1. JONATHAN
CHALLONER
Trumpet
Player,
Recording
Artist,
Composer,
Educator
MUSIC
CV
Education
• M.M, Jazz Trumpet The Juilliard School New York, NY (2014)
• B.M, Contemporary Music (with honors) Humber College Toronto, ON (2009)
- Diploma, The Banff Centre Jazz and Contemporary Music Workshop Banff, AB (2008)
- Grade 10 Trumpet Certification, Canada Conservatory Ottawa, ON (2005)
- High School Diploma, Kwalikum Secondary School Qualicum Beach, BC (2005)
Awards
• JUNO nomination for Bob Rice’s ‘Extreme Latin Jazz’ (2015)
• Nomination for “Jazz Artist of the Year” at the Toronto Independent Music Awards (with the Heavyweights Brass Band
(2014)
• Recipient of Toronto TD Jazz Festival “Special Projects” Grant with the Heavyweights Brass Band (2014)
• Recipient of Toronto TD Jazz Festival “Special Project” Grant with Mike Downes ‘In the Current’ (2013)
• 2nd
Place in Carmine Caruso International Trumpet Competition (2013)
• JUNO nominations for John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra ‘Our Second Set’ and Dubmatix ‘Rebel Massive’ (2013)
• Awarded the Frieda and Harry Aronson Scholarship to attend the Juilliard School (2012)
• JUNO award winner for John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra ‘Our First Set (2011)
• Featured on Legendary DJ Gilles Peterson’s ‘Havana Cultura’ Compilation (with the Heavyweights Brass Band) (2011)
• JUNO nomination for Aline Morales’ ‘Flores, Tambores e Amores’ (2011)
• Recipient of the Oscar Peterson Prize from Humber College (school’s top award) (2009)
• Recipient of the Humber Studio Award from Humber College (2009)
• Winner of the International Trumpet Guild’s Jazz Solo Competition (2008)
• Recipient of Galaxie Rising Star Award at the National Jazz Awards (2008)
• Recipient of Ken Page Memorial Trust Scholarship to attend the Banff Centre’s Jazz and Creative Music Program
(2007)
• “Live Electric Act of the Year” at the Toronto Independent Music Awards (with KC Roberts) (2007)
• Top five finalist for Universal Records’ ‘Project Jazz’ Competition (listed as Jonathan Scott) (2006)
• Recipient of Music Industries Association of Canada Award at Musicfest Canada (2005)
• Recipient of the Hynatyshyn Foundation’s Oscar Peterson Grant (2005)
• Selected to perform in the Monterey Jazz Festival’s “Next Generation Jazz Orchestra” (2005)
• Selected to perform in the Gibson Baldwin GRAMMY Jazz Ensemble (2005)
• Winner of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival’s trumpet solo competition (high school category) (2005)
• 1st
place in Brass Category at BC Provincial Classical Solo Competition (2004)
• Highest Mark in Canada for Canadian Conservatory Grade 8 trumpet exam (2004)
• Selected to attend the Vail Jazz Workshop (2004)
• Highest Mark in Canada for Canadian Conservatory Grade 5 trumpet exam (2002)
Noteworthy Performances
• Cross Canada Tour with the Heavyweights Brass Band (Summer 2015)
• Selected for Solo Cornet chair with the Brass Band of Battle Creek featuring Jens Lindemann (June 2015)
• Bandleader for Jonathan Challoner/Nick Morgan Project at Annette Studios and the Rex Hotel (February/April 2015)
• Bandleader for Jonathan Challoner/Robi Botos Duo Recording ‘Live at Chalkers’ (February 2015)
• Featured soloist with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Residency at Iguana (November 2014)
• Released ‘Brasstronomical Extended Play’ with the Heavyweights Brass Band (October 2014)
• Featured soloist with Sammy Miller and the Congregation residency at Jazz at Lincoln Center (September 2015)

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Noteworthy Performances Cont:
• Bandleader for Juilliard Jazz’s residency on the Cunard Ocean Liner ‘Queen Mary II’ (August 2014)
• Featured artist at the Toronto International Jazz Festival and the Kingston Jazz Festival (June 2014)
• Featured soloist with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra playing the music of Duke Ellington at Jazz at Lincoln Center (May
2014)
• Adjudicator/Judge/Clinician at the West Coast Jazz Festival (April 2014)
• Featured Performer at the Canada Festival of New Trumpet Music March (March 2014)
• Performances in Toronto with Jonathan Challoner/Alex Goodman Quintet (March 2014)
• Released ‘Brasstronomical’ with the Heavyweights Brass Band (March 2014)
• Released ‘The Quiet Fight’ with Lauren Falls feat. Nir Felder and Seamus Blake (March 2014)
• Developed educational partnership between the Heavyweights Brass Band, Yamaha Canada, St John’s Music and
Clovertone Publishing (March 2014)
• New York/Pennsylvania tour with Mark Gould’s New York Trumpet Ensemble (February 2014)
• Arranger and Musical Director for Juilliard Jazz: Jazz and Spirituality at The New York Jewish Theological Seminary
(November 2013)
• Featured performer in ‘NOLA Three Plays About Home’ (October 2013)
• 2nd Place in Carmine Caruso International Trumpet Competition (September 2013)
• Featured soloist with the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble on the Queen Mary II (August 2013)
• Ontario Festival tour with Heavyweights Brass Band (July 2013)
• Performances at TD Toronto International Jazz Festival with John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra and the
Heavyweights Brass Band (June 2013)
• Educator at Juilliard Jazz Workshops in Las Vegas, West Palm Beach and Ephraim Utah (2013)
• Featured artist at Koerner Hall’s ‘Dedicated to Dizzy’ Concert Series with the Heavyweights Brass Band and Giovanni
Hidalgo (April 2013)
• Featured performer at Humber College Spring Concert ‘The Oscar Peterson Prize Winners’ (April 2013)
• Performances with Paquito D’Rivera at Juilliard (April 2013)
• Performance on the Main Stage Headline Concert at the Saskatoon Jazz Festival, opening for The Roots (July 2012)
• Western Canada Tour with the Heavyweights Brass Band (July 2012)
• Featured on JazzFM’s ‘Jazz Lives’ Concert with the Heavyweights Brass Band and Tom Scott (April 2012)
• Featured on CBC’s ‘Mama Yamma’ with the Heavyweights Brass Band (April 2012)
• Featured on CBC’s ‘George Strombolopolous Christmas Special’ with Bedouin Soundclash (December 2011)
• Principal Trumpet on Troika Entertainment US National Tour of Fiddler on the Roof (2010)
• Substitute trumpet for DanCap Production of ‘Jersey Boys’ (2009-2010)
• Featured soloist for ‘The Outstanding Oscar Peterson’ with Tommy Banks at the National Arts Center (December 2009)
Selected Discography
2015 (not yet released)
-Sean Cronin ‘Kill Me Like You Mean It Original Score’ Independent Trumpet
*Drama Desk Nominee ‘Best music for a play’
-(Not Yet Released) Jonathan Challoner ‘Quartet’ Independent Trumpet/Composer/
Arranger/Producer
-(NYR) Jonathan Challoner/Robi Botos ‘Live at Chalkers’ Independent Trumpet/Bandleader
2014 -Heavyweights Brass Band ‘Brasstronomical EP’ Lula World Trumpet/Composer/Arranger/
Producer
-Bob Rice ‘Extreme Latin Jazz’ ADDO Trumpet
*Juno Nominee ‘Best Jazz Album – Group’

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Selected Discography Cont:
-Mike Downes ‘In the Current’ ADDO Trumpet/Flugelhorn
-Heavyweights Brass Band ‘Brasstronomical’ Lula World Trumpet/Flugelhorn,
Composer/Arranger/Producer
-Lauren Falls ‘The Quiet Fight’ Independent Trumpet
2013 -John Macleod Rex Hotel Orchestra ‘Our Second Set’ Independent Trumpet/Flugelhorn
*Juno Nominee ‘Best Traditional Jazz Album’
-KC Roberts and the Live Revolution ‘Parkdale Funk 2’ Independent Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Arranger
-Dubmatix ‘Rebel Massive’ Echo Beach Trumpet
*Juno Nominee ‘Best Reggae Album’
2012 -KC Roberts and the Live Revolution ‘Between the Cracks’ Independent Trumpet
-Jane Bunnett ‘Mundo’ EMI Trumpet
-Will Fisher Coastal Quartet ‘Portage’ Independent Trumpet/Flugelhorn
2011 -The Heavyweights Brass Band ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ Independent Trumpet,
Composer/Arranger/Producer
-KC Roberts and the Live Revolution ‘Good Life’ Independent Trumpet
-Aline Morales ‘Flores Tambores e Amores’ Independent Trumpet
*Juno Nominee ‘Best World Music Album’
2010 -KC Roberts and the Live Revolution ‘Parkdale Funk’ Independent Trumpet
-John Macleod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra ‘Our First Set’ Independent Trumpet/Flugelhorn
*Juno Winner ‘Best Traditional Jazz Album’
Selected Performance Venues
• Jazz at Lincoln Center – the Appel Room and Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola – New York, NY
• Peter Jay Sharp Theater – New York, NY
• The Jazz Standard – New York, NY
• Smalls – New York, NY
• Birdland – New York, NY
• The Jazz Gallery – New York, NY
• Shapeshifter – New York, NY
• Webster Hall – New York, NY
• The 55 Bar – New York, NY
• Iguana – New York, NY
• The McKittrick Hotel – New York, NY
• The Brooklyn Bowl – New York, NY
• Cell – New York, NY
• Koerner Hall – Toronto, ON
• Massey Hall – Toronto, ON
• Roy Thompson Hall – Toronto, ON
• The Toronto Center For the Performing Arts – Toronto, ON
• The National Arts Center – Ottawa, ON
• The Banff Centre for the Arts – Banff, AB

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Featured Performance Venues Cont:
• Main Stage – Toronto Jazz Festival
• Main Stage – Saskatoon Jazz Festival
• Main Stage – Montreal Jazz Festival
• Main Stage – Winnipeg Jazz Festival
• Main Stage – Monterey Jazz Festival
• Cunard Cruise Lines/Queen Mary II – New York, NY
• Gallery 345 – Toronto, ON
• The Rex Hotel – Toronto, ON
• Lula Lounge – Toronto, ON
• Chalkers – Toronto, ON
• Annette Studios – Toronto, ON
• Hugh’s Room – Toronto, ON
• The Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
• Yonge-Dundas Square – Toronto, ON
• Princeton University – Princeton, NJ
• University of Scranton – Scranton, PA
• University of Cincinnati – Cincinnati, OH
• W.K Kellogg Auditorium – Battle Creek, MI
• Vancouver Island University – Nanaimo, BC
• The Guildhall School – London, UK
• Birmingham Conservatory – Birmingham, UK
• The Staples Center (Grammy Awards Ceremony) – Los Angeles, CA
Ensembles
• Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
• Jonathan Challoner/Alex Goodman Duo and Quintet
• Jonathan Challoner Quartet
• The Heavyweights Brass Band/Big Band
• Jonathan Challoner/Nick Morgan Project
• The Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra
• Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
• Miho Hazama and M-Unit
• The Brass Band Of Battle Creek
• The Birdland Big Band
• Mike Sailors Swing Orchestra
• The Free Sound Ahn-Semble
• The Congregation Big Band
• Breakdown Brass
• Mike Downes’ ‘In the Current’
• John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra
• The New York Trumpet Ensemble
• Luke Sellick Quintet
• Kyle Athayde’s ‘Dance Party’
• Don Thompson
• Reg Schwager Nonet
• Postmodern Jukebox
• Lucas Pino’s No Net Nonet
• Solid Brass
• Dylan Golden
• Daniel Jamieson Orchestra
• Pearl Studios Big Band
• KC Roberts and the Live Revolution

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Ensembles Cont:
• Bloomsday
• Gray Matter
• Nikki Yanofsky
• Bedouin Soundclash
• Oguerre
• Roberto Linares Brown Orquestra
• Aline Morales
• The St. Royals
• Symmetry Studios
• Soular
Teaching Experience
• Adjudicator and Clinician - West Coast Jazz Festival Nanaimo, BC, Canada (2014)
• Juilliard Jazz Outreach Program Ephraim, Utah, Las Vegas NV, West Palm Beach, FL
(2012-2014)
• Faculty Member
The Sterling Hall School Toronto, ON (2009-2010)
• Featured on music education segments for
CBC Kids and YTV Toronto, ON (2012)
• Clinician for Roy Thomson Hall
‘Share the Music’ Program Toronto ON (2011-2014)
• Faculty member
Long and McQuade Music Lesson Center Mississauga ON (2014)
• Faculty Member
The Phil Dwyer Academy of Musical and Culinary Arts Qualicum Beach, BC (2007-2011)
• Numerous clinics, guest performances,
workshops and private lessons Vancouver Island, Toronto, New York (2004-2014)