Education

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B.Mus. 2014 (Honours)

Humber College, Toronto, Canada

International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, 2013

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

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Grants & Awards

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2021   Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of The Year (Sammy Jackson – With You)
2016   Toronto Arts Council Creation Grant, Autobahn Trio
2016   Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Jazz Artist Award Finalist
2016   Touring grant recipient, Canada Arts Council funding, Canadian Jazz
festival circuit, Autobahn Trio

2016   Recording grant recipient, Canada Council for the Arts, Autobahn Trio

2015   Travel grant recipient, Canada Council for the Arts funding, travel to Banff, Alberta

2014   Oscar Peterson Prize, Humber’s most prestigious music award
2012   Moe Koffman Universal Music Scholarship, Humber College
2011 & 2013   Gordon and Anne Wragg Humber Music Scholarship, Humber College

2011   Prince Edward County Jazz Festival Rising Young Star Award

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Experience

 

Freelance Musician (Drums) 2001 – Present

High-level performance/recording/gigging catalogue featuring various genres through professional engagements:

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Guest, substitute or project performances with: Kellylee Evans, Uri Caine, Phil Dwyer, Roberto Occhipinti, Rich Brown, Franky Rousseau, Kelly Jefferson, Nancy Walker, David Occhipinti, CBC Radio Q, JazzFM 2019 Jazz Lives Gala, Tara Kannangara, Jeff LaRochelle, PEC Jazz Festival, Port Hope Jazz Festival, TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Coastal Jazz, Toronto Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival (Grand Prix de Jazz Nomination), Halifax Jazz Festival (Stingray Rising Star Nomination), Westben Arts Festival Theatre, Lunenburg Academy of Music (NS), The Banff Centre (AB), Canadian Embassy (Washington, DC), Atina Jazz Festival (Italy), Sone (Japan), National Arts Centre (Ottawa), National Music Centre (Calgary), CBC Music Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Koerner Hall, NAC (Ottawa). Band Membership with: Autobahn Trio, Local Talent, Emily Rockarts, Sammy Jackson, BROS, Kellylee Evans, Jeff LaRochelle, Kalya Ramu.

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Dance Accompanist (Percussion), Ontario, Canada 2009 – Present

Musical improvisation for modern and contemporary dance classes at: Toronto Metropolitan University, National Ballet of Canada, Toronto Dance Theatre, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, George Brown College, Etobicoke School of the Arts, and the Quinte Ballet School of Canada.

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Drum and Music Instructor, Toronto, Ontario 2016 – Present
 

• Private lesson instructor at Upper Canada College, providing students with material that will guide them to improved musicianship

• Substitute teaching at Humber College B.Mus., Humber College Community Music

• Ensemble workshops at Humber College, the University of Toronto, 2015 Ottawa Jazz Festival Youth Summit