Join us for Jazz Vespers on Wednesday, May 15th at 7:00 PM. Jazz Vespers is an alternate worship experience that includes quiet, inspirational jazz performances, scripture readings and prayers. Refreshments and a social time will follow the service.
This Month: Our musicians will be Samantha Wilson and Andrew Jackson. Sam is a guitarist/composer from Halifax who blends her early love of finger-style acoustic guitar with her love of jazz music to create an original voice on her instrument. She has released four recording projects to date that have received East Coast Music Award nominations. She won Music Nova Scotia’s Jazz Album of the Year with Andrew Jackson for their album New Doors and her solo album Into a Heart, won Jazz Album of the Year in 2022. As an emerging composer, focused on creating instrumental music for improvisers, Sam has been commissioned to compose several pieces, one of which was performed by Symphony Nova Scotia. Sam has a Bachelor of Music Degree from St. F.X University.
Andrew Jackson, is an acclaimed trombonist and composer based in Halifax whose versatility and unique sound has won him Music Nova Scotia’s Musician of the Year award last year. He is an artist constantly exploring new sounds and busy playing with many of the premiere artists in Halifax and beyond, spanning a variety of styles, He and long time collaborator Jerry Granelli won a Juno nomination and an East Coast Music Award for their album “What I Hear Now”. Andrew has been the Artistic Director for the Halifax Jazz Festival and has also been the creator and host of “The Outer Edge” on CKDU 88.1FM, which won last year’s media Arts Award.
Here’s what people are saying about Jazz Vespers:
“The Jazz Vespers service provided me with a reflective and pensive moment, finding meaning and purpose in myself, connecting more closely with God and others.” -Dahrl
“In a time of global distress and individual uneasiness, to say nothing of the pressures of “too many things to do and too little time”, the Vespers hour provided a quiet and healing retreat where life was reduced to thoughts of remembrance of the past, reassessment of the present and refreshment for the future.” -Gisela
The Greg Ritchie Trio, Jan 2024
Hope you can join us & bring your friends!
For previous services, check out our YouTube channel: Click here!
For more information or if you’d like to become involved, please contact: Neil Ritchie. neil.ritchie@invictahealth.com
