Brian O'Kane
Brian O'Kane
Brian O’Kane is the Head of the Brass Department at Humber College in Toronto is a regular member of Brian O’Kane has performed and recorded with groups including the Rob McConnell Tentet, The Boss Brass, and is a member of John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Jazz Orchestra, Hilario Duran’s Latin Jazz Big Band, the Barry Elmes Quintet, as well as leading his own small groups. He has also performed at many jazz festivals across Canada and abroad. Brian has backed up a lengthy list of international artists including Paul Anka, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra Jr., Diana Krall, and has appeared on many theatre productions in Toronto, the Shaw Festival, and has played on numerous records/CDs, radio and television shows and commercial jingles.
Brian has also performed with classical ensembles including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Hannaford Street Silver Band, the Hamilton Philharmonic Brass Ensemble, and True North Brass. Along with being hired as the Head of the Brass Department at Toronto’s Humber College, he has been featured as an artist/clinician at various universities and colleges in Canada and has performed as a featured soloist at the International Trumpet Guild Conference.
