Jazzworkz Concert features Lance Anderson and his B3 Organ Trio on April 14

In Support of the Joan Mantle Music Trust

The third concert in the new Jazzworkz Concert Series will feature Lance Anderson and his B3 Organ Trio on Saturday, April 14, 2012. The concert will also feature acclaimed saxophonist Jean-Yves Bégin with Jack Broumpton on drums. A portion of the proceeds from the concert will support the Joan Mantle Music Trust, which provides instruments to students in Rainbow Schools.

The concert begins at 7:30 pm and takes place at St. Peter’s Church, 203 York Street in Sudbury. Admission is $15 for students and $20 for adults. Tickets are available at Black Cat on Durham Street and Hair to Live For in the Cedar Pointe Mall.

The final concert will feature Elena Kapeleris and the SBQ Trio on Saturday, May 12, 2012. All of the visiting artists in the Jazzworkz Concert Series have a Sudbury connection – they either grew up in the Sudbury area or have performed here in the past.

Lance Anderson (makeitrealrecords.com) – Saturday, April 14, 2012

Lance Anderson is a successful producer, with recording credits such as Leahy (double Juno, Platinum Virgin Music recording artists) and a number of recent recordings under his own label, Make It Real Records. These include the internationally acclaimed 2B3 the Toronto Sessions, Live at the Wolf by Garth Hudson (The Band), Brotherhood by Blackburn, and All Play and No Work by the Cameo Blues Band. Lance also initiated and co-produced the Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD ROM, now treasured by jazz fans and players worldwide. The Montreal Jazz Festival and the Mont Tremblant International Blues festival are two of the prestigious festivals Lance has performed at with both his critically acclaimed duo Anderson & Sloski and as keyboardist for MBA Entertainer of the Year, Shakura S’Aida. He also toured Europe, Australia and the US last summer and recorded her smash CD Brown Sugar in Memphis Tennessee and her new CD to be released in 2012. Lance will release a CD of his own songs in 2012. This CD has been years in the making and features performances by Canadian Music Hall of Fame members Domenic Triano and Garth Hudson as well as a who’s who of the Canadian Blues scene.


Jean-Yves Bégin and Jack Broumpton  – Saturday, April 14, 2012

One of the first graduates of Laurentian University’s jazz program, Jean-Yves Bégin studied the saxophone with Allan Walsh, and won countless awards both at the regional and national levels. Bégin has performed in Montreal’s La Place des Arts, Toronto’s Harbourfront, and Ottawa’s Festival Franco.  Other than the various studio sessions ranging from electro-acoustic to world beat, he has recorded extensively for CBC Television and radio. At home in Sudbury, Bégin is a music educator/ freelance musician, a regular at local festivals, and a crowd favorite at La Nuit sur L’étang, and the Northern Lights Festival Boréal. Recent projects include the Canwest Cabaret Festival with Tomson Highway in Toronto and a recording session and performances with Patricia Cano.

Jack Broumpton is a teacher at A. B. Ellis Public School in Espanola. He has a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Music from the University of Northern Colorado. Jack Broumpton served as Assistant Professor of Music at Laurentian University from 1986 to 2000. He was also an instructor at Cambrian College. He started the Jazz program and Percussion program at both postsecondary institutions. Jack Broumpton is Co-Founder of the Huntington Jazz Society and Sudbury Jazz Society and Founder and Director of Spirit of the Drum Festival. He is also the Owner / Instructor of World’s Rhythm and Music. As a performer, he has played with a number of groups, including the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra London Canada and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with Oliver Jones and Ranee Lee at Jazz Sudbury Festival and Canadian Juno winning jazz performers Hugh Fraser, Pat Labarbera, Maynard Ferguson, Phil Nimmons , Heather Bambrick, Dave Young, Dave McMurdo, Jon Ballantyne, Kevin Dean and Phil Dwyer.

Elena Kapeleris – Saturday, May 12, 2012

Elena Kapeleris is a jazz tenor saxophonist and vocalist. A graduate of Lasalle Secondary School and a member of many of the school’s excellent, award-winning jazz ensembles, Elena Kapeleris is a graduate of the jazz program at Humber College in Toronto. At Humber, she studied saxophone with world-renowned saxophonist Pat Labarbera. During this time, Labarbera placed emphasis on learning the lyrics of the songs that she was playing on the horn. This is when her love for singing, lyrics, and vocal interpretation began.

Elena’s love for both the instrumental and vocal approach to jazz caused the meld of the two art forms in her live performances and on her debut recording “INTRODUCTION”. Although her projects as a leader are primarily jazz, Elena works with many varied styles (R&B, soul, funk, indie rock and many commercial and film recording sessions). Elena has played with a wide range of amazing Toronto musicians including Pat Labarbera (saxophonist), Richard Underhill (saxophonist), Rich Brown (bassist), Tom Juhas (guitarist), Sly Juhas (drummer), Brandi Disterheft (bassist), Richard Whiteman (pianist), and Lord Bubba’s Nu Jazz Project. She also works with Toronto producer Byron Kent Wong on recordings by international artists such as Rossif Sutherland.

Her woodwinds are featured on the soundtrack of the movie “Poor Boy’s Game”, directed by Clément Virgo, starring Danny Glover and Rossif Sutherland. Elena is currently performing live in Toronto with her quintet and has recently released her second album with both original and standard repertoire.


About the Jazzworkz Concert Series

The Jazzworkz Series was created by producer Jack Broumpton, who said the concerts celebrate the expanding growth and influence of jazz music in the Sudbury community that began 25 years ago.

“Back in 1986, I wanted to raise the profile of the Jazz program at Huntington College and Laurentian University, so we invited award winning Canadian jazz artists to Sudbury to perform with local musicians,” said Broumpton. “That’s what we’re doing now, to raise the profile of jazz performance in the community.”

He added: “The series also allows us to support the Joan Mantle Music Trust. As a long-time music teacher, I recognize the importance of music in our schools and our community. The series will highlight the efforts of the Joan Mantle Music Trust and the great results it has produced to support music programs in Rainbow Schools.”

About the Joan Mantle Music Trust

The Joan Mantle Music Trust was established in the fall of 2008 to help refresh, modernize and revitalize school music programs in the Rainbow District School Board. 

The Joan Mantle Music Trust allocates funds to school music programs in Rainbow District School Board, one school at a time.  This ensures that there is a tangible improvement in the condition of equipment in an entire department, allowing for students to achieve more in their musical studies together.

Joan Mantle dedicated many years to music education in Rainbow Schools. She passed away on June 9, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer.

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Media Contacts:

Jack Broumpton

Producer, Jazzworkz Concert Series

705-869-1651

Ralph McIntosh

Chair, Joan Mantle Music Trust

Rainbow District School Board

705-523-3308, ext. 8250