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​The Underground Spring Swing Thing
Please join us on Tuesday, March 14th at 7pm in the RDPC Cafeteria for the Underground Spring Swing Thing, as our Jazz Ensembles and Vocal Jazz perform locally before we depart for the Brandon Jazz Festival.

Tickets are $5 for adults & $3 for non-performing students. Coffee, tea and dessert will be served with the price of admission. Seating is limited, but tickets are available for sale in advance at the RDPC Band Office during school hours.

Click Here for our Concert Program.

R.D. Parker Adrenaline Jazz

​Click Here for the Adrenaline Jazz Band Course Outline.
Click Here for Jazz Band Listening Logs​ forms.

Thompson Music Parents AGM Letter
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Recording Links

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Black and Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley
Black and Tan Fantasy by the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Jack the Bear - Duke Ellington Orchestra
​Jack the Bear - Newark Academy Jazz at Essentially Ellington

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Mr. P.C. - arr. Terry White
Mr. P.C. by the John Coltrane Quartet
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Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise - arr. Dave Rivello
Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise - Live @ UMFM

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Just Friends - arr. Scott Ragsdale
Just Friends by Chet Baker 
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Not My Problem - Mike Dana
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This 'n' That - Maria Schneider

Important Dates - 2022/2023

September 22nd, 2022
         Thompson Music Parents AGM - Virtual Meeting at the RDPC Band Room
December 14th, 2022 
         Winter Choral & Jazz Concert - Letkemann Theatre @ 7pm
March 14th, 2023 
         the Underground Spring Swing Thing - RDPC Cafeteria @ 7pm
March 16th -19th, 2023 
         The Brandon Jazz Festival - Brandon University
April 14th - 20th, 2023
         Senior Music Tour to Cantando Music Festival - Edmonton, AB
June 5th, 2023 
         38th Annual Cabaret - Letkemann Theatre @ 7pm