Winner: Stingray Rising Star Contest, Halifax Jazz Festival, 2016
Winner: Grand Jazz Prize TD, Montreal International Jazz Festival, 2015
Winner: Best Artist (Public Choice Award), Rimouski Jazz Festival, 2011
With ties to both Montreal and Brooklyn, Quebec trumpeter and composer RACHEL THERRIEN is having an impressive impact on the North American jazz scene. With sold-out shows and a fourth CD due out this year, the Montreal Jazz Festival’s 2015 TD Grand Jazz Award-winning Therrien is an inspired bandleader whose diverse musical interests extend to Cuba and Colombia.