PROJECTS
SISTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA (website)
SJO brings together the top female jazz musicians in Vancouver in a powerhouse 18-woman ensemble. It's a straight-ahead jazz celebration that will entertain, move and educate big band jazz audiences, with a primary focus on the rich repertoire of women writers.
PORTEAU (website)
Porteau is the creation of Victoria Williams and Craig Stevenson. The Vancouver duo’s debut album Water’s Gate, released March 15th 2019, transports listeners to a world of pragmatic mysticism. Layers of lush vocals and washes of light, modulated guitar are the foundation of their songs. Pulling the record into diverse moods and through vivid textures, their sound weaves through folk-inspired passages, celestial soundscapes, and electronic flourishes. Ethereal and expansive, Water’s Gate is Porteau’s open space for experimentation, and carves a wave into their own unmapped styling.
https://www.porteaumusic.com/
SPINDLE! (website)
An exploration of storytelling through sound, Spindle! is a project to devour the senses. Spinning threads to pry into memory and story, Kria uses the likes of personal lyricism, compositional colour, and sonorous conversation to delve into a space between jazz and art music.
Kria Wall - compositions & voice
Katie Stewart - violin
Thad Bailey-Mai - trumpet
Madeleine Elkins - guitar
Thomas Hoeller - guitar
Sydney Tough - bass
Jamie Lee - drums
Conundrum: Drum solo & Duo Series
co·nun·drum
/kəˈnəndrəm/
A confusing and difficult problem or question. A question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle.
Conundrum is a new monthly concert series featuring 2 different drummers playing both solo then as a duo in an incredible acoustic space.
for more projects, visit @jamieplaysdrums on Instagram!
COMPOSITIONS / SCORING
BBC Planet Earth II RESCORING (JAN. 10th, 2021)