SO excited for new album release on Sept. 23 on Sony Masterworks! Pre-order THIS Friday!! https://t.co/TBBGtEvgwu pic.twitter.com/FJCB6Bn5an— Bria Skonberg (@briaskonberg) July 27, 2016
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Bria Skonberg
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Bria Skonberg ....
Since moving to New York in in 2010 she has earned a Jazz Journalists’ Association nomination for “Up and Coming Jazz Artist of The Year” and has been included twice in DOWNBEAT Magazine’s Rising Star Critics‘ Poll. She has recently been honored with a New York Bistro Award for “Outstanding Jazz Artist” and swept the 2014 Hot House Jazz Magazine Awards in all categories nominated: Best Jazz Artist, Best Trumpet, Best Female Vocalist and Best Group for the Bria Skonberg Quartet. Since moving to New York she has headlined at major event spaces such as Symphony Space, Dizzy’s Coca Cola, the Iridium, Birdland and Cafe Carlyle.
She has been featured on jazz luminary Wycliffe Gordon’s projects and studied with Warren Vache. Best known for her knowledge of classic jazz and instigative nature, she is now creating an adventurous style rooted in New Orleans jazz and blues featuring mostly her original compositions. Her debut US release SO IS THE DAY (Random Act Records) peaked at #7 on the US National jazz charts; the 2014 follow up release INTO YOUR OWN features percussionist Mino Cinelu (Miles Davis, Weather Report). She has volunteered at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, is Co-Founder of the New York Hot Jazz Festival and a founding Director of the New York Hot Jazz Camp set to launch in 2016.
Her first professional gig was as a big band singer at age sixteen doubling on trumpet and she has since performed as a bandleader and guest artist at over 50 jazz festivals in North America, Europe, China and Japan. Bria is a graduate of Capilano University’s Jazz Degree Program and was featured in the 2010 Opening Ceremony of the Paralympics alongside Michael Kaeshammer with the Dal Richards Orchestra of which she was a member from 2006-2010.
Bria plays a Bach Stradivarius 43 trumpet and is a Bach/Conn-Selmer Artist. is a Bach/Conn-Selmer Artist.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Bria Skonberg/Victor Goines at The Jazz Standard November 12th "Nouvelle York"
On Wednesday, November 12th she makes her debut at The Jazz Standard leading a quintet that will feature jazz luminary and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra clarinetist/ saxophonist Victor Goines.
"I am very excited for this" says Skonberg, "The band is coming off a month of touring, and working on new material and honing our signature sound. I can't explain how much joy it gives me to work with these guys regularly, and I believe that comes through to the audience. Adding Victor to the mix will put it through the roof!"
Bria has a name for their signature sound: "Nouvelle York." The band will be harnessing the spirited beat of New Orleans and fusing it with a downtown New York jazz flavor. At the same time, she will stay true to the humble quirkiness of her hometown in Chilliwack, Canada, that boasted its own festival of hot jazz for 20+ years.
With 15 years of experience performing as a professional trumpeter and vocalist, Skonberg is at the helm of the newfound popularity of vintage jazz. She is putting her own spin on the music with full force, by including original songs and integrating electronic effects.
"The focus is not on re-creating but re-imagining the music," says Bria, "It's alive and needs to breathe. That's what the giants who created it believed and would have wanted."
Victor Goines is well known as a member of the LCJO and the Wynton Marsalis Septet. Goines first met Skonberg on the West Coast in 2004 and recorded on her first US release "So Is The Day" (Random Act Records 2012). This will be a reunion of the British Columbian trumpeter and the Crescent City reed master.
The Bria Skonberg Quartet consists of masterful pianist Dalton Ridenhour, drummer Darrian Douglas who spent five years with the Ellis Marsalis Quintet in New Orleans and her longtime conspirator Sean Cronin on bass and vocals.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Into Your Own - Random Act Records 2014
In 2013 she earned a Jazz Journalists’ Association nomination for “Up and Coming Jazz Artist of The Year” and is included in DOWNBEAT Magazine’s Rising Star Critics‘ Poll . She has recently been honored with a New York Bistro Award for “Outstanding Jazz Artist”. Her first professional gig was as a big band singer at age sixteen doubling on trumpet and she has since performed as a bandleader and guest artist at over 50 jazz festivals in North America, Europe, China and Japan. Since moving to New York in 2010 she has headlined at Symphony Space, Birdland, The Iridium, Dizzy's and Cafe Carlyle.
Best known for her knowledge of classic jazz and pursuit of worldwide adventure, she is now creating a style rooted in hot jazz, world percussion, soul, and electronic effects. Her debut US release SO IS THE DAY, peaked at #7 on the US National jazz charts; it features mostly original material and an all-star ensemble including John Pizzarelli, Victor Goines and Wycliffe Gordon. Released on Random Act Records, 10% of all proceeds go to support the Jazz Foundation of America.
She currently tours the world, headlining major clubs and festivals as well as programming music education workshops for all ages. She is an active volunteer at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens and co-producer of the New York Hot Jazz Festival.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
trumpeter/vocalist/ composer BRIA SKONBERG
In 2013 she earned a Jazz Journalists’ Association nomination for “Up and Coming Jazz Artist of The Year” and is included in DOWNBEAT Magazine’s Rising Star Critics‘ Poll . She has recently been honored with a New York Bistro Award for “Outstanding Jazz Artist”. Her first professional gig was as a big band singer at age sixteen doubling on trumpet and she has since performed as a bandleader and guest artist at over 50 jazz festivals in North America, Europe, China and Japan. Since moving to New York in 2010 she has headlined at Symphony Space, Birdland, The Iridium, Dizzy's and Cafe Carlyle.
She has been featured on Wycliffe Gordon’s projects, recording on the Louis Armstrong tribute “Hello Pops”, performing a Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie at Dizzy’s Jazz Club in New York and as a member of his big band. Bria focuses on innovating while honoring tradition: She has studied with Warren Vache, experimented with fuzz pedals and presented a gig fusing jazz and stand up comedy.
Best known for her knowledge of classic jazz and pursuit of worldwide adventure, she is now creating a style rooted in hot jazz, world percussion, soul, and electronic effects. Her debut US release SO IS THE DAY, peaked at #7 on the US National jazz charts; it features mostly original material and an all-star ensemble including John Pizzarelli, Victor Goines and Wycliffe Gordon. Released on Random Act Records, 10% of all proceeds go to support the Jazz Foundation of America.
She currently tours the world, headlining major clubs and festivals as well as programming music education workshops for all ages. She is an active volunteer at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens and co-producer of the New York Hot Jazz Festival.
Monday, March 24, 2014
A Great Jazz Event in March
Starring Bria Skonberg, the sensational young trumpeter and vocalist familiar to NJJS members and her quintet with special guest Tia Fuller, an outstanding alto saxophonist who has toured with Beyoncé and Esperanza Spalding.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Bria Skonberg looks like....
Hailing from Chilliwack, BC, and now living in New York City, award winning trumpeter/vocalist/ composer BRIA SKONBERG is "poised to be one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation." She recently earned a 2013 Jazz Journalists’ Association nomination for “Up and Coming Jazz Artist of The Year.” Bria got her start as a professional big band singer at age sixteen doubling on trumpet and has since performed as a bandleader and guest artist all over North America, Europe, China Japan. Since arriving in New York two years ago she has appeared in concert halls and clubs such as Symphony Space, Birdland, The Iridium, and Dizzy's among the likes of Nicholas Payton, Anat Cohen, Bucky Pizzarelli and Scott Robinson.
Bria focuses on innovating while honoring tradition: She has studied with Warren Vache, experimented with fuzz pedals and presented a gig fusing jazz and stand up comedy. Best known for her knowledge of classic jazz and pursuit of worldwide adventure, she is creating a style all her own rooted in swampy New Orleans grooves, featuring world percussion and contemporary soul influenced vocals. Her debut American release, SO IS THE DAY, peaked at #7 on the US National jazz charts and features an all-star ensemble including John Pizzarelli, Victor Goines and Wycliffe Gordon. Released on Random Act Records, 10% of all proceeds go to support the Jazz Foundation of America.
She currently tours the world, headlining major clubs and festivals as well as programming music education workshops for all ages. Bria is also an active volunteer at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens. - www.RandomActRecords.com
Friday, March 25, 2011
grew up on the outskirts of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada,...
I grew up on the outskirts of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. I am a 27 year old full time trumpet player, singer, entertainer, educator, and student of life. A lot of things have to happen to get from Chilliwack, British Columbia to Brooklyn and I will do my best to outline them here:
I grew up as the youngest of three on a two-acre hobby farm and was encouraged to keep all options open by my wonderful parents. After a brief stint in dance classes I joined all sorts of sports teams, entered French Immersion and started playing the piano. Just before turning 12 I switched from piano to trumpet, kept my grades up and generally distracted myself with friends, music, sports and boys (not necessarily in that order) throughout high school.
I graduated as Student Council President, Captain of my Volleyball and soccer team, a member of the Destination Imagination Drama Improv group, and lead trumpet in the school band. Halfway through 11th Grade I joined the CSS Dixieland band that shaped my life from there on. I was sponsored by the Vancouver Dixieland Jazz Society to attend a camp in California and fell in love with the music (and maybe a boy, not necessarily in that order). The CSS Dixieband was re-named The 51st Eight and was the first Canadian youth band to ever appear at the Sacramento jubilee. My future in music was set.
After graduating in 2001 I moved to Vancouver and entered Capilano College’s Degree program and earned my Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies Performance, completed in the Spring of 2006. There I studied with Kevin Elaschuk and Alan Matheson and played in the A Band under the direction of Rejean Marois. One of the best things about being in those groups is supporting artists – In my time we played with Cedar Walton, Jane Bunnett, Jimmy Heath, and Kristin Korb just to name a few. In 2005 my friend Claire McKenna and I founded an all female band called Mighty Aphrodite that was quite ground breaking for its time and still exists today – www.mightyjazz.com
2006-2009 were immense years of traveling and gaining experience from all over the world; You can see the wheres and whens under "Professional Resume" in the sidebar. Both the 51st Eight (now the Big Bang Jazz Band) and Mighty Aphrodite exploded on the festival scene and I played up to 20 weekend festivals in a year.
I began performing regularly with Canadian Icon Dal Richards and his Orchestra which fine tuned my performance chops – nothing is better than singing and playing over a full big band! I fell in love with a beautiful French man (some things never change) and focused a lot of my efforts towards performing in Europe for a few years. This was also during the Bush administration so my glossy-eyed view of the US had waned for the time being.
Through Dal I met my next great mentor, Paul Airey. Paul guided me through the incredible process of opening up my solo career, starting to write songs, and recording my first album. His studio, the “Sound Kitchen” was basically my second home for two years. I released my first solo album “Fresh” in 2009 which was a huge venture for me – It’s a huge eclectic mix and I love it like you would a first born child. I love it, and I've learned so much from creating it.
2010 sparked change. I had purposely stayed in Vancouver to witness and participate in the Winter
Olympics. I didn’t know what to expect a year prior but was fortunate to have a wealth of opportunity through Paul and Dal to perform and do some arranging work for the Paralympic Opening Ceremony.
I performed regularly at public and private venues (even for Princess Anne!) and have no regrets on making that time in Vancouver a priority. The highlight was definitely performing in the Ceremony for thousands of people and millions worldwide.. I remember thinking about my upbringing in Chilliwack and what it meant to me right before the lights came on for our portion of the show. In retrospect I wasn't all that far away, at least geographically :)
Still, it was time to move on.. I knew I couldn’t stay traveling all the time to make focused progress and for once wasn’t chasing a boy, so the spotlight was on what I really wanted to say musically and expected of myself personally. I began writing a lot and in July 2010 I toured Canada with a quartet playing original material, thanks to bookings by Turner Music. By that point I had already decided to seriously move to the US, and the athlete in me wanted the biggest challenge I could face. If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere, right?
So, here I am.
Schedule:
Schedule:
APRIL
02*Queens Half Marathon!!*
04: Sidney Bechet Society Concert. Leader. Bucky Pizzarelli, Jackie Williams, Jim Fryer, Scott Robinson, TBA. Symphony Spage 2537 Broadway 8pm
08: Hawkeye Swing Festival, Jayna Morgan
09: Hawkeye Swing Festival, My band!
16-17: Washington DCLX, Glenn Crytzer Big Band
30: Molly Ryan Band, Manhattan. 9-11 pm
Concert in Port Hardy, BC, 02/07/09
The Sidney Bechet Society Presents Bria Skonberg and Bucky Pizzarelli
Bria Skonberg and Bucky Pizzarelli star at the next
SIDNEY BECHET SOCIETY JAZZ CONCERT
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2011 at 7:15 P.M.
Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025 - www.symphonyspace.org
Young Canadian Trumpet Sensation
BRIA SKONBERG
joined by New York legend
BUCKY PIZZARELLI
The Sidney Bechet Society begins another great season of traditional,
hot jazz with young Canadian trumpet star, Bria Skonberg, leading a
powerhouse band, playing the jazz of the 20's, 30's and 40's.
The frontline includes clarinetist Evan Arntzen, trombonist Jim Fryer,
and multi-instrumental genius Scott Robinson on reeds.
Legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli helms a veteran rhythm section of
Pete Sokolow on piano, Jerry Bruno on bass and Jackie Williams on drums.
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