MANITOBA HIGH SCHOOL BIG BAND WITH FRANÇOIS BOURASSA
SUNDAY, JUNE 27 • 2 PM
WEST END CULTURAL CENTRE
$20 ADV./$22 DOOR
Since 1985, when François Bourassa won the Montreal International Jazz Festival’s new talent competition, the pianist has recorded regularly and has toured festivals, clubs, and cultural centres across Canada and France. He has also performed in Mexico, the US, Asia and Europe. François has opened for luminaries such as Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, and Dave Brubeck. As a youth, Bourassa studied piano and composition. He holds a bachelor’s degree in performance from McGill University and a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston with Academic Honours and Distinction in Performance.
