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Threads of Fate 2:500:00/2:50
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Reaching Out 6:320:00/6:32
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0:00/7:27
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Augmented Reality 5:280:00/5:28
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0:00/4:35
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A Simple Magic 4:330:00/4:33
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Hey Bud 5:420:00/5:42
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Cereal and Eggs 6:440:00/6:44
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Nature Boy 4:400:00/4:40
NEWS:
Lost Baggage Musical Theatre is producing James McGowan's New Life - a Musical, September 23–26, 2026. See The Gladstone Theatre website for more information and links to buy tickets!
James McGowan Ensemble released Threads of Fate on May 22, 2026! Listen or purchase now.
In 2026, Collected Strands (improvised chamber music) released our third album VOLUME 3, at the DOMS613 concert series on January 28, 2026.
James McGowan Ensemble released Reaching Out on May 24, 2024, and Reaching In in 2023. Click here to check out and listen to both albums.
About
James McGowan is a pianist (jazz and classical), improviser, accompanist, composer/arranger, conductor, and music theorist.
He performs and records with groups including the James McGowan Ensemble (photo on left by Curtis Perry), Modasaurus, Collected Strands, Jesse Stewart, Rachel Beausoleil, cellist Cal McGowan, and many 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 and Song-to-Stage Camp, editor of the SMT Jazz-affiliated Jazz Theory Bibliography, member 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]
