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Jodi Proznick
Multi-award winning bassist, composer and educator Jodi Proznick has received many awards including the Western Canadian Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year, National Jazz Award for Bassist, Album and Acoustic Group of the Year, and two JUNO nominations for her CDs Foundations and Sun Songs. She has performed with many internationally recognized artists such as Michael Bublé, Phil Dwyer, George Coleman, Sheila Jordan, David “Fathead” Newman, Harold Mabern, Bill Henderson, and as has been featured on over 40 albums as bassist. Jodi is also a devoted teacher and is currently the Chair of the Jazz Department at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music and Artistic Director of the Summer Jazz Workshop and Girls’ Jazz Day. Previously, she was on the music faculty at Capilano University and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. In 2019/2020, she was the Manager of Education and Community Outreach for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She holds a BMus in Music Education (Jazz) from McGill University and a MEd in Art Education from Simon Fraser University.
Amanda Tosoff
is a British Columbia-raised pianist, composer, and educator based in Toronto with six albums to her credit. She has performed with internationally acclaimed artists such as Ingrid and Christine Jensen, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Chuck Israels, Phil Dwyer and many more. Amanda has received many awards, including the Montréal Jazz Festival Grand Prix de Jazz and the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award. Her recent album, Words, was nominated for a Juno award and was put forward for consideration for the Polaris Music Prize. In addition to performing and composing, Amanda is also a dedicated teacher. She teaches classes at Humber College and in her home and online studio, and workshops across the country, including the Sasktel Jazz Intensive in Saskatoon, the Courtenay Youth Music Camp, and the Canadian Jazz Summit at the University of Manitoba. She holds a BA in Jazz Performance from Capilano University and a Masters in Musicology (Music Theory) from the University of Toronto.
