ABOUT WILL
Will Clements is a Vancouver-based performer, educator, composer, and arranger. With three albums to his credit, he is described by CBC Music as a "fantastic and easy voice...". Some of his musical highlights include performing at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Istanbul with the Vancouver Youth Choir (2023), being featured as 'the best jazz on bandcamp'.com (August 2023), being a finalist with the Niagara Jazz Festival Youth Contest (2022), an Outstanding Ensemble Award for leading and arranging at the Vocal Impact Festival (2020), a full scholarship towards the Drayton Harbour Festival Camp in Washington (2016), and performing at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans (2016). Recipient of the UBC Greg Quan Prize in Music Education (2021), as well as an Outstanding Practicum Award, Will continues to arrange music for various ensembles in his spare time. His compositions and arrangements continue to be performed internationally by various ensembles including the Vancouver Youth Choir, the Asian Pacific Youth Choir, and Western University's Chorale Ensemble. He has served as a clinician for several secondary music programs, and is currently the director of choirs and general music at Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver. Will has shared the stage with many notable artists including, Dee Daniels, Maria Schneider, Peter Bernstein, Bria Skonberg, Dawn Pemberton, and more as part of his studies at Capilano University. |
"HIS SENSE OF SWING AS A SINGER IS TOTALLY EFFORTLESS AND IN THE POCKET..."
CBC MUSIC
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The Best Jazz on Bandcamp.com
Paris Move Review
#3 on EARSHOT JAZZ Charts
Punto de Jazz con Glass (Mexico)
Feature on Simply Jazz Talk
Featured on CBC's 'Jazz Loves Pop' Playlist
Review in Kingston Whig Standard
Burnaby Now Spotlight
Happening Next Spotlight
Interview with Radio-Canada
Interview on 'Rhythm Changes'
Paris Move Review
#3 on EARSHOT JAZZ Charts
Punto de Jazz con Glass (Mexico)
Feature on Simply Jazz Talk
Featured on CBC's 'Jazz Loves Pop' Playlist
Review in Kingston Whig Standard
Burnaby Now Spotlight
Happening Next Spotlight
Interview with Radio-Canada
Interview on 'Rhythm Changes'
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