Afternoon Jazz Concert
"Music and Meditation: Improvisation, Lament, and the Practice of Resistance"
Peter Woods and Nick Gummeson (Field Notes Collective) lead a participatory workshop exploring jazz improvisation as a practice of listening, lament, and faithful resistance. Through music, reflection, and a shortened “Music and Meditation” experience developed at MacKay United Church, participants will encounter improvisation as a model for communal discernment, creativity, and courageous spiritual practice.
Peter Woods (saxophone) and Nick Gummeson (piano and voice) collaborate as part of the Field Notes Collective, an Ottawa-based musical project rooted in improvisation, storytelling, and community engagement. Their work blends jazz, folk, and hymn traditions and has grown from the ongoing “Music and Meditation” gatherings hosted at MacKay United Church. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/annual-theology-conference-october-19-20-2026-2-day-conference-registration-1989334457915
Jazz duo performance in the Rideau Club bar. Peter Woods (sax), Ramel Bautista (guitar)
The Rideau Club: Burgers, Beer and Jazz
The Rideau Club, 99 Bank St. 15th Floor , Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 6B9
Jazz duo performance. Peter Woods (sax), Nick Gummeson (keyboard)
Gigs
Afternoon Jazz Concert
"Music and Meditation: Improvisation, Lament, and the Practice of Resistance"
Peter Woods and Nick Gummeson (Field Notes Collective) lead a participatory workshop exploring jazz improvisation as a practice of listening, lament, and faithful resistance. Through music, reflection, and a shortened “Music and Meditation” experience developed at MacKay United Church, participants will encounter improvisation as a model for communal discernment, creativity, and courageous spiritual practice.
Peter Woods (saxophone) and Nick Gummeson (piano and voice) collaborate as part of the Field Notes Collective, an Ottawa-based musical project rooted in improvisation, storytelling, and community engagement. Their work blends jazz, folk, and hymn traditions and has grown from the ongoing “Music and Meditation” gatherings hosted at MacKay United Church. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/annual-theology-conference-october-19-20-2026-2-day-conference-registration-1989334457915
Jazz duo performance in the Rideau Club bar. Peter Woods (sax), Ramel Bautista (guitar)
The Rideau Club: Burgers, Beer and Jazz
The Rideau Club, 99 Bank St. 15th Floor , Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 6B9
Jazz duo performance. Peter Woods (sax), Nick Gummeson (keyboard)
