Welcome to the Hamilton Music Collective!
Who we are:
The Hamilton Music Collective is a network of highly accomplished musicians, respected educators and experienced industry professionals dedicated to inspiring and growing audiences for jazz and its related forms in Hamilton. With the much acclaimed Darcy Hepner Jazz Orchestra and a comprehensive array of national and international guest artists, the Hamilton Music Collective advances a unique vision for the continued development of high quality music events in our community producing a year-round schedule of performance, education and lectures for audiences of all ages.
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Upcoming Shows
The Darcy Hepner Jazz Orchestra at the Corktown
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Monthly Wednesday Big Band Jazz Sessions commence again in the fall: September 29, 2010 - December 1st.
$15 at the door, $10 for students.
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A Tale Of Two Cities
Guest speaker: Bill Strickland
Nov. 30 at Hamilton Place Theatre
To view HMC's Powerpoint presentation featured at the event (PDF), click here.
HAMILTON'S MUSICAL MOVEMENT FOR 2010
Empowering Children Through Music
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An Instrument for Every Child is a music education initiative originated in Germany on offer within the framework of the European Culture Capital 2010 in the Ruhr region. The Hamilton Music Collective, in partnership with the Hamilton Philharmonic, is dedicated to bringing this exceptional program to Hamilton.
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Upcoming Events
HMC in the Community
Mohawk College Student Big Band to perform free concerts reaching over one thousand elementary school children in six Hamilton neighborhood hubs during May, 2009. Find Out More. Click here to view poster.
2009 AWARDS
TOURISM HAMILTON
2009 Event of the Year
(Portraits of Sound)
TOURISM HAMILTON
2009 Rookie of the Year
(Jazz @ The Corktown)
ALLEGRA PRINT, IMAGING HAMILTON
2009 FootPRINT Fund recipient
We proudly share the awards with our sponsors (listed below), the artists who participated in these projects and all the volunteers who worked so hard to make the events and our organization a success.
The exhibition 'Portraits of Sound' was featured at this year’s National Jazz Awards in Toronto.
Hamilton / New York: Portraits of Sound Exhibition
Photographs by Jimmy Katz
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For more photos of the exhibiton, please see the Gallery.
The Hamilton Music Collective gratefully acknowledges the support of the many individuals, organizations and sponsors who have made this program possible.
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