Trevor Dick
Award-winning band leader, Trevor Dick, is a jazz/world/pop/classical crossover violinist and composer, whose style evokes the sound of Jean Luc Ponty, Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Mark Wood, Mark O’Connor, Jerry Goodman and Hugh Marsh all rolled into one. He also has a unique feather in his cap: he is the performer of The Weather Network “Local East Coast Back Beat” theme. Trevor has performed with or opened for such talent as Iona, Great Big Sea, Robin Mark, Carolyn Arends, Amanda Cook, Mike Janzen, Laila Biali and the Newsboys’ Paul Coleman and toured across North America, South America and Africa, both as a solo artist and with The Trevor Dick Band. Born in Nigeria to missionary parents, his father died in a car accident when he was 4-years-old, prompting his mother to return to Canada with her seven children. She was a musician herself and enrolled Trevor in violin and piano lessons at age 7. “The piano lasted a week, but I immediately took to the violin,” he says. He won local music competitions and later, at 15, toured as the youngest member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Soon, he turned his attention to pop-rock and jazz. “In the 80s, to the horror of my classical violin teacher, I began attaching a cheap contact pick-up with putty to my 180-year-old English made violin, ran through effects, to learn some Jean-Luc Ponty jazz-fusion tunes,” Trevor recalls. While earning a classical Music Performance degree at the University of Toronto with the goal to becoming a concert violinist, he was given 5-string custom blue electric violin by luthier Zoltan Ari and continued the exploring and improvising. As a composer, Trevor’s African roots seep into his writing, rhythmic playing, phrasing and choice of melody. “I love how music can transcend all cultural and language barriers and connect with others at a soul level,” he says. To date, Trevor has released six albums under his own name, the latest, “New World” under the group moniker, the Trevor Dick Band. For the past decade, he has also aligned himself with Compassion Canada, ShareWord Global and is the founder and Executive/Artistic director of the full sending mission organization for musicians and artists called Flyingbow. http://trevordickband.com http://trevordick.com/ http://flyingbow.com

The Tenors
The Tenors is an international vocal group made up of four incredible musicians: Victor Micallef, Clifton Murray, Alberto Urso and Mark Masri. They perform operatic pop music which is a mixture of classical and pop, with original songs and tributes that range from new songs like “Miracle” and “Christmas Miracle” to classics such as "The Prayer", "Nessun Dorma”, “Forever Young”, and "Hallelujah. The Tenors recently welcomed Grammy and Juno award nominee and international recording artist Mark Masri and the most celebrated new voice to emerge from Italy in a generation, winner of Italy’s most prominent TV competition “AMICI”, Alberto Urso. These two remarkable Tenors join Victor Micallef and Clifton Murray, who have been thrilling audiences around the world for over a decade with their powerful songs, outstanding harmonies, and undeniable charm. Their distinct sound, with 4 powerful voices again, reimagines iconic hits and blends classical music, contemporary pop, classic rock, folk, and inspired self-penned original songs. The award-winning and multi-platinum selling band have achieved international success, performing thousands of live shows and hundreds of national and international TV appearances on five continents. The band's repertoire includes songs in English, French, Spanish, and Italian featuring both covers and original songs. http://tenorsmusic.com/