James Danderfer

Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post!

As I write today’s SMNP, I am sitting in McGill’s music library computer lab. In fact, this is where I’ve been spending most of my time these days as I busily compose New Orleans brass band inspired tunes for my upcoming masters recital, which will be held:

November 12th, 8pm @ Tanna Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University

We’ll be performing all new works by yours truly and featuring some very talented, young musicians,… dare I say,… some of the future faces of the Canadian Jazz scene thanks of course to my direction, tutelage and general molding of their musical minds.

Okay, that last part more…

Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post!

Yes, the McGill Jazz Orchestra III performed last Wednesday at McGill’s Tanna Hall, and the show was a success.

You may wonder what I, as director of the band, have to do during the concert besides count off the tunes.

Well, since my goal was to have the band play the music well by themselves (as opposed to relying on the director for cues/dynamics/rhythms, etc.) the end result was more…

Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post!!

I’ve tried a couple times to record a podcast worth listening to, two to be precise. Upon listening back to them however, I decided they were too boring to ever see the light of day. But readers, I’ve discovered the answer to this problem,… just don’t listen back to them!

So here’s me and my walk to the grocery store. Here are a couple links to some things I mentioned: more…

Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post!

Well, well, well,… looks like a lot of people missed the ol’ SMNP.

And by “a lot” I mean 3,… and by “missed” I mean “kinda noticed the absence of…”

That’s right, it took about 2 months but finally, a reader cried out with “Hey, are you still writing those,… what do you call them? SMNPs?”

ALRIGHT ALREADY!! I’LL CONTINUE WRITING MY NEWS POSTS! I CAN’T TAKE THE DESPERATE PLEADING ANYMORE.

Sure, some bloggers might see the lack of interest as a sign to pack it in, but hey, I’m a jazz clarinetist,… small audiences don’t faze me. more…