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Darcy Hepner
Since 2008 he has recorded and performed with Tom Wilson (musician) and LeE HARVeY OsMOND as both a woodwind player and conductor/arranger for his symphony shows which have included performances with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa.
In 2015, he collaborated with Canadian musician Ian Thomas as arranger and conductor to develop a concert for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. The music for the concert was used to produce Thomas's “Life In Song” recording.
Hepner taught at Berklee College of Music (Boston) 1985–89, and was founder and head of the Music Program at Selkirk College in Nelson, BC, 1989–96. From 2005 to 2020, he held the position of professor of music at Mohawk College, Hamilton. Discography (selected)
As Leader
The Darcy Hepner Jazz Orchestra
• Blues In Another Minute (Water Street 2010)
As Sideman
With The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
• The Morlochs and Other Pieces (FMP/Free Music Production 1993)
With Larry Carlton
• Plays the Sound of Philadelphia (335 2010)
With Andy Middleton
• Reinventing the World (Intuition 2003)
With Ian Thomas
• A Life In Song (Universal Music 2016)
With Tom Wilson (LeE HARVeY OsMOND)
• A Quite Evil (Latent Recordings 2008)
• The Folk Sinner (Latent Recordings 2013)
• Beautiful Scars (Latent Recordings 2015)
• Symphonic Scars (TCW 2018)
• Mohawk (Latent Recordings 2019)