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Jennifer's musical exploration has covered vast territory. She is a multi-instrumentalist with a musical family that includes bass guitar, cello, kamel n'goni, various percussion, found and made objects, flutes and sample-based sequencing. She has performed and recorded in projects ranging from funk to folk, rock to reggae, music influenced by traditions of Africa and Celtic cultures as well as experimental projects that can draw few comparisons.
Jennifer has composed and recorded for film, video, dance, theatre and multimedia projects. She has toured internationally and appeared in nationally broadcast music videos and on various local and national television shows. Her main group projects are currently improv trio Triune, world groove band The Bhadra Collective and reggae-ska band Random Order . She occasionally accompanies celtic fiddler Eric Nagler and singer-songwriter Peter J Slack on fretless bass and cello. Slowly, but surely, cello-didgeridoo duo Dreamfire with William Pipher are working toward recording their unique sound.
Besides the aforementioned, she has either recorded, performed and/or toured with: Brazen Crush, Amy Campbell, Kelly and the Kellygirls , Roach Motel, Amer Diab , Yala , Evalyn Parry , The Wetspots, Pam Gerrand, Tucker Finn, Lyndell Montgomery , Dropdeadbeats, The Matriphiles, Women Ah Run Tings, Myk Gordon, Tamara Williamson, The Kitchen Sink Project, Meryn Cadell, Snowdogs, Amy Fritz and The Nancy Sinatras.
A member of AIM Toronto (association of improvising musicians toronto)
Jen is an avid improviser who has performed as part of Toronto's longstanding Ambient Ping , provided live music for Tribal Dance Community , Nia classes and other events with Gary Diggins She creates soundscapes regularly for Kathleen Rea's Contact Dance Jams.
Coming back to the theatre after all those years since majoring in Drama at UofT, Jen created the sound design and music for Wild Dogs, a Nightwood Theatre production directed by Kelly Thornton.
For the full story visit this page of her website for Sound & Vision Design
