Join us on Sunday, May 7th at 4pm, where the spirit meets jazz. Featuring the Chris Berner Jazz Orchestra.
Christopher Berner is an Alberta-born, BC-based trumpet player, composer and arranger. He recently obtained a Master’s Degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Toronto (2022), and a Bachelor’s Degree from Capilano University (2018). Christopher has performed with and arranged music for jazz greats such as Maria Schneider, Bria Skonberg, Bobby Shew, Brad Turner, and Peter Bernstein, and performs regularly as a freelancer in the Lower Mainland. As a composer, his music has been presented at the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC) Symposia in Colorado (2019) and Texas (2022). Christopher has studied trumpet with Brad Turner, Chase Sanborn, John MacLeod, Johnny Summers, and Gareth Jones, and composition and arranging with Fred Stride, Terry Promane, and John Korsrud. In 2019, 2021, and 2022 Christopher was selected to participate in the Hard Rubber Orchestra Reading Session for Emerging Composers.
Band:
Christopher Berner – director
Mo Miao – alto saxophone (lead)
Adam Kyle – alto saxophone
John Nicholson – tenor saxophone
Tristan Martinuson – tenor saxophone
Sofia Avelino – baritone saxophone
Michael Kim – trumpet (lead)
John Korsrud – trumpet
Thomas Houlden – trumpet
RJ Abella – trumpet
Greg Dent – trombone (lead)
Casey Thomas-Burns – trombone
Hayley Bennett – trombone
George McNally – bass trombone
Seb Chamney – guitar
Rick Son – piano
Marcus Abramzik – bass
Clem Pytel – drums
