The Engineering Jazz Band, also known as With Respect to Time, is a collection of engineering and non-engineering students who love to play jazz, funk, rock, swing and anything in between. From the Brian Stetzer Orchestra swing standard As Long as I’m Singing, to the funky back beat of Herbie Hancock’s Chameleon, WRTT has something for every one.
With Respect to Time is student run, student directed, and student played. All students are welcome. There are typically some graduate students and some students from other faculties who play in the band every term. There are no auditions; everyone is welcome. We are a laid back group of musicians who just want to have fun and blow our horns.
Stop by and say hi to us; we will be playing at Monte Carlo during Orientation week. We will have a sign up list there for anyone interested, or you can sign up during the first week of classes at www.engjazzband.ca.
What if you don’t play a “jazz band” instrument? THAT’S OK! We have regular flute players, and we have had clarinet players, tuba players, violin players, and someone even played bassoon in the band once. If you want to play, we will work together and make it work.
We play many gigs throughout the term. We always host a charity concert at the end of the term to raise money for a different charity each term. We are also known to play at grad balls in the graduation season, events for incoming students such as U @ Waterloo day, Canada Day, and many others.
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