Please note: This ticket gets you access to a day's worth of masterclasses, now happening remotely through Zoom, on February 4. Tickets for the virtual gala concert the evening of February 4 at 8pm are available separately for $10.

Masterclasses will be rebroadcast Facebook and YouTube on Saturday, February 5 at the same times.

Friday, February 4 masterclass schedule

• 10am - 11:15am: Toward Creative Achievement: Life as an Artistpreneur with Jodi Proznick

What does it mean to be an artist? What does a creative musical life look like, especially during uncertain times? Join award winning bassist, composer, producer and educator Jodi Proznick as she facilitates a conversation about what it means to live a life of creative music inquiry.

• 12pm - 1:15pm: Bandleading and Putting an Album Together with Allison Au

In this masterclass, Allison will delve into some simple tips that will help kickstart your journey as a composer. What is your musical vision? What inspires you? What is your sound? Who is your audience? While exploring different ways to cultivate your creative voice, Allison will also walk through a clear, pragmatic step-by-step guide that will assist you in bringing your musical vision to fruition, for all the world to hear.

• 2pm - 3:15pm: Improvising Melodically, and Honestly with Brad Turner

Faculty and instructors

Juno-nominated bassist, composer, bandleader, and educator Jodi Proznick has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s finest jazz artists. She has won numerous National Jazz Awards, including Bassist of the Year in ’08 and ’09. Her group, the Jodi Proznick Quartet, was awarded the Acoustic Group of the Year and Album of the Year in ‘08 and the Galaxie Rising Star at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival in ‘04. In addition to leading her own group, Jodi has performed with many of Canada’s top jazz musicians, including PJ Perry, Don Thompson, Kirk MacDonald, Guido Basso, Oliver Gannon, Dee Daniels, Phil Dwyer, and Laila Biali. She is regularly in demand to perform and record with visiting jazz artists including Michael Bublé, Byron Stripling, Michael Feinstein, David “Fathead” Newman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ed Thigpen, Jeff Hamilton, Peter Bernstein, Charles McPherson, Seamus Blake, George Coleman, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy, Harold Mabern, Eric Alexander, and Lewis Nash. In addition to recording her own Juno-nominated CD as a leader, Jodi has been featured on over 40 recordings as a side person. Jodi's personal highlights include opening for Oscar Peterson in 2004, performing as a featured soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and recording numerous times for CBC Radio. Another highlight in Jodi’s career was when she was asked to be the featured bassist in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games’ closing ceremonies and soundtrack.

Juno-award winning jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger, Allison Au (pronounced "ow") refuses to be defined. Born to a Chinese father and Jewish mother, and raised in the multicultural metropolis of Toronto, Allison found music as a young child. Exposed to a wide array of musical styles, she was captivated by the unhinged freedom of jazz. Jazz became Allison’s lab for self-expression, exploration, and musical experimentation. Her work weaves a mosaic of influences into a seamless and soulful sound, a concoction steeped in the tradition of jazz but skillfully laced with elements of Classical, Pop, R&B/hip hop, Latin, and world music. Au earned her first Juno nomination for her debut album, The Sky Was Pale Blue, then Grey in 2013, and in 2016 seized the Juno for "Best Jazz Album of The Year: Group" for Forest Grove. In 2019, she garnered another Juno nomination for "Best Jazz Album of the Year: Group" for Wander Wonder.

Brad Turner (M.Mus., University of North Texas, 1992) is a trumpeter, pianist, drummer and composer who is one of Canada's most in-demand and highly esteemed jazz musicians. After receiving his Master's degree in Jazz Performance from the University of North Texas in 1992, Turner returned to Vancouver, and was hired as an instructor of trumpet at Capilano University. He has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Kenny Wheeler, John Scofield, Michael Moore, Reneé Rosnes, Harold Mabern, Jimmy Greene, Ingrid Jensen, Peggy Lee, Dave Douglas, Mike Murley, Seamus Blake, Kenny Werner, Mino Cinelu, Roy McCurdy, Russell Malone and Ernie Watts. Turner's groups have opened for McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes, Wayne Shorter, Clark Terry, Diana Krall, Ahmad Jamal and Tony Bennett. As a leader, Turner has released ten albums, eight as a trumpeter with the Brad Turner Quartet, and two as a pianist with his trio. As a founding member of the multiple juno award winning group Metalwood, he has released six albums.