KSS Music Department
1079 Raymer Ave. V1Y 4Z7 Kelowna, BC, Canada

For today's "Sunday Swinger" here's the Oscar Peterson tune "Blues for Basie", arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, with Wolfgang Haffner on drums and the inimitable Klaus Osterloh on trumpet!

Our third instalment for the "International Trombone Week" is from Raphael Klemm (with a little assistance on bass trombone). Henry Mancini's "Moon River" in an arrangement by Eberhart Weise. Audio and video editing by Raphael. Stay safe! #internationaltromboneweek2021 #socialdistancing

Very pleased that the Revelry venue permit variances have been approved, paving the way for what will be an iconic hub in Kelowna’ s cultural district. I thoug...ht the foresight shown by our Mayor and council was spectacular. Ryan Donn Loyal Wooldridge Mohini Singh et al thank you! Lee and Jennifer Simon , thank you for choosing Kelowna as the community to live in as you unfold the next chapter of your lives #revelry

Learning about "Your Brain on Music" with Pam Paddock and Westwinds Music Society

Shout out to the fine mouthpiece work by my friend Sebastian Knox. At the start of the pandemic I picked up two hard rubber mouthpieces made by Sebastian. I recently thought I'd switch back to my metal Florida link and I'm loving it! Guess who refaced that one too...

"This performance was both imaginative and entirely persuasive. Though it was intimate, there was a surprising sense of ‘theatre’ a drama of doubt and faith...." Claire Seymour, Opera Today Last Friday we brought you Fauré's Reqiuem and 'Cantique de Jean Racine', alongside some Bach, Barber and Elgar, in concert with the English Chamber Orchestra, directed by Barnaby Smith. There are so many beautiful moments in this programme, but here are some of the highlights. You can watch the full concert on demand, like all Live From London Spring concerts, until 30th April, with tickets available from the festival website. This concert is an absolute gift: warming, consoling, beautiful and, in the choice of the Elgar, respectful. Colin Clarke, Seen and Heard International

Tonight, join us for a performance of Fauré's Requiem from Cadogan Hall, with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by our very own Barney. Tickets available from the Live From London Spring website.

An invitation from Music Director Rosemary Thomson. Join us for EXSULTATE, our next livestreamed concert, on Saturday, April 10. Visit www.okanagansymphony.com for more info.

Champian Fulton and Scott Hamilton - Black Velvet

SSAA version of my NORTHERN LIGHTS, beautifully performed by Voices of Singapore Children's Choir & Darius Lim. * Separate audio and visual recordings were done... in line with the Singapore’s National Arts Council's regulations on safe management measures. No on-set group singing was conducted. See more

Here's a throwback swinger, featuring the great Georgie Fame on a project called "American Songbook". "But Not For Me" is an immortal Gershwin classic, first ap...pearing in the 1939 musical "Girl Crazy", and has been recorded countless times. This version also features Jeff Hamilton on drums and a hard-swinging organ solo by Frank Chastenier!! Recorded live in the Kölner Philharmonie See more

It’s Vocal Improv Bootcamp time with Darmon Meader and me! Round four of our 9-month series! This Saturday, Dec 12, at 1pmCT 2pmET - the theme: Turnarounds! www.rosanaeckert.com for info on signing up!

Benny Green on quarter notes in the rhythm section

I'm gearing up for the next installment of our Vocal Improv Boot Camp! Darmon has chosen this month's transcription homework (Boot Campers... have you done last... month's assignment? Post it in our group!!) I've got some fun exercises planned to stretch the ears and the voice. Don't forget to check the time zone!! See you on zoom on Saturday!! See more

Please... BE MORE KIND. Featuring Avery Johnson, with Fiya Simpson (soprano), Aviana Gedler (soprano and viola), Hannah Goodwin (alto), Kasey J. Domer (tenor), ...and Tommy Boynton (guitar). #SMV #schoolformusicvocations #smvatswcc #FirstTake #bemorekind #gratefulforourstudents #gratefulfortheirhumanity ************************************* Be More Kind Music and lyrics by Frank Turner History's been leaning on me lately. I can feel the future breathing down my neck. And all the things I thought were true When I was young, and you were too Turned out to be broken, And I don't know what comes next. In a world that has decided That it's going to lose its mind Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind They've started raising walls around the world now Like hackles raised upon a cornered cat. On the borders, in our heads, Between things that can and can't be said, We've stopped talking to each other And there's something wrong with that. So before you go out searching Don't decide what you will find Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind. You should know you're not alone. And trouble comes, and trouble goes. How this ends, no one knows. So hold on tight when the wind blows. The wind blew both of us to sand and sea, And where the dry land stands is hard to say. As the current drags us by the shore, We can no longer say for sure Who's drowning, or if they can be saved. And when you're out there floundering Like a lighthouse we will shine Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind. Like a beacon reaching out To you and yours from me and mine Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind In a world that has decided That it's going to lose its mind Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind

TOMORROW: October 25th 8pm EDT Hamp Band‘s Great New Stories, LIVE ...Hamp stories you've never heard! TOMORROW: October 25th 8pm EDT... Join the musicians who shared the stage with the great Lionel Hampton for many many years. After hour hang without leaving your home! Sit at the bar with us Online, here is the link:https://berklee.zoom.us/j/94778254686 See more

The Jazz Education Network is proud to announce the 2021 SISTERS IN JAZZ COLLEGIATE COMBO COMPETITION! Director: INGRID JENSEN... APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED - OCT. 31, 2020 APPLY - http://jazzednet.org/sisters-in-jazz/ Through this exemplary program, full-time university students identifying as young women or non-binary jazz artists ages 18-29 will audition and be selected to perform in the Sisters in Jazz Quintet. 2021 Sisters in Jazz Selectees will rehearse and receive feedback from this year’s director, Ingrid Jensen, via online platforms. The quintet will prepare two charts to record and premier at the 2021 JEN Conference hosted online in January. #jazzednet #jazzeducation #jazz #womeninjazz #music #musiceducation #music #jazzmusic #musiced #competition #musiccompetition #jazzdrums #jazzbass #jazzpiano #jazztrumpet #jazzsaxophone #jazzsax #jazzvocals #drums #bass #piano #trumpet #saxophone #vocalist #singer