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DESCRIPTION:This week\, the forum welcomes:\n\nJEFF JOHNSTON\, composer\, p
 ianist\, producer and orchestrator | 'Terra Nova: Using Minimalist and Pos
 t Minimalist Concepts in Jazz Composition and Arranging'\n\n\n \n\nAward w
 inning pianist\, composer\, producer\, and orchestrator Jeff Johnston has 
 recorded and performed with some of the biggest names on the international
  jazz scene including John Abercrombie\, Sheila Jordan\, Dave Liebman\, Ke
 nny Wheeler\, Archie Shepp\, Slide Hampton\, Ranee Lee\, Shirley Eikhard\,
  Jackie Richardson and many more. He has dozens of film credits to his nam
 e and his music has been heard worldwide on the big screen as well as on P
 BS\, Teletoons\, Discovery\, Amazon\, Netflix\, The Documentary Channel\, 
 CBC\, Newsworld\, CTV\, Global TV and more. His works are infused with all
 uring harmonies\, lush textures\, lyrical melodies\, rhythmic inventivenes
 s\, and spontaneity. Johnston's trio and quartet recordings established hi
 m as one of Canada’s foremost jazz pianists and session players\, leading 
 Toronto Star's Geoff Chapman to deem Johnston as 'clearly in Canada's top 
 ranks' and the Globe and Mail's Mark Miller to say\, 'This is Canadian jaz
 z at its best'.\n\nJohnston has five albums under his own name which has b
 een twice nominated for both the Juno Awards and East Coast Music Awards. 
 He has been the recipient of many grants\, commissions\, and awards from T
 he Canada Council\, The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec\, FACTOR
  and Heritage Canada. He received the R Murray Schafer award for compositi
 on from the Sound Symposium Music Festival and the Alcan Jazz Award for be
 st performance from the Atlantic Jazz Festival. Johnston has performed all
  over the world including at prestigious jazz festivals such as Festival d
 e Juan-Les-Pins\, Jazz à Vienne\, Umbria Jazz Festival\, Rochester Interna
 tional Jazz Festival and as a regular at the Montreal International Jazz F
 estival.\n\nJohnston honed his craft in New York City under the tutelage o
 f renowned composer and pianist Richard Beirach.and later he studied with 
 LA based film orchestrator Milton Nelson. Johnston is on the board of dire
 ctors for the Screen Composers Guild of Canada and is on faculty at the Sc
 hulich School of Music of 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ. He has conducted workshops an
 d has guest lectured extensively across Canada. His new album Terra Nova i
 s a 45-minute suite featuring his jazz trio and the Newfoundland Sinfonia 
 Chamber String Orchestra.\n\n \n
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LOCATION:C-304\, Strathcona Music Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E3\,
  555 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Schulich Jazz Area Forum: Jeff Johnston
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 f-johnston-342452
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