QUINCY BULLEN, Piano

15-year old pianist Quincy Bullen follows in the footsteps of his Juno Award winning musician father, Eddie Bullen. Quincy is the consummate performer.  He studies piano with his father and at the New Conservatory of Music. His talent and focus have earned him numerous music scholarships and awards. Quincy studies the performing arts in the Arts York Program at Unionville High School.
   
At the age of seven, Quincy performed at the Caribbean Sunfest Festival before an audience of approximately eight thousand. Since then, he has been wowing audiences with his jazz piano skills. He has performed at the Toronto Jazz Festival, Beaches International Jazz Festival, Partis Gras at the Toronto Distillery District, Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Collingwood Jazz & Blues Festival, Niagara Smooth Jazz Fest, the Mississauga Living Arts Centre and at various festivals in the Carribean.

During the past two years, Quincy has also embarked on an acting career which has yielded him several principal roles on stage, television and in film.

Quincy was recently profiled in the Pride News paper see the cover and read the article here.

Omar Gittens has been studying and performing as a drummer for the last 9 years. He has taken private drumming lessons in Barrie, Ontario with musical mentor Robin Munro and professional drummer Bruce Campbell, (who has studied under the direction of world-renowned drum teacher, Jim Blackley).

Omar is the drummer for the Innisdale Secondary School Stage Band (Jazz Band), Concert Band, Jazz Combo and Show Band, which received the Gold medal at the 2006 Georgian Bay Regional Musicfest (Ontario) in Collingwood. He has performed with the Innisdale Show and Stage Bands at The Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival in 2005 and 2006.   He plays locally in Barrie with The Mark Hathaway Trio, and is a regular sub for the Baytowne Big Band and the Barrie All-City Stage Band. .

Omar has performed with Quincy Bullen for the honourable Oscar Peterson at the African Canadian Achievement Awards in May 2006 and   at Toronto's Uptown Jazz festival at Mel Lastman Square, the Jerk and Jazz festival at Queen’s Park in Toronto, the Barbados on the Water festival at Harbourfront and at several other private and public functions.

Lucian  Gray is a 16 year old bass player who has been performing with and learning from many of the great Canadian musicians such as Alex Dean Colleen Allen, Molly Johnson, Jim Vivian, Pat Collins, Aaron Davis,   Geoff Young, Phil Dwyer, Frank Falco , Eddie Bullen, and his own father, trumpeter Charles Gray.

Lucian has won scholarships and awards from the Yamaha National Music Festivals, Harry Somers Foundation, Chiba Corporations International Peace by Music, Kincardine Summer Music Festival, Kiwanis Music Festival and from Humber College Community School.

He is a Principal Bassist for Claude Watson School for the Arts’ Chamber and Symphonic bands and also a Principal Guitarist for the same school’s Big Band. He  also enjoys playing Jazz and classical music on piano.

Lucian enjoys performing various areas of music from hard rock to free jazz to funk to classical. He has performed at several Jazz Festivals, the Rex and  Top of Senators jazz clubs, concert Halls, private and corporate events. Lucian has made an effort to help out and perform at many charity events such as Doctors Without Borders, People for Education, War Child and Bereaved Families of Ontario.

He is excited about playing as a part of the Quintessential Boys and is ready to make music to inspire himself and hopefully, everyone who hears them.