A Workshop Built for Adult Learners!
Welcome to JazzWire Canadian Summit (June 20-22, 2025), one of Canada's only adult jazz workshops for passionate players and students of all ages. Built for adults, our three day jazz camp features a renowned faculty of top-notch recording artists and players, who also happen to be great teachers.
JazzWire and Artistic Director Jeff Antoniuk has produced workshops and jazz camps for adult learners for over 25 years in the USA, and Jeff has brought his vision to Edmonton. Working with him and our faculty, you will have plenty of playing time in your small combo, in improvisation and instrument-specific master classes, and with various Guest Artists. Each evening, we'll host jam sessions & feature concerts for you to join.
Jeff Antoniuk, of Digging Deeper Jazz videos (check them out here), is Artistic Director and Head Educator for the Summit. He has hundreds of students in over 25 countries through JazzWire, and his free educational videos have been viewed on YouTube well over three million times. Jeff has been called “the best teacher I’ve ever had” by many students, and his warm and supportive style sets a light tone for the workshop. But don’t let that attitude fool you—we are serious about our learning too!
Our Faculty for 2025
Jean-Francois Picard
Jeff Antoniuk
Aretha Tillotson
Joel Gray
Chris Andrew
Biboye Onanuga
Jim Head
All Instruments
No matter what instrument you play, you can play small group jazz with us at the Summit! Sax or flute, trumpet or trombone, bass, piano, guitar or drums. We’ve even had viola, cello, mandolin and bassoon join us. We love working with music teachers, and all instruments are welcome!
Built For Adults
Kids get to have too much of the fun (!), which is why we built the JazzWire Canada Summit from the ground up for ADULT musicians. Aimed at our experience, ability and learning style, the Summit is one of the few workshops in the world to truly focus on the adult musician.
A Six Month Bonus
Every Summit attendee receives a FREE six-month subscription to JazzWire, our online platform. Work with hundreds of adult musicians around the world and over 25 different countries. A $300 USD value! You’ll work together for months BEFORE the workshop on the music, and you will keep getting input long after.
What We Do & How We Do It
The JazzWire Canadian Summit is expanded to THREE days of playing, learning, workshops, and a final jam session/concert! We have seven world-class faculty, and our learning environment is focused, intimate and effective. Most importantly, it is built from the ground up for ADULT musicians. We love kids, but we don’t work with them
- We have only 42 spots for the summit.
- Our playing happens in small groups of 8 or fewer musicians.
- Artistic Director Jeff Antoniuk groups you effectively and comfortably with players of your ability level (through JazzWire).
- On Sunday evening we will all perform at a Jam Session & Concert in a local restaurant, local TBA.
The moral of the story . . . don’t delay, these spots go fast!
This is the JazzWire Summit Experience!
JazzWire.net, our online platform is 100% integrated with The JazzWire Canadian Summit experience. JazzWire is home to over 250 adult amateur and semi-pro musicians like you, from around the world. These folks use JazzWire to learn, play, practice and progress together like never before.
ALL full-day participants who attend The Summit will become JazzWire members for six months FREE (a $300 USD value), so your experience at The JazzWire Summit will be more in-depth than you will get at ANY other workshop on earth. You will be working on the JazzWire Summit music for months before the workshop (and for months after), so everyone will be showing up with some homework already done. We’ll be ready to play!
A word from our Artist Director, Jeff Antoniuk:
The Canadian Summit & JazzWire:
The Most Forward-Thinking Jazz Workshop On Earth!
Over the past 20 years, what we hear most at the end of a workshop is “I wish I knew at the beginning of The Summit what I know now. I’d be so much further ahead!” We’ve taken that sentiment to heart, and have created an amazing wholistic experience that begins well before you arrive at the workshop, and continues long after.
JazzWire is an online, global community for adult jazz students, with hundreds of members from over 25 different counties. All musicians attending full days of the Canadian Summit are JazzWire members, so your experience with us is unlike that of any other camp or workshop in the world.
Once you join JazzWire, you’ll be able to spend the months leading up to the Canadian Summit digging deeper in to our music selections. You’ll be better prepared, more relaxed and confident, and you’ll have met ALL of your Summit workshop peers in advance. JazzWire is a subscription platform, at $50 USD/mo, and you get six months free
JazzWire Canadian Summit Tuition
Regular Participant: (June 20 - 22, 2025)
$749.00 CAD
AUDITOR Tuition, per day
$225.00 CAD
Multi-Summit Discount
10% off when signing up for two or more upcoming Summit Workshops. Contact Us for more information.
Discounts
Siblings, husband and wife, parent and child may each receive a 10% discount on their respective tuition amounts.
- For cancellations before May 1, 2025, there is a refund of $350CAD.
- For cancellations between May 1 and June 1, 2025, there is a refund of $200CAD
- Cancellations after June 1, 2025 will not be refunded.
Workshop Location
Allard Hall, Department of Music
MacEwan University
11110-104 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB T5K 1M9, Canada
We are excited to be hosted by one of western Canada's premier music schools, MacEwan University. Allard Hall is an incredible new facility with state of the art technology and comfortable surroundings. We are very grateful to MacEwan University, the Dean of Fine Arts and Communications, and Department Chair Raymond Baril for their support of the JazzWire Canadian Summit.
Summit Auditors
Auditing is a great option for beginner players, those less confident in their skills, or players not able to attend all days of The Summit. JazzWire Summit Auditors may attend for one, two, or all three days of camp.
Auditors enjoy all of The Summit classes and electives, masterclasses and lectures. The difference is that auditors are just that - auditing but not playing in the small groups.
Workshop Accommodations
Out of town participants are able to stay at the MacEwan University Residences, just steps from Allard hall. These are modern and comfortable hotel room/residences. There is a small number available on a first-come, first-served basis. Other hotels are nearby as well.
Please write them at stay@macewan.ca to book.
Single Queen - Hotel Room $94.50 per night + tax (CAD) 1 queen bed (2 people max occupancy)
Double Queen - Hotel Room $94.50 per night + tax (CAD) 2 queen bed (4 people max occupancy)
Two Bedroom - Deluxe Suite $131.36 per night + tax (CAD) 2 queen bed (4 people max occupancy)