The Teri Parker Quintet is an instrumental ensemble that performs jazz standards and Parker’s original compositions. Teri’s music is influenced by her love of bebop, contemporary jazz and creative rock music and her band features an all-star line up of Canada’s top jazz musicians.
Teri Parker (MA, BMus) is a jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader based in Toronto, Canada. Born into a musical family, Parker gravitated towards the rich history and creative possibilities of jazz while still in high school. She was accepted into the University of Toronto’s prestigious Jazz Studies program and in 2021 completed an MA in Composition at York University. In 2023, “Shaping The Invisible” will be her sophomore bandleader release.
An engaging, driven performer, Parker is a fixture on the Canadian jazz scene, and has performed in a variety of ensembles as both a sideperson and a bandleader. She has played at a number of major national festivals, including the Toronto Jazz Festival, the Halifax Jazz Festival, and the Guelph Jazz Festival, and is a regular at some of Canada’s most prominent jazz venues, including the National Music Center, The Rex, and Jazz Bistro, as well as live on air on JAZZ.91 FM. In demand as an educator, Parker has also worked regularly as a teacher and clinician, maintaining a popular private music studio, as well as appearing as an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
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Check out: “Billie’s Bounce” “Segment” “Saturn” after Erik Satie
This performance is part of the WOMEN IN JAZZ series, sponsored by DIVA INTERNATIONAL, makers of the Diva Cup.
