Bobby Rice (Composer/Arranger/Trumpeter/Educator/Pianist)
Bobby Rice is a Juno nominated composer/arranger/producer/trumpeter and currently leads one of the most exciting Latin jazz big bands in Canada, which regularly features the multi-Juno award winning Hilario Durán, along with many more of Canada’s finest jazz musicians (e.g., Phil Dwyer, Bill McBirnie, Al Kay, Ted Quinlan, Mark Kelso, Alex Dean, Kevin Turcotte, et al).
His new album X-Treme Latin Jazz (2015) is being released soon under the Addo Records label and has received a Juno nomination in the Jazz Album of the Year: Group category!
He is currently on faculty in the Humber College Music Program in Toronto and holds a Master of Arts degree in composition to complement his B.A in Jazz Studies and Humber College Music Diploma. He also taught for over five years in the Humber College Community Music School, where he taught private lessons in both trumpet and piano, along with leading award winning jazz and pop ensembles (his students ranged in age from 11 to 17). Additionally, he served as band director, music teacher, and private instructor at a private high school in Toronto as well.
Bobby has also received six grants (composition and recording) from the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council respectively.
His seven-piece Latin jazz group has performed in virtually every major jazz festival in Ontario. Bobby has also performed and/or recorded with the following artists: Shania Twain, Mary Wilson (Supremes), Frankie Vali, Frankie Avalon, the Drifters, Dick Clark, Bill Cosby, Joan Rivers, Louise Pitre, Robert Pilon, Colm Wilkinson, Michael Burgess, Jackie Richardson, Rich Little, Rik Emmett (Triumph), Jane Bunnett, Hiliario Durán, NOJO, George Oliver, George St. Kitts, Diego Marulanda & Pacande, Judy & David, and many more.
Bobby Rice is a Juno nominated composer/arranger/producer/trumpeter and currently leads one of the most exciting Latin jazz big bands in Canada, which regularly features the multi-Juno award winning Hilario Durán, along with many more of Canada’s finest jazz musicians (e.g., Phil Dwyer, Bill McBirnie, Al Kay, Ted Quinlan, Mark Kelso, Alex Dean, Kevin Turcotte, et al).
His new album X-Treme Latin Jazz (2015) is being released soon under the Addo Records label and has received a Juno nomination in the Jazz Album of the Year: Group category!
He is currently on faculty in the Humber College Music Program in Toronto and holds a Master of Arts degree in composition to complement his B.A in Jazz Studies and Humber College Music Diploma. He also taught for over five years in the Humber College Community Music School, where he taught private lessons in both trumpet and piano, along with leading award winning jazz and pop ensembles (his students ranged in age from 11 to 17). Additionally, he served as band director, music teacher, and private instructor at a private high school in Toronto as well.
Bobby has also received six grants (composition and recording) from the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council respectively.
His seven-piece Latin jazz group has performed in virtually every major jazz festival in Ontario. Bobby has also performed and/or recorded with the following artists: Shania Twain, Mary Wilson (Supremes), Frankie Vali, Frankie Avalon, the Drifters, Dick Clark, Bill Cosby, Joan Rivers, Louise Pitre, Robert Pilon, Colm Wilkinson, Michael Burgess, Jackie Richardson, Rich Little, Rik Emmett (Triumph), Jane Bunnett, Hiliario Durán, NOJO, George Oliver, George St. Kitts, Diego Marulanda & Pacande, Judy & David, and many more.
