Awards Gala Dinner and Dance

Friday, October 23


Grand Ballroom, Fort Garry Place

Entrance through the 1st floor of The Fort Garry Hotel
222 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0R3
Tel: (204) 942-8251
Fax: (204) 956-2351
Toll-free: 1-800-665-8083

Individual tickets:$75
Full Table (10 seats):$625

Dress Code

Black Tie Dress Recommended

Schedule

5:30pmReception
6:25pmWelcome & Introductions, Greeting from Government, Awards Presentations
7:30pmDinner
9:00pmEntertainment and Dance, Ron Paley Big Band

Awards Being Presented


Past Award Recipients


Entertainment and Dance

Ron Paley Big Band

Pianist, electric bassist, and composer, Ron Paley formed the Ron Paley Big Band in 1976 after playing with the big bands of Buddy Rich and Woody Herman, with whom he recorded two CD's and played on a Frank Sinatra album. He has recorded two big band albums, one trio album, and is completing work on a big band musical.

The big band has performed in concert with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and played a concert of "new music" sponsored by Winnipeg's new music concert organization "Groundswell". In 2002 Ron was commissioned by the Royal Canadian College of Organists to compose a work for choir and organ based on the text of Psalm 122. This was followed by a commission from the National Arts Centre to write a fanfare for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for the Royal Visit. In 2004 the big band performed and toured with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, playing jazz arrangements of songs by Rogers and Hart for "A Cinderella Story". In 2007 Ron was commissioned by the Winnipeg Singers to write a choral work using the text of 3 of Shakespeare's sonnets.

[Ron Paley Big Band]
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