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Posted on June 11, 2018

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ at the TD International Jazz Festival

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It’s that time of year again; when venues across the city welcome world-class musicians to their stage as part of the . This year's Jazz Festival takes place from Friday, June 22 to Sunday, July 1 including free concerts at Granville Island, David Lam Park, and downtown Vancouver. Over half of the 150 musicians and bands performing throughout 10-day festival involve ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ music alumni, faculty, or current students. Here is your official ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ guide to the Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2018:

 

Friday, June 22 

Frankie’s Jazz Club
(Joe Poole, alumnus) 

 

Saturday, June 23

Railway Stage
(Sebastian Chamney, Colin Sankey, Ashley Ashrafian, Riley Johnson, alumni)

Civic Plaza
(Francois Houle, faculty)

Robson Stage
(Joe Poole, alumnus) 

Robson Stage
(Kevin Romain, Roisin Adams, Dominic Conway, alumni)

 

Sunday, June 24

Robson Stage
(Brad Muirhead, alumnus / Bernie Arai, faculty)

Georgia Stage
(Jimmy Baldwin, Tim Sars, Brendan Krieg, alumni / Georges Couling, alumnus and current faculty)

Robson Stage
(Dominic Conway, Geordie Hart, Ben Brown, alumni) 

Lynn Valley Village
(Robin Layne, Chris Couto, Malcolm Aiken, Niho Takase, alumni) 

Robson Stage
(Paul Rushka, Bernie Arai, faculty)

Georgia Stage
(Skye Brooks, alumnus)

Georgia Stage
(Skye Brooks, alumnus) 

 

Monday, June 25

Performance Works
(Joe Poole, alumnus)

 

Tuesday, June 26

The China Cloud
(Francois Houle, faculty / Skye Brooks, alumnus)

 

Wednesday, June 27

Railway Stage
(Patrick Barnett, Guy Wilkins, Arthur Delahooke, Devon Clarke, alumni)

The China Cloud
(Jeremy Page, Kenton Loewen, alumni)

Frankie’s Jazz Club
(Joe Poole, alumnus)

 

Thursday, June 28

Performance Works
(Ben Brown, alumnus)

 

Friday, June 29

Granville Island
(Justin Devries, alumnus) 

The Imperial
(Skye Brooks, alumnus)

Presentation House
(Joel Fountain, alumnus)

The Ironworks
(Kenton Loewen, alumnus)

The Imperial
(Kenton Loewen, alumnus) 

Frankie’s Jazz Club
(Paul Rushka, faculty)

The Imperial
(Jeremy Page, alumnus)

 

Saturday, June 30 

Civic Plaza
(Sangito Bigelow, Chris Couto, Dominic Conway, alumni)

Performance Works
(John Korsrud, faculty /the band rotates members; faculty members who have played in this band include Alan Matheson, Rob McKenzie, Francois Houle, David Branter, Bernie Arai, Jack Duncan; also alumnus Kerry Galloway)

Performance Works
(Jillian Lebeck, Paul Rushka, faculty)

Roundhouse
(Kevin Romain, alumnus)

Roundhouse
(Alison Gorman, alumna)

Sam Taylor Quintet
Frankie’s Jazz Club
(Paul Rushka, faculty)

Roundhouse
(Malcolm Aiken, Sangito Bigelow, Chris Couto, Theo Vincent, alumni)

Roundhouse
(Bernie Arai, faculty)

 

Sunday, July 1

Roundhouse
(Elise Boeur, alumna) 

Roundhouse
(Skye Brooks, alumnus) 

Granville Island
(Robin Layne, alumnus)

Performance Works
(Bernie Arai, Paul Rushka, faculty)

Granville Island
(Andrew Smith, alumnus)

Roundhouse
(Giorgio Magnanensi, faculty)

Granville Island
(Stephanie Chatman, alumna)

Performance Works
(Kate Hammett-Vaughan, faculty) 

Performance Works
(Francois Houle, faculty)

Roundhouse
(Kenton Loewen, alumnus)

The Ironworks
(Kenton Loewen, alumnus)

Granville Island
(Robin Layne, Malcolm Aiken, alumni)

 

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