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Canada's most visible bassoonist, Nadina Mackie Jackson records and performs worldwide on both modern and historical bassoons, has recorded 11 solo and chamber music CDs and can be heard on over 100 orchestral recordings on the London Decca, Sony, ATMA and Naxos labels.
Her current recording season included the much-anticipated Vivaldi Concerti, Volume I with Nicholas McGegan, followed by 24 Solos by Jean-Daniel Braun and After Hours with Guy Few. In September, 2012, she recorded the Canadian Concerto project, music written expressly for her and Guy Few with Toronto’s Group of 27 led by Eric Paetkau, to be released in early 2013.
She won ‘Best Classical Orchestral Album of the Year’ with Guy Few and the Toronto Chamber Orchestra in the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards for her FACTOR-backed concerto album Bacchanale and has received widespread praise for Romanza, the album of 19th century concerti.
Nadina has appeared as soloist with l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Group of 27, Les Idées Heureuses (Montréal), Cayuga Chamber Orchestra (Ithaca, New York), the Grand River Baroque Festival Soloists, Prince George Symphony Orchestra and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières. She regularly tours and performs across Canada and the United States in recital and as a concerto soloist with trumpeter/pianist Guy Few.
Immediately upon graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music in 1981, Nadina began her career with the Montreal Symphony. She is the principal bassoonist of the Toronto Chamber Orchestra, the Group of 27, the Aradia Baroque Ensemble and a regular guest with Violons du Roy. www.nadinamackiejackson

“Nadina Mackie Jackson is a perfect marriage between a keen technical understanding and a truly musical, creative and artistic soul.” - November 2012
http://vyxen.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/concert-review-nadina-mackie-jackson-and-the-pgso/
(link to more press quotes: http://nadina.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nadina_reviews_updated2011.pdf)