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Campbell Ryga

from Vancouver BC

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Campbell Ryga

Instruments: Saxophone details

Awards
2002 Jazz Saxophone Artist/Clinician for YAMAHA CANADA
2002 Juno Award nomination - Best Traditional Jazz Album
2000 THE ALTO SAXOPHONIST OF THE YEAR AWARD for the year 2000, The annual JAZZ REPORT AWARDS - Toronto Ontario
1998 JUNO AWARD - Best Mainstream Jazz Album - Hugh Fraser Quintet
1998 JUNO AWARD - Best Blues Album - Colin James
1997 Jazz Performer of the Year - West Coast Music Awards
1992-1993 Canada Council Arts B Grant recipient
1990 Jazz Performer of the Year - West Coast Music Awards
1990 GRAMMY Award nomination - VEJI Now
1989 JUNO Award nomination - Best Jazz Album
1988 JUNO AWARD - Best Jazz Album
1987 Winner - CBC/ALCAN Jazz Competition - Montreal Jazz Festival
1981-1984 Full Scholarship recipient - Banff Centre of Fine Arts
1979 Top Band Student Award - Summerland Secondary School
1978 Most Outstanding Jazz Student - New Westminster Jazz Festival
1977-1978 British Columbia Honour Jazz Band - Vancouver

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Past Events

Nov

2018

19:30

WestCoast Big Band Festival Headline Concert: Vancouver Groove Orchestra, The Ja...

Join us for the headline concert of the 4th Annual WestCoast Big Band Festival. ...

$20

Northwood United Church

Aug

2012

20:00

Campbell Ryga & Mark Eisenman: Playin' Favourites: Campbell Ryga, Mark Eisenman

Two "first call" jazz players on sax and piano collaborate in cross-country musi...

$20

The Cellar Restaurant/Jazz Club

Mar

2012

20:00 23:00

Ross Taggart Trio

Free

O'Doul's Restaurant and Bar

Mar

2012

20:00 23:00

Ross Taggart Trio

Free

O'Doul's Restaurant and Bar

Mar

2012

20:00 23:00

Ross Taggart Trio

Free

O'Doul's Restaurant and Bar

Jun

2011

21:00

Ross Taggart Trio

O'Doul's Restaurant and Bar

Mar

2011

20:00 22:00

Laudate Singers, Campbell Ryga, Ross Taggart, Tim Tsang

The versatile Laudate Singers joins forces with renowned jazz saxophonists Campb...

Free

St Andrews United Church

Jul

2009

17:30 20:30

Jazz in Bloom: Ross Taggart Trio, Oliver Gannon Quartet

$25

VanDusen Botanical Gardens

Jun

2009