Trail & District Arts Council’s Jazz at the Griff Series presents
Rick Lingard Quartet
Streaming LIVE from The Griff on Thursday, April 14th at 7:30 pm (Virtual doors at 7:15)
Livestream tickets $15. Instructions for accessing the Livestream on show night are posted at the bottom of this page.
The Rick Lingard Quartet, features Rick Lingard as lead vocalist and saxophonist, Mike Rud on guitar, Tony Ferraro on drums, and Doug Stephenson on bass.
Previously the music director at Mt. Sentinel Secondary School, and an instructor at Selkirk, Rick Lingard now owns the Kootenay Music Academy (KMA) – a private music school offering music instruction as well as recording arts. Rick’s past bands include No Excuse, The Atlantics, Playmor Junction Big Band, Hornography and What It Is. Rick has assembled orchestras and directed the music for many musicals.
Mike Rud is a jazz guitarist, songwriter and Juno award-winner for his album “Notes on Montreal”, who has played with current jazz greats Peter Bernstein, Kenny Wheeler, Herb Ellis and Joey DeFrancesco. Rud has a master’s degree from McGill and studied privately in New York City with Jim Hall. He has taught at McGill, Western Washington, and Carleton universities, and is a music instructor at Selkirk College.
Tony Ferraro is a diverse, musical drummer who was Percussionist of the Year at Humber College in Toronto. He has played with Juno Award winning Idle Eyes, Classic Canadian rockers Trooper, The Spoons, Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, Elizabeth Shepherd, Michael Occhipinti, Melody Diachun, and Argentinian pianist Gabriel Palatchi. Tony’s passionate and intense performances are exciting to both hear and to watch.
Doug Stephenson has been an integral member of Western Canada’s music community for over thirty years. The Calgary native is a guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and producer who has performed with a wide range of artists including Charlie Rouse, Bob Murphy, Les McCann, Jay Thomas, John Stowell, Tommy Banks, P.J. Perry, Altered Laws, Barry Romberg, Bob Brough, Campbell Ryga, and Blues legend Big Miller.
Tickets are $15.00. Two 45 minute sets with a 15 minutes intermission. Other Jazz shows that will be Livestreamed: Fractal Jazz Quintet, Rick Lingard Quintet. Tickets can be purchased online or by phone (250-368-9669). Or visit our Box Office during our regular hours Monday to Friday 12-4 pm.
Our Jazz at the Griff Series is sponsored by McEwan Law. Our performances are made possible thanks to funding from the Government of British Columbia, Creative BC, BC Arts Council, BC Touring Council, and Canadian Heritage.
How to Access the Livestream Show:
1. Go to the Bailey Theatre’s ticketing website tickets.trail-arts.com
2. Click on ‘log in’ located in the upper right corner of the page
3. Log in by entering your user name and password. Your user name is your email address. If you don’t remember your password or have never set up a password, click thet password reset button. You will receive a password reset email from our system that will allow you to reset your password. This can take up to 30 minutes. You can also call us at the box office and we will send you a password reset email.
4. Click on the ‘Tickets for Upcoming Performances” box under the My Patron Services column. A new page will open with a list of your shows.
5. Find you Livestream show and click on the WATCH button.
6. This will take you to a black ‘screen’ . If the show hasn’t started, you will see a white stripe in the middle of the screen and a ‘starting soon’ message. If it is after 7:15 pm on show day, just press play and you’ll be able to see our Bailey Theatre slide show.
7. At 7:30 on show day, the performance will begin.
8. Sit back and enjoy the show!
Can’t see the Show? If The Bailey theatre is experiencing technical difficulties, we will send you an email immediately with information on what to expect next. We will send you another email when we have resolved the issue and the show has commenced.
If you have NOT received a ‘techncial difficulties’ email from us and you are still not able to see the show, call us at the Box Office 250-368-9669 or email us at info@trail-arts.com. On show night, our staff will be in the Box Office from 6:30 – 9:00 pm. to provide technical support. You can reach us at 250-368-9669.