Rachel Therrien

$100/hour; Venmo: racheltherrien.finance@gmail.com, PayPal: racheltherrien.music@gmail.com.

Winner of the 2015 TD Grand Prize Jazz Award at the renowned Montreal International Jazz Festival, the 2016 Stingray Jazz Rising Star Award and nominated as Best Jazz Producer at the IMA’s 2018 Award, Rachel Therrien has shared stages with many world-class musicians in clubs, festivals and on television throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.  She holds a bachelor degree in jazz performance from the University of Montreal, a degree in arts management and a music certificate from Instituto Supérior de Arte (Havana, Cuba). In 2012 Therrien was selected to participate in the Banff Center Jazz and Creative Music workshop held by Dave Douglas and Vijay Iyer.

Rachel Therrien has published five albums as a soloist and has appeared as a sideperson with DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Claudio Roditi, Paquito D’Rivera, Lee Konitz, Ken Peplowski, the Latin Grammy winner Mariachi Flor de Toloache, Yacouba Sissoko, Geraldo Piloto, Michel Legrand, Pedrito Martinez, Julie Lamontagne, Benito Gonzales, Bryan Lynch, Carole Welsman, Nomadic Massive, Wesli Band, Tabou Combo, Skah Shah, Klimax, Orquesta Anacaona, Ron DiLauro, Elpidio Chappotin, Laurie Frink, John McNeil, Jonathan Finlayson, Clarence Penn, Ralph Alessi and many others.

 

Therrien is also a musician’s advocate. In 2013 she founded the Montreal Jazz Composers Series, bringing more than 200 musician-composers from Canada and the US to showcase their original music during the Montreal Int’l Jazz Festival.