Beach United Church is excited to present the multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Rebecca Hennessy for our final Jazz & Reflection concert of the season on Saturday, May 3rd at 4:30pm (after our Ecofair!), alongside Tania Gill on piano and Michael Herring on upright bass.
Join us for an afternoon of swinging jazz, along with a cash bar to celebrate the end of our season!
RSVP here (suggested minimum $15)
ABOUT REBECCA
Rebecca Hennessy is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. On February 7th, 2025, she released a live album recorded at the Jazz Room in Kitchener-Waterloo featuring her full-band, Makeshift Island. This live album follows two other vocal albums released since 2020,“Joy Will Find Us”, and “All The Little Things You Do”. All three albums feature wold-renowned guitarist Kevin Breit (Sisters Euclid/Norah Jones), Michael Herring (Juno nominated), Dave Clark and Tania Gill.
She has also performed and recorded with internationally recognized artists including Adele, Kevin Breit, Ron Sexsmith, Andy Kim, Owen Pallett, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Ab Baars and Ken Vandermark. She was the bandleader and trumpeter for Massey Hall’s Women’s Blues Revue (2013-2022) and in 2018, won the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Jazz Artist Award and was nominated for Montreal Jazz Festival Grand Prix de Jazz in 2016.
