Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Bio/Research
I have performed and taught as an electric and double bassist in the Toronto music community since 2006. I regularly tour and record with artists from a variety of popular music genres across North America, but you can often find me performing jazz or jazz-adjacent music styles in southwestern On...
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Bio/Research
I have performed and taught as an electric and double bassist in the Toronto music community since 2006. I regularly tour and record with artists from a variety of popular music genres across North America, but you can often find me performing jazz or jazz-adjacent music styles in southwestern Ontario. I grew up outside of a small rural town southwest of London, Ont., and moved to Toronto to study jazz performance in the mid-2000s. After briefly living in New York, I moved back to Toronto in 2016 and since then, firmly rooted myself in the jazz and creative music community in
My bass playing can be heard on over 20 commercially released albums and I’ve released two albums under my name: Prologue (2018) and Square Peg (2020). Featuring a quartet and quintet respectively, my albums feature four terrific Toronto-based musicians and myself on bass and compositions. My music has been described as "sophisticated, yet accessible" (Ted Parkinson, WholeNote Magazine) and my most recent album was described as "a highly persuasive mix of forward-thinking original music" (Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen). I’m currently working on my next record which is slated to be released in 2026.
As a supporting musician, I can regularly be found performing alongside fellow Toronto artists Barbra Lica, Sammy Jackson and Matt Dusk. Versatility on both electric and double bass has given me the opportunity to record and perform with a variety of other Canadian jazz artists over my career including Kellylee Evans, Joanna Majoko, Teri Parker, Jesse Ryan, Jake Koffman and the Toronto Jazz Orchestra.
Aside from teaching at Wilfrid Laurier University, I am also on faculty as the bass instructor at National Music Camp and Mayfield Secondary School for the Arts.
Award/Achievements:
- 2021 JUNO Award Vocal Jazz Album of the Year - Bassist (Sammy Jackson / With You)
- 2019 Emerging Jazz Artist of the Year Award (Toronto Jazz Festival)
- 2014 Grand Prix de Jazz (Montreal Jazz Festival / Pram Trio)
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My bass playing can be heard on over 20 commercially released albums and I’ve released two albums under my name: Prologue (2018) and Square Peg (2020). Featuring a quartet and quintet respectively, my albums feature four terrific Toronto-based musicians and myself on bass and compositions. My music has been described as "sophisticated, yet accessible" (Ted Parkinson, WholeNote Magazine) and my most recent album was described as "a highly persuasive mix of forward-thinking original music" (Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen). I’m currently working on my next record which is slated to be released in 2026.
As a supporting musician, I can regularly be found performing alongside fellow Toronto artists Barbra Lica, Sammy Jackson and Matt Dusk. Versatility on both electric and double bass has given me the opportunity to record and perform with a variety of other Canadian jazz artists over my career including Kellylee Evans, Joanna Majoko, Teri Parker, Jesse Ryan, Jake Koffman and the Toronto Jazz Orchestra.
Aside from teaching at Wilfrid Laurier University, I am also on faculty as the bass instructor at National Music Camp and Mayfield Secondary School for the Arts.
Award/Achievements:
- 2021 JUNO Award Vocal Jazz Album of the Year - Bassist (Sammy Jackson / With You)
- 2019 Emerging Jazz Artist of the Year Award (Toronto Jazz Festival)
- 2014 Grand Prix de Jazz (Montreal Jazz Festival / Pram Trio)
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