From September 8 to 12, 2004,, the Guelph Jazz Festival (ON) will present many workshops and concerts. Several DAME artists will be featured in this year’s edition. On ,September 9, Joane Hétu will be one of the guest speakers at the “Improvising Women Singing” workshop, alongside Christine Duncan, Sainkho Namtchylak and Kate Hammett-Vaughan. That same day, Kate Hammett-Vaughan will perform with Ron Samworth and Bernard Falaise will play with the duo Barnyard Drama. The night ends with a Noma concert. On ,September 10,, the “Instruments, Voices, Narratives” workshop will feature Jean Derome, Joëlle Léandre, Anne Bourne and others. In the afternoon, {nbio:derome_je} and {nbio:hetu_jo} will give a Nous perçons les oreilles concert. Lastly, on ,September 11,, Joëlle Léandre and Les Projectionnistes will also give concerts.

Several artists from DAME will be in concert for the next Festival international de jazz de Montréal. Rouge ciel will be live ,July 1, 2004, at Montréal’s museum of contemporary arts, Marilyn Lerner ,July 2, at Gesù, L’Ensemble Pierre Labbé ,July 4,, Noma ,July 9, and The Unexpected ,July 10, will all play at Montréal’s museum of contemporary arts and last but not least Antoine Berthiaume will play live ,July 11, at the festival’s main stage in front of Place des Arts.

Tom Walsh and his Noma ensemble will tour Canada this summer. You will be able to catch them at Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville on May 23, Vancouver Jazz Festival (BC) on June 30, Jazz Festival Calgary (AB) on July 2, in Edmonton (AB) on July 4, at Festival international de jazz de Montréal (QC) on July 9 followed by St John’s Jazz Festival (NF) on July 10, and finally in Halifax (NS) on July 12, 2004. Also, don’t miss Tom Walsh’s second ensemble, Phat Hed, also on tour across Canada.

Tom Walsh and his Noma ensemble will be live on March 14, 2004 at O Patro Vys (Montréal).

Noma is Tom Walsh and his virtuosi companions, Alan Baculis, François Chauvette, Thom Gossage, Normand Guilbeault, Guy Kaye, Pierre Tanguay and Rainer Wiens. With a sharp sense of sequence and rhythm, Diversion will surely please everyone interested in jazz’s multiple avenues.