Sarah Jerrom: The Yeats Project

The Music Gallery presents
Sarah Jerrom: The Yeats Project
Part of the Jazz Avant series
supported by Toronto Downtown Jazz Special Projects

"Irish poetry meets chamber jazz"

$25 regular/$15 members/$20 in advance at musicgallery.org

This St. Patrick's Day, the Music Gallery provides a better alternative than nauseating green beer: the thought provoking and spiritually-minded Yeats Project, created by Sarah Jerrom.

The Yeats Project is a contemporary chamber jazz group with a folk-flavoured influence that features the poetry of William Butler Yeats.

Blending elements of jazz, improvisation and classical music, the Yeats Project presents the words of W.B. Yeats set to music in a completely unprecedented style and approach. This distinctive interpretation and the ensemble’s unique combination of instruments played by top-flight musicians makes the Yeats Project a rarity in terms of concept and sound.

With original music and arrangements by Sarah Jerrom, the featured poems reflect upon themes such as spirituality, life as an artist, death, defeat and love. The nonet is comprised of strings, woodwinds, brass and a traditional jazz rhythm section with vocalist Jerrom leading the ensemble.

Sarah Jerrom is a Toronto-based vocalist, composer, lyricist, and arranger whose music reflects a mix of eclectic and diverse influences. She is involved as a leader and collaborator in several improvising projects that include jazz, folk, roots, Irish, and creative music. Her 2007 CD release "Illuminations" has generated considerable attention for its originality and musicianship. Encompassing original compositions, jazz-inspired arrangements of contemporary songs and traditional jazz standards, "Illuminations" continues to receive widespread media attention and radio airplay locally, nationally, and internationally.

The church sanctuary of St. George The Martyr is the place to be for a more substantial bill of St. Patricks Day fare than you’re likely to find anywhere else.