{"id":72149,"date":"2020-12-09T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=72149"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:38:39","slug":"petr-cancura-artist-in-residence","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/petr-cancura-artist-in-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Petr Cancura Named Artist-in-Residence for Carleton’s Music Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Carleton University\u2019s School for Studies in Art and Culture<\/a> is pleased to announce that genre-defying multi-instrumentalist Petr Cancura<\/a> will be the artist-in-residence in Carleton\u2019s Music Program<\/a> for the winter 2021 semester. Cancura previously served as the program\u2019s artist-in-residence from 2015-2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist-in-Residence Petr Cancura (Photo courtesy of Petr Cancura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Born in the Czech Republic to a family of musicians, Cancura is a graduate of Carleton University\u2019s Bachelor of Music program. After earning a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston, he lived in Brooklyn, New York for 10 years, cultivating many professional relationships and establishing himself as a leader in the field of creative music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now based in Ottawa, Cancura is the current program director of the Ottawa Jazz Festival. From 2015-2017, he was the musical director of the National Arts Center\u2019s Crossroads Series, reimagining the songs of current Canadian songwriters for an all-star jazz cast.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI was honoured to be asked to take on this role the first time, and exponentially honoured that I was asked back,\u201d says Cancura.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cI love teaching and I have a special connection to Carleton because I went there. I feel like it’s part of my family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Creative Process for Musicians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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As artist-in-residence, Cancura will offer private saxophone lessons to Bachelor of Music students, conduct masterclasses, direct Carleton\u2019s Jazz and Roots ensemble, and offer public concerts. He also will teach a new course titled, The Creative Process for Musicians<\/em>, that will explore the artistic and logistical challenges of taking a musical concept from idea to presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cWe’re going to be digging into a lot of skill sets. Everything from artistic composition, arranging, instrumentation, orchestration, all the way through to logistics,\u201d Cancura explains.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a guided course about being able to express an idea as fully, authentically and clearly as you had envisioned in your head.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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