Jodi Proznick

Director, Jazz Studies; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS

Jodi Proznick, a distinguished Canadian jazz bassist, composer, and educator, was honored as the 2019 Jazz Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards and boasts three Juno Award nominations. Recognized for her impactful contributions to music education, she received the 2022 Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Award in British Columbia.

Proznick has collaborated with jazz luminaries like David “Fathead” Newman, Ed Thigpen, Sheila Jordan, and Peter Bernstein, and has performed as a jazz soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She currently serves as the Director of Jazz Studies at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music and has taught at renowned institutions like the Banff Centre for the Arts, Capilano University, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, where she continues to shape the future of jazz education.

In addition to leading her quartet, Proznick is the co-leader of both the Ostara Project and Triology. In 2022, she co-founded the Ostara Project, which earned a Juno nomination for its impactful debut album. She also won the 2022 Western Canadian Music Award for Instrumental Artist with the Jasmine Jazz Project. Proznick has shared the stage with international artists like Michael Bublé and Byron Stripling and has been featured on over 50 recordings as a sideman, solidifying her as a versatile and influential figure in Canadian jazz.