2008 marked the 100th anniversary of St. Boniface, the hub of Franco-Manitoban culture. To celebrate, CBC Radio 2 paired up with local French radio to present a retrospective of the last 100 years of music made in St. Boniface.
Trio Capuçon gave their debut concert at the Vancouver Playhouse for The Friends of Chamber Music on Nov. 25. The trio gave an all Brahms evening as evidence of their wonderful ensemble style, precision and musical insight. Trio Capuçon is not to be missed!
When Dean McNeill isn't working as the head of the music department at the University of Saskatchewan, performing with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra or leading Saskatoon's Metro Jazz Ensemble - he finds the time to hone his skills as a trumpet player and composer...and be a dad to a toddler. This year Dean released a CD where he performed with jazz pianist Jon Ballantyne and classical pianist Bonnie Nicholson. In this concert we'll hear Dean playing both trumpet and flugelhorn on some of his jazz favourites as well as an original composition. He's joined by guitarist Jack Semple, Carlo Petrovitch on bass and drummer Arlan Kopp.
Karin Plato grew up in Alsask, Saskatchewan. (Yep, you guessed it... right on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border...). While Saskatchewan might not seem the most likely place for someone to blossom into the fantastic jazz vocalist Karin is today, Karin was introduced to some of the great jazz vocalists of the 20th century during her time as a music student at the University of Saskatchewan. Her passion for that music slowly grew. Karin has made her home in Vancouver for the last 20 years or so, but whenever she comes back to Saskatchewan she says it feels like a homecoming. For this concert, Karin is joined by the fabulous John Roney Trio from Montreal, with John on piano, Remi-Jean Leblanc on bass and drummer Martin Auguste.