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Dr. Jared Burrows is a guitarist, composer, and educator in Vancouver, BC, Canada. His music draws upon jazz, free improvisation, and European concert music, and is influenced by his work with traditional musicians from China, Ghana, Indian, and Iran. Jared's musical life is centered on long-term collaborations and explorations with brilliant musicians from diverse traditions including: Curtis Andrews, Clyde Reed, Amir Eslami, Len Aruliah, Kenton Loewen, Nick Peck, Joe Poole, Vidyasagar Vankayala, Bruce Freedman, Dave Robbins, Brad Muirhead, Francois Houle, Blaine Wikjord, Lorne Kellett, Al Johnston, Kofi Gbolonyo, and Joe Sorbara. He teaches at Capilano University.

Recent career highlights include several concerts and recordings with legendary Los Angeles reed player, Vinny Golia. As a part of Curtis Andrews' projects, Jared has been fortunate to tour and record with renowned carnatic musicians, Flute Raman, and mrdangam maestro, Sri Trichy Sankaran.

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Dr. Jared Burrows is a guitarist, composer, and educator in Vancouver, BC, Canada. His music draws upon jazz, free improvisation, and European concert music, and is influenced by his work with traditional musicians from China, Ghana, Indian, and Iran. Jared's musical life is centered on long-term collaborations and explorations with brilliant musicians from diverse traditions including: Curtis Andrews, Clyde Reed, Amir Eslami, Len Aruliah, Kenton Loewen, Nick Peck, Joe Poole, Vidyasagar Vankayala, Bruce Freedman, Dave Robbins, Brad Muirhead, Francois Houle, Blaine Wikjord, Lorne Kellett, Al Johnston, Kofi Gbolonyo, and Joe Sorbara. Recent career highlights include several concerts and recordings with with legendary Los Angeles reed player, Vinny Golia. As a part of Curtis Andrews' projects, Jared has been fortunate to tour and record with renowned carnatic musicians, Flute Raman, and mrdangam maestro, Sri Trichy Sankaran.

Jared has been an instructor at Capilano University since 2008. He teaches improvisation, small ensembles, vocal arranging, and conducting as well as directing the renowned new music group, Narwhal. Jared is the founder and director of the Vancouver Jazz History Archive, an online resource with over 1000 items including photos, posters, and other emphemera related to the Vancouver jazz scene. Past teaching appointments include Douglas College, Simon Fraser University, Stanford Jazz Workshop, and Delta Community Music School. Jared is co-founder of the South Delta Jazz Workshop and has been curator of the weekly Jazz at Presentation House Studio series since 2009.

Burrows completed his Ph.D. in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University in 2004. His writing and research work address social models of cognition related to free improvisation, the teaching of improvisation, and Sufi and Taoist philosophies applied to performance practice and education. He has been fortunate to have a long and productive musical and academic partnership with improvising bassist and economic historian, Dr. Clyde Reed. Jared received his Master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon where he was fortunate to study and work with the great Steve Owen, a wonderful musician, mentor and teacher. He has studied improvisation with Gary Versace, guitar with Ihor Kukurudza, and composition with Rudolph Komorous, David MacIntyre, Martin Gotfrit, David Crumb, and Robert Kyr.

Jared has served for long periods on many non-profit boards including Vancouver Independent Music Centre, Nunya Music Academy, and Fraser MacPherson Scholarship Fund. In what little remains of his spare time he enjoys flyfishing, building very fine guitars and basses, and helping children in Ghana through the Nunya Music Academy.