2024 Honens Festival: Bison Noir

Centenary in Blue with WindSync

Musicians who, “play many idioms authoritatively, elegantly, with adroit technique, and with great fun” (All About the Arts).

Put away classical music concert traditions, pull up a chair, and enjoy a beer and some nosh, while award-winning wind quintet WindSync and Honens Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker take you out for a night in Birdland with a Jazz Age inspired program. In addition to works by Gershwin and the ever-sarcastic Poulenc, enjoy the Calgary premieres of three works— Miguel del Aguila’s Sambeada, Nicky Sohn’s A Night at Birdland, and in celebration of its 100th year, Reinhard Gutschy’s arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for piano and wind quintet.

With a mix of jazz, blues, and contemporary, all performed by Jackie Parker and the vibrant and versatile musicians of WindSync, this edition of Bison Noir is one you won’t soon forget.

This event is 18+

Presented by: Honens

Genre: Keyboard