Sunday, April 29, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The students of Jazz Composition will present a cross-section their portfolios from the year. Coached by professor Josh Rager the composers present a fresh rendering of trends in diatonic, modal, and chromatic jazz composition. Join us in celebrating the addition of new music to the jazz canon as we perform our best new inventions and […]
Friday, April 27, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Step back into the jazz age with Dave Turner and the Concordia Big Band. The closing concert of the semester will send you out with that great brass and reed sound in your ears, some fabulous singers in your mind’s eye, and wishing you had brought your dancing shoes. Swing into the Oscar Peterson Concert […]
Thursday, April 26, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Jazz Improvisation Concert
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Concordia’s Eclectic Ensemble is just what it sounds like. This concert showcases a sometimes wild variety of sounds, playing jazz tunes crafted for them by some of today’s hottest arrangers. Gary Schwartz has created one of the music department’s most surprising ensembles, and their performances are always a delight, not to be missed!
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Jazz Improvisation Concert
Sunday, April 22, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Contemporary Music concert.
Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Jazz Concert featuring the Charles Ellison Quintet
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Two choirs in one evening! Jean-Sébastien Allaire leads the largest performing ensemble in the university in this popular concert of choral music. The university choir, made up of students, staff and the community, give their all to celebrate the end of the semester. Kathy Kennedy directs the chamber choir in a program for a smaller, […]
Thursday, March 29, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Concordia jazz studies students compete for scholarship prizes in various jazz ensembles. A great night for jazz for jazz fans.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 @ 12:00 am – The departments of music, contemporary dance, and theatre have joined forces once again for this year’s incarnation of 60×60 Concordia. You really don’t want to miss this one! 60×60 Concordia is an hour long interdisciplinary show made by sequencing 60 one-minute compositions by 60 Concordia music students. Every piece is choreographed by dancers, actors, and/or […]
Thursday, December 14, 2017 @ 12:00 am – 10:30 am – Songwriting
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 @ 7:30 am – 10:30 am – UNIVERSITY CHOIR & CHAMBER CHOIR Directed by Jean-Sébastien Allaire & Kathy Kennedy $5.00 admission. Free for all students with ID. Oscar Peterson Concert Hall (7141 Sherbrooke St. W)
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 @ 12:00 am – Contemporary Music Ensembles
Thursday, December 7, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm – Under the direction of Charles Ellison and Joshua Rager. Please join us for a special evening of jazz music. Students are featured soloists on a variety of repertoire from the jazz idiom.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm – JAZZ CHOIR Directed by Madeleine Theriault Free admission. Oscar Peterson Concert Hall (7141 Sherbrooke St. W)
Monday, December 11, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Ensemble Eclectic directed by Gary Schwartz, Big Band directed by Dave Turner $5.00 admission. Free for all students with ID. Oscar Peterson Concert Hall (7141 Sherbrooke St. W)
Thursday, December 15, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –
Friday, December 9, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Jazz improvisation is a skill as individual as each performer as they navigate complex chords and rhythms, styles and their fellow students’ input. Gary Schwartz directs these small combos playing a variety of music to show off their growing skills as improvisers and creators. These fresh sounds will inspire you to do as well in […]
Thursday, December 8, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Charles Ellison presents the Jazz Improvisation class II in a concert of standards and jazz classics. We work to represent the tradition of jazz improvisation with enthusiasm and respect striving for elegance.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Two choirs in one evening! Jean-Sébastien Allaire leads the largest performing ensemble in the university in this popular concert of choral music. The university choir, made up of students, staff and the community, give their all to celebrate the end of the semester. Kathy Kennedy directs the chamber choir in a program for a smaller, […]
