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Brian O'Kane

Toronto free-lance trumpet player and Professor at Humber College in Toronto.

About Me

Brian O’Kane is the Head of the Brass Department at Humber College in Toronto is a regular member of John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Jazz Orchestra (Juno Award 2010), the Barry Elmes Quintet, and has performed and recorded with groups including the Rob McConnell Tentet, The Boss Brass, Hilario Duran’s Latin Jazz Big Band (Juno Award 2006), and the Bernie Senensky Quintet. He has also backed up a lengthy list of international artists including Paul Anka, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Diana Krall, and has appeared on numerous radio/television jingles and theatre productions as well as at jazz festivals across Canada and abroad. Brian has also performed with classical ensembles including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, True North Brass and the Hannaford Silver Street Band. In 2008 he was featured as an artist/clinician at the 33rd Annual International Trumpet Guild Conference held in Banff, Alberta.