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Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Fea. Christine Jensen at Shorewood Performing Arts Center
Courtesy of Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra | Posted on March 30, 2017
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Shorewood Performing Arts Center
17300 Fremont Ave. N.
Shoreline, WA
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When
Sat, May 6, 2017
7:30 pm
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SEATTLE WOMEN’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SWOJO) proudly presents special guest Christine Jensen and the world premiere of her newest composition Cascadian Fragments on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the Shorewood Performing Arts Center.
SWOJO is honored to receive a National Endowment for the Arts grant to commission this new work for large jazz ensemble.
Composer and saxophonist Christine Jensen is considered one of the most important Canadian composers of her generation, according to Globe and Mail jazz critic, Mark Miller.
"Jensen writes in three dimensions, with a quiet kind of authority that makes the many elements cohere. Wayne Shorter, Maria Schneider and Kenny Wheeler come to mind." -Greg Buium of Downbeat Magazine. ...