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Setting Standards: Masterworks from the Jazz Canon

File consists of program and recordings for performance recorded Oct 21, 2022, Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: McGill Jazz Orchestra II ; Lex French, artistic director. Works: Reid, Billy. I’ll close my eyes, arr. Bob Brookmeyer ; Nestico, Sammy. Freckle face. ; Byers, Billy, 1927-1996. Count me in ; Petkere, Bernice, 1901-2000. Lullaby of the leaves, arr. Francy Boland ; Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Girl crazy. Embraceable you, arr. Taylor Donaldson ; Coots, J. Fred, 1897-1985. You go to my head, arr. Michael Gibbs ; Jones, Thad. This bass was made for walking ; Ellington, Duke 1899-1974. Take the A train.

Performance, 4 December 2019

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on December 4, 2019, Tanna Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: McGill Jazz Orchestra I ; Christine Jensen, artistic director. Works: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Our Love Is Here To Stay.; Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. Donna Lee.; Jones, Thad. To You.; Davidson, Tara. Code Breaking.; Rollins, Sonny. Oleo.; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Nutcracker Suite. arr. Strayhorn, Ellington.

Performance, 29 October 2017

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on Oct. 29, 2017, Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: McGill Sings! A Celebration of Choral Music ; Various soloists ; McGill Jazz Choir (1st-2nd, and 14-15th works) ; Bohdanna Novak, director (1st-2nd works) ; Cappella Antica (3rd and 14-15th works) ; McGill University Chorus (4th-6th, and 14-15th works) ; Floydd Ricketts, Gabrielle Gaudreault, directors (4th-6th works) ; McGill Concert Choir (7th-9th, and 14-15th works) ; Schulich Singers (10th-15th works) ; Jean-Sébastien Vallée, director (3rd and 7th-15th works). Works: Fox, Caprice. Silence of time; arranged (Meader); Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Lady, be good! Oh, lady, be good!; Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Vespro della Beata Vergine. Magnificat, voices (6), organ.; Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Vespro della Beata Vergine. Magnificat, voices (6), organ.; Gordon, James, 1955- Frobisher Bay; arranged (Loomer); Sifuba, Akufuna. Southern African choral suite.; Ah! Si mon moine; arranged (Patriquin); Robinovitch, Sidney Paul, 1942- Noche de lluiva.; Daley, Eleanor, 1955- In remembrance.; Orff, Carl, 1895-1982. Carmina Burana. O Fortuna.; Forrest, Dan. Long, long ago.; Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1899-1990. Soon ah will be done; arranged (Johnson) ; I Wanna Die Easy; arranged (Johnson); Henson, Blake R. My flight for heaven.; Averitt, William, 1948- Fire!; Graduale Cisterciense (1899). Ave verum corpus ; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Ave verum corpus.; Wade in the water (Song); arranged (Hogan).

Performance, 15 January 2016

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on Jan. 15, 2016, Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: Sara Laimon, piano (4th work) ; Paul Merkelo, trumpet (6th work) ; Mount Royal Brass Quintet (2nd-5th, 7th, and 9th works) ; McGill Brass Quintet (6th work) ; McGill Trumpet Ensemble (8th work) ; Richard Stoelzel, coach (8th work) ; McGill Brass Ensemble (1st work); Richard Stoelzel, conductor. Works: Løgering, Andreas. Spirit of the brass.; Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Marches, band, op. 99, B♭ major; arranged (Brown); McKee, Kevin, 1980- Galleons and cutlasses.; Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Rhapsody in blue; arranged (Brown); Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Strike up the band. Overture.; Böhme, Oskar, 1870-1938? Sextet, cornet, trumpets (3), trombone, tuba, op. 30, E♭ minor.; Turner, Kerry, 1960- Ricochet.; Morales, Erik. Birds of paradise.; Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story; arranged (Gale).

Performance, 14 October 2008

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on Oct. 14, 2008, Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: McGill Wind Symphony ; Alain Cazes, conductor. Works: Bozza, Eugène, 1905- Children’s overture; Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974. Suite française; Groven, Marielle, 1984- Ghost in the machine; Woolfenden, Guy. French impressions; Schmitt, Florent, 1870-1958. Dionysiaques; Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. American in Paris; Selections. arr.

Performance, 14 November 2017

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on Nov. 14, 2017, Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: Canadian Brass (Christopher Coletti, Caleb Hudson, trumpet ; Bernhard Scully, horn ; Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone ; Chuck Daellenbach, tuba). Works: Just a closer walk with thee; arranged.; [Renaissance fireworks by various composers and; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Fugues, organ, BWV 578, G minor; arranged (Romm); Crespo, Enrique, 1941- Vals peruano.; McCartney, Paul. Penny lane; arranged (Dedrick); Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess; arranged (Henderson).; Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958. Beale Street blues.; [Tribute to the ballet by various composers; arranged by Sonny Kompanek]; Waller, Fats, 1904-1943. Handful of keys; arranged (Henderson); Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Skazka o t︠s︡are Saltane. Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ [Flight of the bumblebee].

Performance, 12 October 2016

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on Oct. 12, 2016, Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: McGill Jazz Orchestra II ; Ron Di Lauro, director. Works: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. But not for me; arranged (Mintzer); Nestico, Sammy. Blues machine.; Jones, Thad. Central Park North.; Marks, Gerald, 1900-1997. All of me; arranged (Jones); Jobim, Antonio Carlos. Chega de saudade [No more blues]; Boland, Francy. Pentonville.; Holman, Bill. Out of nowhere.; Georgia; arranged (Nestico); Nestico, Sammy. Tall cotton.; Mintzer, Bob. Latin dance.

Performance, 12 November 2017

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on Nov. 12, 2017, Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: Richard Stoelzel, trumpet (7th-8th works) ; Mount-Royal Brass (1st-4th works) ; Mount-Royal Brass and Friends (5th-10th works). Works: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Gershwin overture; arranged (Stephenson); Kamen, Michael. Quintet, trumpets (2), horn, trombone, tuba.; Chesky, David. Central Park morning.; Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Romeo i Dzhulʹetta (Ballet). Suite, no. 2; arranged (Brown).; Crespo, Enrique, 1941- Spirit of brass.; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Wohltemperierte Klavier, 1. T. Nr. 4; arranged (Lawrence).; Williams, John, 1932- Born on the Fourth of July. Suite; arranged (Brown); Rodriguez, Joaquin, 1901-1999. Concerto de Aranjuez. Adagio; arranged (Brown); Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936. Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, no. 1; arranged (Brown).; Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Marches, band, op. 99, B♭ major.

Performance, 1 December 2015

File consists of program and recordings for performance held on Dec. 1, 2015, Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal. Featuring: Jens Lindemann, trumpet ; McGill Wind Symphony ; Ben Kepes, guest conductor (5th work) ; Alain Cazes, artistic director. Works: Jouaville, Raphael-Tristan. Elevation trajectoire.; Zappa, Frank. Envelopes.; Zappa, Frank. Dog breath variations.; Grahl, Trevor. Hussy [for chamber wind ensemble]; Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. American in Paris; arranged (Krance and Cazes); Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Candide; arranged (Grundman).; Gilliland, Allan, 1965- Dreaming of the masters, no. 3.; Barker, Warren. Tribute to Irving Berlin.; [encore].