KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble – Final Performance at the Guelph Jazz Festival

Please join us on Saturday, September 14 at 3:00 PM (ET) for a public performance by the “KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble” at the Guelph Jazz Festival.

This performance will take place in person at TD Market Square, Downtown Guelph. The event is free and open to everybody.

More About This Event:

Since 2007, KidsAbility and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) have partnered to bring award-winning musicians to support youth with varying developmental and physical needs. Play Who You Are includes a FREE series of musical improvisation workshops which culminate in a FREE public performance at the Guelph Jazz Festival. The KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble will be facilitated by Ben Finley.

This year, the workshops take place on August 12th (info session), 14th, 19th, 21st, and September 4^th from 7-8 pm at ImprovLab, located on the University of Guelph Campus. The final culminating performance will take place at the Guelph Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 14th.

More About the Facilitator:

Ben Finley is an experienced collaborative and solo performer, composer, singer, improviser, and writer grounded in creative acoustic and electric bass playing. He leads and co-leads several ensembles and grew up on a music festival farm – Westben! He is a current Ph.D. candidate in the Critical Studies in Improvisation program at the University of Guelph.

The KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble will also be joined onstage by the IICSI Improvisers-in-Residence, Jimmy Weinstein (drums, piano, guitar, composer) and Lilly Santon (vocalist, visual arts).

For more information, and to register to participate in Play Who You Are, contact Taylor Graham at [email protected].