Bill Brennan

Bill Brennan's expertise as a pianist, percussionist, composer and producer can be heard on some 140 albums to date. His most recent album Kaleidoscope - Music for Mallet Instruments won the MusicNL award for Classical Album of the Year, and has been nominated for two ECMA awards. Bill has been musical director/composer for CBC's Vinyl Café, The Nature of Things and for numerous stage productions including Tada's Rock of Ages, Jersey Boys, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and The Little Mermaid (Theatre St. John's). Always in demand as a folk and jazz pianist, Bill performs regularly with his own projects. He has performed across North America and around the world: Indonesia, Austria, Germany, France, Japan, Norway, the Czech Republic, England, Scotland, Portugal and Switzerland. More than 35 years of relentless experience have garnered Bill a solid reputation as a player, composer and arranger of contemporary classical, jazz, folk and world music - always exploring, always open to new ideas. Geoff Chapman of the Toronto Star says: "Brennan ... is a central figure in this country's music." Upcoming is a new album of original songs with his long-time collaborator Andrea Koziol.