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Reaching Out 6:320:00/6:32
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Augmented Reality 5:280:00/5:28
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Hey Bud 5:420:00/5:42
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Nature Boy 4:400:00/4:40
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Cereal and Eggs 6:440:00/6:44
NEWS:
Collected Strands (featuring Raphael Weinroth-Browne, Leah Roseman, James McGowan, and Mike Essoudry) is releasing a new album in July 2024, and offering two CD Release concerts at the NAC!
James McGowan Ensemble (as a quintet) performs a free show at the Ottawa Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 29, 2024. The full 14-piece JME released their new album Reaching Out on May 24, 2024. Check it out!
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About
James McGowan is a pianist (jazz and classical), improviser, accompanist, composer/arranger, conductor, music theorist, and faculty member at Carleton University.
He performs and records with groups including the James McGowan Ensemble (photo on left by Curtis Perry), Modasaurus, Collected Strands, Michael Curtis Hanna, Rachel Beausoleil, cellist Cal McGowan, and others.
Listen to James' interview on Conversations with Musicians by NACO violinist/podcast host Leah Roseman here.
Dr. McGowan is an award-winning educator and Associate Professor in the Music program at Carleton University, where he teaches composition, music theory, and musicianship, in addition to serving as the Supervisor of Performance Studies. He is the managing director of the Carleton Jazz Camp, editor of the SMTJazz-affiliated Jazz Theory Bibliography, president of the board of directors at Lotus Centre for Special Music Education, as well as instructor at CAMMAC Music Centre. [Picture shows James with Angelique Francis giving a songwriting workshop to students at Hillcrest High School. Photo by Jeannie Hunter]
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