row-- for the prestigious Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts" says Ajay Heble, Artistic Director. "The nomination recognizes our Festival as an influential and highly original event that offers a one-of-a-kind celebration of musical innovation and excellence, and that seeks in bold and unique ways to explore music's vast potential as a powerful community-building force."
Running September 8th to the 12th, the 2010 festival will offer a tribute to the ECM jazz recording label and its very own Nuit Blanche. From sunset to sunrise, festival venues will be transformed into active sites of all-night community spectacle. Evolving from similar events in Paris, St Petersburg and Berlin, other Nuit Blanche events have taken root in cities like Cairo and Montreal. This will be the first of its kind in the city of Guelph. Join us as we present an integrated series of all-night performances and multi-media events with jazz and improvisation at their core.
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