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We are so excited to showcase some of our Immersive Jazz Students in this years Ottawa Jazz Festival Home Grown Series.

Mike Manny and Jamie Holmes introduce:
Mason Kruger - Piano
Shawn Snider - Singer
Leslie Toope - Piano
Sylvia Flemming - Singer

Immersive Jazz Showcase at 10,000 Hours, where amateur jazz musicians take everything they’ve explored over the year during our Immersive Jazz Master Classes and bring it to life on stage. In our master classes, musicians step into the spotlight, performing jazz standards in real time with professional musicians who guide, challenge, and support them through the moment—just like playing in a working trio, on a real stage, in real conditions.

Now, the focus shifts from learning to living the music.

This showcase highlights students applying those experiences—listening, improvising, collaborating, and making musical decisions in the moment. Each performance reflects the growth that happens when musicians are given the space to experiment, take risks, and develop their own voice in an authentic jazz setting.

All instruments, all levels, all stories—coming together for an evening that captures what happens when education becomes experience, and experience becomes performance. See what it feels like to play like a pro, with the pros—now on stage, in full expression.