Student combos perform regularly at a variety of local venues. Our听91社区 Jazz Orchestra 1 ensemble has travelled to France, England, Ireland, Mexico, throughout the United States and Canada and has performed with world-class jazz performers and composers, including: Slide Hampton, Jim McNeely, Joe Lovano, Danilo Perez, Adam Rogers and Dick Oatts. Our students perform听challenging new repertoire that embraces Canadian composers, traditional and contemporary jazz masterworks and music written by our own outstanding students.

As young, aspiring musicians, we studied and learned the music of countless Black jazz masters, from the origins to the present time. Their musical language has shaped us, their pursuit of excellence has been an example to us, and their music continues to inform and inspire us. We want to express our deep gratitude and reaffirm our admiration for this unique and powerful American art form, an art form that cannot be separated from Black people's historical and ongoing struggle in an oppressive and discriminatory society.

As jazz musicians, and more importantly, as human beings, we affirm our solidarity with the Black community, and we strongly oppose racism and discrimination of any kind. We decry any form of violence or brutality towards Black people in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. We acknowledge that there is still tremendous work to be done towards equity and justice, and commit to educate ourselves and support the advancement of Black people to the best of our ability.

We will endeavour to convey to our students, with the utmost passion, the immense body of work, boundless creativity, and indomitable spirit which is the legacy of those Black jazz musicians to whom we owe so much.

We reaffirm our dedication to a learning environment that is supportive, welcoming to all and committed to the pursuit of excellence.

Read Dean Ravenscroft鈥檚 Message on Diversity at Schulich (June 2020)

As members of the Schulich Jazz Community, we are bound together by a shared love of, and commitment to the great musical tradition of jazz and its spirit of openness and invention. Together, we embrace principles of inclusion, freedom of expression and mutual respect. We work together in a supportive environment where artistic directions are respected; where individuality and teamwork are both valued. As individuals and collectively, we strive to foster the qualities of empathy, generosity, tolerance, personal resilience and perseverance.