Michael Occhipinti & The Sicilian Jazz Project

Michael Occhipinti & The Sicilian Jazz Project

Michael Occhipinti's JUNO-nominated Sicilian Jazz Project with special guest award-winning songwriter and jazz singer Laura Campisi.

By Villa Charities

Date and time

Thursday, June 20 · 7 - 8:30pm EDT

Location

Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre

901 Lawrence Avenue West Toronto, ON M6B 4E7 Canada

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  • 1 hour 30 minutes

Michael Occhipinti's JUNO-nominated Sicilian Jazz Project with special guest award-winning songwriter and jazz singer Laura Campisi will perform a mix of songs in Italian, Sicilian and English.


The Sicilian Jazz Project has been dazzling audiences world-wide with its thrilling mix of Old World Sicilian folk and the New World sounds of electric guitars, global funk, chamber music, and jazz improvisation. Using music sung by Sicilian fishermen, miners, and folk musicians as a starting point, the music is like a trip on the Mediterranean that detours to Mali, Jamaica, New Orleans, and Toronto. The Sicilian Jazz Project features some of the best musicians from Toronto's vibrant music scene as well as a variety of international guests. The group uses Sicilian folk music as a starting point, but then takes off as a vehicle for improvisation and ambitious arrangements across multiple styles. Michael wanted the Sicilian Jazz Project to reflect the diversity of modern Canada, and the result is a group like no other.


With support from the Sicilian Cultural Society of Canada.

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Villa Charities

About Villa Charities

A registered charity, Villa Charities enriches lives through experiences and services that honour Italian culture and heritage. For more than 50 years across the GTA, the organization has provided cultural and educational programs and supported culturally sensitive long-term care and independent living apartments for seniors. VCI fulfills their mandate through a broad range of activities, services and facilities, both directly and in conjunction with its affiliates and independent organizations. Affiliates include Columbus Centre and Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery; Villa Charities Foundation; Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged Inc. in Toronto; Villa Colombo Seniors Centre (Vaughan) Inc. Di Poce Centre; and Italian Canadian Benevolent Seniors Apartments Corporation/Casa Abruzzo Benevolent Corporation with apartments for independent seniors (Caboto Terrace, Casa Del Zotto and Casa Abruzzo). Each of these organizations is an integral part of the Villa Charities family with separate legal status and its own governance Board. Villa Charities has been certified as a Great Place to Work®, which recognizes the organization’s commitment to creating an inclusive, positive and engaging workplace. For more information visit villacharities.com.

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