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Carl Berger
(baritone/bass)
carl@cadence-unplugged.com
Carl has been
involved in the Canadian music scene for over 20 years, and has been singing
a cappella since high school. After tours of duty with such groups as
the Toronto Orpheus Choir, York University’s Wibijazz’n’, and the all-male
a cappella outfit No Band Here, Carl decided to explore the “four-man
format” and co-founded the vocal band CADENCE. Carl is a graduate of Arts
York and the York University music program, where he earned his degree in
ethnomusicology and jazz piano under the tutelage of Phil Dwyer, Mike Murley
and Mark Eisenman. When he's not performing with Cadence, he maintains a
busy schedule teaching piano, guitar, voice and saxophone. Carl is
also an avid photographer.
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Aaron Jensen (tenor)
aaron@cadence-unplugged.com
Aaron is a multifaceted
vocalist, instrumentalist, composer, arranger, instructor, actor, and music
director. Over the years Aaron has sung in a variety of groups including
the eighty voice Amadeus Choir, the South African song and gumboot quartet
Dina Ledi, the renaissance octet Voci Strane, and the mixed a cappella
choir, WIBI, which he also currently directs. In the summer of 2006 his new
full length musical O.E.D. Dementia, Devotion and the Writing of the
Oxford English Dictionary was premiered at the E. A. Rawlinson Centre
for the Arts where it was met with critical and public acclaim. When not
singing with Cadence, Aaron keeps busy as a television voice artist, an
arranger and a life model. Over the years he has appeared in over thirty
plays and musicals. Aaron is a graduate of York University, where he
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Ross Lynde (tenor)
ross@cadence-unplugged.com
Ross has been
performing live since he was a teenager. He started out learning the guitar,
and quickly progressed to trumpet and piano while playing in different
groups, school productions, rock bands and recording projects. After a brief
hiatus from the music scene, Ross returned to study piano, vocal
improvisation, and world music with Casey Sokol and Trichy Sankaran. He
graduated from York University with a Music degree and a new job as second
tenor in CADENCE; having sung with Kevin and Carl in Wibijazz’n’ while at
York, it was a logical next step. Ross remains active in the Toronto
Rock’n’Roll scene playing guitar and piano with the original and Top-40 band
Shemp, and teaches guitar on the side.
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Kurt
Sampson
(bass/vocal percussion)
kurt@cadence-unplugged.com
Originally from
Charlottetown, PEI, Kurt musical endeavors began at the age of 11 with the
trombone, guitar, and singing, and
eventually moved on to include the bass, drums, and piano. At
17, he moved to Montreal to study jazz music at McGill University where he
majored in trombone performance and recently finished his master’s degree.
While in Montreal, Kurt had the opportunity to teach at the University,
directing one of McGill’s widely-acclaimed jazz orchestras. Some of his
other experiences include singing, beat-boxing, and directing vocal
ensembles such as Tonal Ecstasy, Voice Box and Ardesco. Having performed
across North America, Europe and the Caribbean, Kurt has gained experienced
in many musical disciplines. He’s also taken part in numerous festivals,
workshops and camps in Canada. In addition to his shows with Cadence, Kurt
continues playing trombone, arranging and composing music, contributing to
Canada’s jazz scene, and supporting all facets of music.
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