Juno-nominated bassist, composer, bandleader, and educator Jodi Proznick has earned a reputation as one of Canada's finest jazz artists. She has won numerous National Jazz Awards, including Bassist of the Year in '08 and'09. Her group, the Jodi Proznick Quartet, was awarded the Acoustic Group of the Year and Album of the Year in '08 and the Galaxie Rising Star at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival in '00.

Jodi's academic interests include creativity, inquiry based learning, improvisation, collaboration and emotionally intelligent classrooms.