Named Instrumentalist of the Year 2020 by Just Plain Folks, NADINA MACKIE JACKSON is the most widely recorded Canadian bassoonist in history with 12 solo albums, 8 chamber music recordings and dozens of albums with symphony, chamber and historical instrument orchestras.
A true communicator, confidently venturing into new works, venues and collaborations, joining forces with emerging and established composers, performers and thinkers, sharing her joy and continual sense of discovery with audiences.
18 new works for solo bassoon and orchestra were written for her in the last decade and she sees great importance in continually commissioning new composers to expand the voice of the bassoon
Recent solo recordings include Vivaldi Concerti Volume I, winner of Best Classical Album 2020 from Just Plain Folks and the Juno short-listed Canadian Concerto Project with a group of twenty-seven chamber orchestras.
Performing with folk legend Valdy and other virtuoso musicians and orchestras, Nadina has toured extensively across Canada, the US, Europe and Japan.
Ever mindful of the challenges young bassoonists face, Nadina is the president of The Council of Canadian Bassoonists – a nationally registered charitable status group dedicated to furthering education through the study and appreciation of the bassoon.
After decades with Canada’s top music schools, Nadina teaches widely as a master class artist and recently published SOLITARY REFINEMENT, Chromatics, Chords & Scales, Concepts for the Committed Bassoonist (Friesen Press).
Also a visual artist, Nadina has shown regularly in the past 20 years, selling to private collectors, designing album covers and creating original displays for Toronto storefronts.
Nadina is illustrating Christopher Millard’s online reed-making blog for the Council of Canadian Bassoonists. Nadina’s next big art project is to finish the remaining 13 paintings (in the series of 24) for Darwood’s Wild Bassoon.
WORK WITH ME
I love to create new creative projects with people. New concerti for bassoon and orchestra, including co-commissions and recording projects. Also lessons, discussions and lectures on my crazy career as a creative artist. Also interested in anything involving hands-on projects involving music, art, words, kids, community outreach… I am interested! It all starts with 101 emails, so contact me and let’s get this show on the road!