About

As a very active freelance trombonist in Southern Ontario, I have worked with several orchestras and theatre companies, numerous pop and rock performers, chamber groups as well as my jazz experience.  Seth is also a director of the London Jazz Festival, chair of the Jazz Association of London Ontario, the musical director of the Thames Valley District School Board’s Honour Jazz Band and vice president of the London Musicians Association.

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Degrees:

Jazz Performance Master of Music from McGill (Studied arranging with Joe Sullivan)

Graduate work at University of Southern California (Studied composing with Shelly Berg and trombone with Bill Watrous)

Bachelor of Music Ed from Western University

Bachelor of Education from Western University

Additional Music Qualification from OISE

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Horns:

Olds Special c.1956

King 3B silversonic

Conn 88H

King 5B

King 3B valve trombone

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Awards: 

London Music Awards

     Best Jazz Group (5PGB)

     Best Tribute Act (Tim E and the Yes Men)

     Best High School Group (TVDSB Honour Jazz Band)

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Presenter

OMEA- Instrument repair 2024

OMEA - Working Together 2021

UWO MESA - Jazz Basics, Improvisation Help 2020

OMEA - Starting or Improving Your Jazz Band 2018

OMEA - Jazz in the Classroom 2016

OMEA - Instrument Repair 2010-2015

UWO MESA - Jazz in the Classroom 2016

UWO Faculty of Ed  - since 2017

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Initiator (or Co-Initiator):

TVDSB Honour Jazz Band - Started in 2009

A school board wide all-star Jazz ensemble 

Jazz Night in London - Started in 2017

a concert where elementary and secondary jazz bands perform

and raise money for a scholarship that shares the same name.

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London Jazz Festival - Started in 2024

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London Jazz Association - Started in 2024

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