Andrew Downing
Instructor, Double Bass
Hybrid Ensemble
Education
- MMus, University of Toronto
- BMus, University of Toronto
Biography
Andrew Downing is a Toronto-based instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. He plays primarily in the creative jazz scene in Canada, but also performs classical chamber music, improvised music, folk and roots music, and world music. His projects include MELODEON, a chamber ensemble that performs live music to silent films and OTTERVILLE, a quiet jazz ensemble for which he was nominated for a JUNO award in 2017. He performs regularly with Lina Allemano, Florian Hoefner, Nick Fraser, The Art of Time Ensemble and Patricia O'Callaghan. He has composed and arranged music for Ensemble Polaris, VC2, Ensemble Made In Canada, The Vancouver Bach Choir, The Queer Songbook Orchestra, and The Art of Time Ensemble.