On Thursday and Friday, the renowned jazz musician will perform at the in downtown Toronto with the members of his critically acclaimed group, the Barry Elmes Quintet. The performance celebrates the group's 20th anniversary and marks the of their newest CD REDSHIFT

This is the group鈥檚 first new release in a decade. REDSHIFT features聽nine songs, including聽seven new compositions by Elmes, a Wayne Shorter composition plus an arrangement of a traditional hymn.

Right: Barry Elmes

The music is performed by the quintet鈥檚 regular members, a who鈥檚 who of the best jazz artists from Canada, including聽Elmes' colleagues from 91亚色's Department of Music,聽faculty members Mike Murley聽on tenor saxophone and Kevin Turcotte聽on trumpet and聽flugelhorn, Reg Schwager聽on guitar, Steve Wallace聽on bass,聽Elmes聽on drums and special guest artists聽91亚色 faculty member Kelly Jefferson聽on flute and聽tenor saxophone, and Vanessa Rodrigues聽 on the Hammond organ.

The CD's title REDSHIFT harkens back to Elmes' love of reading and fascination with聽astronomy. "Composed in honour of the astronomer Edwin Hubble and his associates whose work in the early 1900s provided convincing evidence that there are galaxies other than our own and that the universe is indeed expanding," says Elmes. "Photographing the light of stars in distant galaxies Hubble measured the spectral shift toward the red end of the spectrum, or the 'redshift'. The bigger the redshift, the faster the galaxy is speeding away from us.

"Hubble's聽work also provided a practical demonstration of the relationship between time and distance in space and offered substantial evidence for the Big Bang Theory," says Elmes. "Or put another way, I still experience a sense of wonder when I look up at stars in the sky knowing that everything I see happened a long time ago."

Elmes聽has played and/or recorded with many renowned jazz artists including: Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Haden, Hank Crawford, Diana Krall, Joe Henderson, John Abercrombie, Oliver Jones, Phil Nimmons, Dizzy Gillespie and the Moe Koffman Quintet.

His discography includes four previous recordings by the Barry Elmes Quintet (two-time winner of Acoustic Jazz Group of the Year), and recordings by the contemporary jazz quartet Time Warp, which he co-founded and co-leads with 91亚色 music聽Professor Al Henderson. His honours include five Jazz Report Awards, two of which are for Jazz Musician of the Year.

In 1992, Elmes represented Canada with Time Warp at the聽Venezuela International Jazz Festival and was featured with the Oliver Jones Trio on the Governor-General's Tour of China, Japan and Korea in 1994. In 1996 he performed in Brazil and toured South Africa with the Canadian Jazz Giants. He toured Chile in 2000 with the Barry Elmes Quintet, and celebrated the ensemble鈥檚 10th anniversary with a cross-Canada tour in 2001. He presides over the independent jazz label, , and performs frequently at major festivals and jazz clubs.

The performances at the Rex begin at 9:30pm on Thursday and 9:45pm on Friday. There聽is a cover charge of $9 on Thursday and $10 on Friday.

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Latin American Artists in Toronto: Immigrants and Artists at Work, the second seminar on issues related to immigrants and the arts, will feature three panellists.

The seminar will take place Tuesday, March 23, from 12:30 to 2pm,聽in the fifth floor聽Conference Centre聽of the 91亚色 Research Tower, Keele campus.

91亚色 environmental studies Professor Deborah Barndt, co-ordinator of the Community Arts Practice (CAP) Certificate at 91亚色, will moderate the panel discussion along with 91亚色 sociology Professor Luin Goldring (right), a Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean (CERLAC) Fellow.

Rodrigo Barreda, secretary of the Latin American Canadian Art Projects Board of Directors; 91亚色 fine arts cultural studies Professor Alberto Guevara; and Elia Mayahuel Tecozautla (MA 鈥�09), a 91亚色 dance alumna, will be the panellists who reflect on their work as artists in Canada.

Among the topics they will discuss are:

• challenges faced by Latin American artists working in the arts sector
• how artists negotiate their identities in their artistic production processes
• the role of funding bodies and gallery practices in shaping 鈥渋mmigrant art鈥�
• how artists develop an aesthetic in the context of Canadian multicultural policy
• contrasts between artistic production cultures 鈥渉ere鈥� and 鈥渢here鈥�

The seminar is free and open to everyone. It is presented by CERIS, CAP and 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean.

RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call 416-946-3110.

CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre is a research knowledge creation and transfer network that focuses on the resettlement and integration of immigrants and refugees in Ontario. The centre is a collaboration between 91亚色, the University of Toronto and Ryerson University.

The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) is an interdisciplinary research unit concerned with the economic development, political and social organization, and cultural contributions of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Centre works to build academic and cultural links between these regions and Canada; to inform researchers, policy advisors, and the public on matters concerning the regions; and to assist in the development of research and teaching institutions that directly benefit the peoples of the regions.

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