A team from the VSO SoM will be working with all of the jazz students at Abbotsford Collegiate Secondary.

Ingrid Stitt – saxophone

Chris Davis – trumpet

Jodi Proznick – bass

Tristan Paxton – guitar

Jesse Cahill – drums

The wonderful Toronto based guitarist, Sam Dickinson, will be joining Jodi Proznick (bass) and Nick Bracewell (drums) at Tangent Cafe.

Come see the VSO School of Music Big Band, directed by Daniel Hersog, and combos directed by Dan Reynolds, Jodi Proznick, Tristan Paxton, Miles Black, and Chris Davis.

Celebrate the learning with the Jazz Program!

• DATE / TIME

  Mon Mar 6 and Thurs Mar 9, 2023

  5:30 PM -8:00 PM

• LOCATION

  Pyatt Hall

Come see the VSO School of Music Big Band, directed by Daniel Hersog, and combos directed by Dan Reynolds, Jodi Proznick, Tristan Paxton, Miles Black, and Chris Davis.

Celebrate the learning with the Jazz Program!

• DATE / TIME

  Mon Mar 6 and Thurs Mar 9, 2023

  5:30 PM -8:00 PM

• LOCATION

  Pyatt Hall

Get ready for a unique musical experience, as Bach meets BeBop at the Vancouver Playhouse! Featuring the VSOSoM’s two advanced string orchestras Sinfonietta & Intermezzo performing with a trio of  great Canadian jazz artists Miles Black; Jodi Proznick & Jesse Cahill, as well as guest vocalists, this concert pays homage to classical giant Bach in its first half, before celebrating standard and modern classics of the jazz genre in the second half.

A must for music lovers of every sort, bring the whole family and enjoy the beautiful synergy of strings and jazz.

Program features:

ACT I: Bach, and Bach-inspired music:

BACH: WIR EILEN MIT SCHWACHEN
BIRSTON: VOCALISE FOR SOPRANO & CELLO
VILLA-LOBOS: BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS No.5

ACT II: Jazz featuring Black, Proznick & Cahill Trio

ARLEN: GET HAPPY
GERSHWIN: EMBRACEABLE YOU
HOWARD: FLY ME TO THE MOON
GOODWIN: THE JAZZ POLICE
NELSON: HOE-DOWN
CAMILO: ONE MORE ONCE
BIRSTON: ESCAPADES SUITE No.2 (Premiere)

Tickets are $19 for adults, $10 for under 16yrs

Jodi Proznick and Amanda Tosoff, co-leaders of the Ostara Project, will be attending the 2023 JUNO Awards Ceremony in Edmonton, Alberta. The album was nominated in the Vocal Jazz Album of the Year Category. Congratulations to all of the nominees!

Chris Davis – trumpet

Jodi Proznick – bass

Steven Charles – guitar

We are a winery located in the heart of Mount Pleasant, with a lounge for you to enjoy our wines made on site. We make our wines in qvevri, an ancient style of clay amphora- and we think you’ll love them. Our grapes are hand picked in BC from the best fruit we can find (and it’s pretty amazing if we do say so ourselves), foot stomped and allowed to ferment with only naturally occurring yeasts. We believe the best wine is made when you take the best farmed grapes, and interfere as little as possible. Call us grape babysitters.

We have an exciting rotating roster of fabulous entertainment such as jazz bands, DJs and concerts.

Three time Juno-nominated bassist, composer, bandleader, and educator Jodi Proznick has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s finest jazz artists and collaborators. She has won numerous National Jazz Awards, including Bassist of the Year twice. Among her many honours, Jodi was awarded the Western Canadian Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year for 2019.

Jodi Proznick’s New Horizons Project features three of Canada’s bright musical lights: Chris Davis on trumpet, Tilden Webb on keys, and Nick Bracewell on drums. They will be exploring jazz repertoire from albums such as Herbie Hancock’s Fat Albert Rotunda and Empyrean Isles, Woody Shaw’s United, Kenny Wheeler’s Gnu High and Miles Davis’  E.S.P as well as  new originals.

Sundays at Hero’s Welcome (3917 Main Street) is a new bi-weekly jazz series presented by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz. The concept is to provide an affordable way for jazz lovers of all ages to gather and celebrate this music we love.