Ernesto Cervini on Practice, Winning a JUNO and His Current Inspirations

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What's Your Forte?

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Join us to hear musicians, conductors, composers, teachers, students and community members talk about their experiences with music and their views on the power of music education in our What's Your Forte interview series. Bandology is a proud Canadian non-profit dedicated to more music for more kids, via education, collaboration and community. Find out more about us at bandology.ca.

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Ernesto Cervini on Practice, Winning a JUNO and His Current Inspirations | What's Your Forte? Ep. 30

What's Your Forte?

36 minutes 38 seconds

3 years ago

Ernesto Cervini on Practice, Winning a JUNO and His Current Inspirations | What's Your Forte? Ep. 30

Our guest this week is JUNO-award winning drummer Ernesto Cervini. He and Kirsten talk about the best gigs he’s ever played, winning an award during a pandemic and the inspirations for his next album. He also gives his best advice on practicing and avoiding comparing yourself to others, and talks about the ways in which music makes a difference for students. Watch now on YouTube (link in stories)!

Juno Award winner Ernesto Cervini is a sought-after drummer, composer and bandleader and an influential presence on Canada’s modern jazz scene and beyond. He has documented his vision with the Ernesto Cervini Quartet (featuring Joel Frahm), the innovative sextet Turboprop, numerous co-led trio projects including MEM3, Myriad3 and TuneTown, and also the quartet Tetrahedron, featuring acclaimed guitarist Nir Felder, electric bassist Rich Brown and alto saxophonist Luis Deniz.

Ernesto’s album Abundance won the 2020 Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year: Group. In addition to his performing career, he founded Orange Grove Publicity in 2014 and has quickly become one of the most sought-after jazz publicists in Canada. He is also co-founder of Three Pines Records and is on faculty at the University of Toronto.