Juno Award Winner Joel Miller Returns with “Love That Jazz”
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Feb 5 2025 – Symphony New Brunswick continues its 24/25 Virtuoso Series this month with "Love That Jazz", a tour of four performances featuring New Brunswick jazz superstar Joel Miller. Joining Miller will be a combo organized by Resonance New Music, fronted by Miller's brother Andrew Reed Miller, resident contrabassist with Symphony New Brunswick. Also featured are Symphony NB resident percussionist Joël Cormier and concertmaster Dani Sametz. Highly acclaimed jazz pianist Sylvio Pupo joins the group for the performance in Dieppe.
According to Joel Miller, "I credit my brother Andrew with starting my journey into jazz from the age of ten, when he handed me my first saxophone. This program sees us bridge the seemingly unlikely worlds of Jazz and Classical as a form of celebration".
"We had a tremendous response from the public last year with the collaboration between Joel Miller and the full orchestra in our Symphonic Jazz project", remarked Reid Parker, President of Symphony NB. "We're absolutely delighted to host Joel Miller again in this more intimate setting. Concertgoers can expect classics like L.O.V.E., popularized by Nat King Cole, in a marriage with Chopin, Debussy, and Joel Miller's own joyful melodies".
Schedule
Thu Feb 13 @ 7:30 pm (Fredericton)
Margaret McCain Hall, St Thomas University
Sat Feb 14 @ 2:30 pm (Sussex)
Ax: The Arts & Cultue Centre of Sussex
Sat Feb 14 @ 7:30 pm (Moncton/Dieppe)
La Caserne
Dieppe Arts & Culture Centre
Sun Feb 15 @ 2:00 pm (Saint John)
Port Saint John Gallery
Saint John Arts Centre
Admission
Regular: $30
Student: $20
(Under 12: No Charge)
Due to limited seating in Fredericton, Sussex and Saint John, concertgoers in those communities are encouraged to pre-purchase tickets via e-mail (symphony@nbnet.nb.ca). Any residual seats will be available for sale at the door.
About Joel Miller
Joel Miller is a Juno award-winning Jazz saxophonist and arranger based in Fredericton. With 10 albums to his credit and over 100 original works registered with SOCAN over the past thirty years, Joel stands among the most prolific and highly respected jazz artists in Canada today.
He has led workshops on jazz improvisation and composition throughout North America as well as in Sweden, Norway and Peru. He is the recipient of over 30 grants for sound recording, composition, production and artist residencies from FACTOR, The Canada Council for the Arts, Musicaction, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, and Arts NB.
Joel is the recipient of over 15 music industry awards, including the 2013 Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz album of the year, and served on the teaching faculty of the Schulich School of Music at McGill University for over 15 years.
Joel has appeared as featured composer and soloist on over 15 International broadcasts, and has extensive live performance and touring experience in collaboration with many of the leading jazz artists of the past thirty years.
Above all, Joel's compositions, improvisations, albums, and performances "communicate joy, celebration, humour, and curiosity about our amazing planet".
About Resonance New Music
Resonance supports the creation and production of experimental music, improvised music, artistic collaborations and new classical music in New Brunswick. Operating since 1998 under the umbrella of the non-profit organization, Motion Ensemble Inc., Resonance maintains close ties to Symphony New Brunswick and its founder and artistic director, Andrew Reed Miller, is a core musician with Symphony NB.
Almost one hundred works have been created for projects organized through Motion Ensemble Inc written by over two dozen composers from across Canada. Resonance is a member of the Canadian New Music Network.
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Symphony New Brunswick Inc.
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