Tim Bedner

 
 

  1. •Award-winning teacher and performer

  2. •founding director of Carleton University Contemporary/Jazz Guitar Ensemble

  3. •creator and host of the popular Inside the Music series at Alcorn Music Studios

  4. •creator and host of Jazz Mentor Night at Café Paradiso, connecting Ottawa’s young jazz talent with Ottawa’s seasoned jazz musicians (such as John Geggie, Roddy Ellias, Mark Ferguson, Mike Tremblay, Elise Letourneau)

  5. •Duquesne University Adjunct Professor of Guitar 1998-2006

  6. •St. Vincent University music faculty 2004-2006

  7. •have successfully prepared students for entrance auditions into Berklee College of Music, Duquesne University, Humber College, New School of Music NYC, Philadelphia School of the Arts, among others

  8. •publications include A Common Sense Approach to Improvisation with Joe Negri (Mel Bay), 11 Solo Guitar Arrangements for Pick and Fingerstyle Guitar (Peace Café Universe), The Stage Fright Handbook with Elise Letourneau (Peace Café Universe), and The Literate Guitarist (Peace Café Universe)

  9. •Tim has shared a stage with artists as diverse as:
    - national fingerstyle champion Pat Donohue
    - Broadway diva Bernadette Peters
    - Toronto jazz guitar legend Lorne Lofsky
    - the Segovia of jazz guitar Gene Bertoncini
    - Ottawa jazz guitarist and educator Roddy Elias
    - saxophonist and composer Oliver Lake
    - Pittsburgh veteran jazz drummer Roger Humphries
    - Juno-nominated Vancouver guitar man Bill Coon
    - Montreal guitarist Mike Rud
    - flamenco guitarist Marija Temo
    - bluesman Ernie Hawkins
    - fusion band Spyrogyra
    - George Garzone and John Lockwood of The Fringe
    - Peter Eldridge of The New York Voices

Contact: email Tim HERE


Graduate level training:
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh PA

M.Mus. in Jazz Performance



Undergraduate training:

Berklee College of Music

Boston MA

graduated summa cum laude in professional music



Current gigs:

  1. •Carleton University music faculty

  2. •Alcorn Music Studios instructor

  3. •Café Paradiso house guitarist

  4. •freelance guitarist/accompanist

  5. •Alcorn Bedner Townsend guitarist

  6. •Capital Vox guitarist

  7. •composer/arranger

  8. •private instruction



Contact: email Tim HERE



Tim’s Performance Calendar:
please scroll down



MP3’s:


Norwegian Wood

live at Café Paradiso




Wave

live at Café Paradiso



[Tim Bedner, guitar; Mark Alcorn, bass; Marilee Townsend, drums]



Availability:

bandleader, sideman, soloist, clinician, performance, instructor



Links:

  1. •Alcorn Music Studios

  2. •Inside the Music

  3. •Alcorn Bedner Townsend

  4. •Tim Bedner



A limited number of openings are available for intermediate to advanced guitar students, for jazz guitarists preparing for post-secondary music auditions, or for guitar teacher-training.



Contact: email Tim HERE

 

About Tim Bedner

“If I had known you [Tim] were this good, I wouldn’t have asked for an opener.”

- Pat Donohue, National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion and guitarist for NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion


“Tim Bedner plays in the fullest possible manner, knocking out bass lines on the lower-pitched strings while simultaneously sounding chords and counter-melodies. It’s fun to watch and wonderful to hear. It’s riveting.”
- Barry Kernfeld, Ph.D., Author of What to Listen for in Jazz and Editor of The Grove Dictionary of Jazz

Tim Bedner

Jazz Guitarist • Performance • Instruction • Composer-Arranger

Ottawa ON


Contact: email Tim HERE

Tim Bedner’s Performance Calendar