Important Update - March 30th Concert

NOTE: Due to the three-week strike, the Humber College Jazz Ensemble will not be travelling to Ottawa and performing in the March 30th (7:30 PM) concert at Nepean High School. Instead, joining the Nepean All-City Jazz Band will be the Ottawa Junior Jazz Band (www.ojjb.com), under the direction of Mandar Gumaste (Music Teacher, A. Lorne Cassidy E.S.). Humber has promised to arrange a future date for a concert in Ottawa!

Tickets are $5, and are available at the door or from Heather Flinn (Nepean HS), OJJB or NACJB (nacjb.cjb.net) members.

Big Band Concert!
featuring:
Nepean All-City Jazz Band
(Neil Yorke-Slader, director)

Ottawa Junior Jazz Band
(Mandar Gumaste, director)

Thursday, March 30, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Nepean High School, 574 Broadview Avenue, Ottawa
Tickets $5 at the door

For information, contact Neil Yorke-Slader or Heather Flinn at 722-6551

New Material!

Here are a few recordings of some new material that the band has been performing. Enjoy!

A Day At Stanhope
Long In The Tooth
The Cheese That Time Forgot

Concert: June 25th 2006

June 25, 2006
NACJB plays at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival (venue and time TBA)

Concert: April 28th 2006

April 28, 2006, 8:00 PM
Ron Maslin Theatre, 1 Ron Maslin Way, Kanata
Guest Artist, Chase Sanborn, trumpet
Tickets $20 Adults, $15 Students/Seniors available at the door or from NACJB members

Concert: March 30th 2006

March 30, 2006, 7:30 PM
Nepean High School, 574 Broadview Avenue
Combined concert with Humber College Studio Jazz Ensemble (Denny Christianson, director)
Tickets $5 at the door

NACJB Links

Places we thought you might want to check out...

Guest Artists / People we've played with:

• Ottawa Junior Jazz Band


• Bytowne Brass


• Nepean Concert Band

Sponsors/Supporters:

• Burnihla Music Publishing


• The Rotary Club of Nepean


• St. John's Music


• Mike's Music


• Musicare


• Yamaha Canada


• Steve's Music

Our Director

Neil Yorke-Slader
B.Mus., B.Ed., M.Ed.
Musical Director

Neil Yorke-Slader is a Superintendent of Instruction with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is the former head of Music at Earl of March S.S. and J.S. Woodsworth S.S. and began his teaching career at Meadowlands M.S. Neil has composed numerous works at various levels for jazz ensemble, several of which are available through UNC Jazz Press and Burnihla Music Publishing. He is currently the vice-chariman (Instrumental Jazz) of Musicfest Canada and is widely sought after as a jazz clinician and adjudicator.

Neil Yorke-Slader is well known throughout the Captial region for his dedication to Education and the Arts. He received the 2007 Ottawa-Carleton District School Board's Margarie Loughery Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Arts. In 1995, Neil received the City of Nepean's Distinguished Service Award for Arts and Culture. He has also been awarded the 1998 City of Nepean Distinguished Service Award for Education, and the 1998 Ottawa-Carleton District School Board's "Director's Citation".

Neil's reputation extends far beyond the Ottawa area, however. He was the recipient of the 2000 Ottawa International Jazz Festival's "Achievement Award" and in 1991 he received the International Association of Jazz Educators Award for Contribution to Jazz Education. He is considered one of the leading Canadian authorities on the teaching of stage band fundamentals and rehearsal techniques.

About The Band

This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Nepean All-City Jazz Band. Founded by Neil Yorke-Slader in 1987, this ensemble provides an opportunity for some of Ottawa-Carleton's talented young jazz musicians to develop and share their musical talent.

The Nepean All-City Jazz Band (known to many as 'NACJB' or simply 'All-City') is comprised of 18 musicians between the ages of 16 and 20 drawn from all over the greater Ottawa area. Many NACJB alumni have gone on to study music at prestigious institutions in Canada and the U.S., most with financial scholarship assistance awarded for excellence at Musicfest Canada's National Finals. NACJB has had great success at Musicfest Nationals, earning Gold standing in each of the past 20 years.

The Nepean All-City Jazz Band is recognized as one of the pre-eminent teenage jazz ensembles in Canada. Over the past 20 years, the band has been awarded numerous accolades, including the CMEA/MIAC Don Wright Award for excellence in Canadian Jazz (1993-1996, 1999-2004, and 2007-2008), and "The Jazz Report" magazine's award for Canadian Amateur Ensemble of the year (1995). NACJB has performed for conferences of the IAJE, CEMA and OMEA.

The Nepean All-City Jazz Band has performed with many internationally known jazz artists including :

* Alastair Kay
* Guido Basso
* Pat LaBarbara
* Denny Christianson
* John Nugent
* Jeff Jarvis
* Kelly Jefferson
* Steve McDade
* Alex Dean
* Ian McDougall
* Bob Mintzer
* Chase Sanborn
* Mike Tomaro
* Randy Brecker