JAZZ PERFORMANCE AND
EDUCATION CENTRE

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Keeping Jazz Alive

Unique, on-line concerts by Toronto's favourite musicians

JPEC presents Keeping Jazz Alive, a series of free, on-line concerts performed by some of Toronto’s most respected musicians. JPEC organizes and pays the musicians who, like you, are facing the challenges of the COVID-19 virus and are following social distancing protocols. More

Eddie Bullen (piano), Andrew Stewart (bass), Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo (drums) Link

Tony Rosenberg (sax, flute, piano, synth bass, sampled drums) Link

Bernie Senensky (piano) Link

Dave Young (bass), Reg Schwager (guitar), Terry Clarke (drums), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet) * Link

Hannah Barstow (piano and vocals) Link

Thompson Egbo-Egbo (piano), Lauren Falls (bass) Link

Ori Dagan (vocals, piano) Link

Adrean Farrugia (piano), Sophia Perlman (vocals) Link

Reg Schwager (guitar), Don Thompson (piano, bass) * Link

Barbra Lica (vocals), Joel Visentin (piano, vocals), Tom Fleming (guitar) Link

Andrew Forde (electric violin), Alexei Orechin (guitar), Cameron Tinklenberg (piano/synths) Link

* pre COVID-19 unreleased recording, recently mixed for JPEC use.

Kids Beat
JPEC's ONLINE
WORKSHOP SERIES
for Grades K to 5
Sandra Thomas

Sandy Thomas,
JPEC's Outreach Director,
introduces our new series:
Drumming with Mr. Chris featuring online percussion classes with instruments you can make in your own home.

Workshop #1: Make your own
Drumming Kit LINK

Workshop #2: Using your voice LINK

JPEC presents a video prepared by Carn Davidson 9 and 1Vision Production studio.

The Gift (by William Carn) can be seen and heard here.

Try Again (by William Carn) can be seen and heard here.

Code Breaking (by William Carn) can be seen and heard here.

Click here Events to find out how they did it.

News and Views

This July marks a sad anniversary for us. Jazz Performance and Education Centre was hit by tragedy with the sudden death of Co-Founder, Rochelle Koskie, in July of 2019. She is dearly missed by all of us; Rochelle's spirit continues to inspire and guide all of us at JPEC.

Ray and Rochelle

Paul Desmond - The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings

Toronto’s own, Don Thompson, played and recorded all the music that is now on all these CDs. Don told JPEC’s Ray Koskie that this was perhaps one of the "..greatest things I have been involved with."
(Full Story)

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Ella: from Hot Docs

www.hotdocscinema.ca

We're thrilled to present the Queen of Jazz in Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things. This title is now available for streaming on Hot Docs at Home. (Link)

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Jazz Performance and Education Centre

Officially incorporated in 2008 as a non-profit charitable organization, JPEC was born when jazz aficionados Raymond and Rochelle Koskie assembled a committee of fellow enthusiasts, who, over the course of 10 years has committed itself to jazz by:

- Petitioning for a full-time, non-profit performing Music/Arts Hub in Toronto, including a detailed plan as to how this could benefit Toronto.
- Coordinating the support of a group of non-profit arts organizations towards this goal.
- Solidifying an education outreach program that sends musicians to conduct workshops in schools with little or no music program.
- Presenting over 50 concerts in the past decade to a strong jazz fan base.