Keith Whiting is an award-winning producer, writer, and multifaceted artist with a career spanning music, theater, and entrepreneurship. He has worn many hats—musician, recording engineer, songwriter, playwright, author, record producer, photographer, sound designer, and magazine founder. Known for his ability to blend musical genres, he created the Juno-nominated group Kaleefah, which fused African, South American, and Western influences. He also had the honor of backing Celine Dion on a Juno performance and co-founded the Gospel Project, an eighteen-voice choir that performed on CBC radio and with Billy Preston.
A drummer since the age of 7, Keith played his first paid gig at 12. By 15, he had joined Rare Amber, touring England and Germany before recording the band’s critically acclaimed self-titled album. Keith then shifted into engineering, working at Phillips Studio in London with iconic artists like The Move, ELO, Dusty Springfield, Cleo Laine, Ben Webster, and Rod McKuen. He later honed his production skills at Decca Records and spent two months in Nigeria producing the groundbreaking Afro-Funk album “Blo Step 3,” hailed as “The Holy Grail” of the genre.
After relocating to Canada, Keith’s production career flourished, with his work on FM’s Black Noise earning recognition from Rolling Stone as one of the top 50 progressive rock albums of all time. His diverse production credits include artists like Marc Jordan, Ken Tobias, Dianne Heatherington, Danny Weis, jazz legends such as Oscar Peterson, Professor Longhair and Pat LaBarbera, and classical artists including, Andrew Davis, Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser, The Canadian Brass, The Bowkun Trio, and Valerie Tryon.
As a senior music producer for CBC Radio, he worked with an impressive roster of international artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Sarah Vaughan, Jaco Pastorius, Roberta Flack, and The Temptations.
Keith is also the founder of imaJJine, a contemporary jazz collective that features top Canadian musicians. The album Love Songs & Lullabies, which Keith wrote or co-wrote all the songs for, has garnered over 2.5 million streams on Spotify and ranked in the top 2% of all artists on the platform.
Alongside Khadija Kausar and Walter Borden, Keith co-created and wrote the live theatrical spectacular I Will Rise In Love.
He is the author of 10 books and 4 plays, including the musical Stride, for which the soundtrack was recognized as “Classic Jazz Album of the Year.” Keith is also a three-time runner-up in the prestigious “Song of the Year” competition.
Outside of his artistic endeavors, Keith is an avid adventurer, having competed in the Toronto Marathon, earned a second-degree black belt in karate, crewed on a racing yacht, and played tennis. He is an avid horse rider and currently learning to scuba dive and teaching himself to play the bagpipes.
With over 26 years of experience, Jimmy Mannah is a pianist, composer, and music producer with a deep passion for music. Trained at the Lebanese National Conservatory, he has been teaching for nearly two decades and has served as the head of the piano department at EAM for 13 years, mentoring hundreds of students.
Beyond teaching, Jimmy has composed and produced music for songs and short films, earning recognition and multiple awards. His piano style blends classical, jazz, and oriental influences, making his music versatile for various projects.
Lately, he has been sharing his music on social media and digital platforms, expanding his reach and connecting with a wider audience through performances, compositions, and collaborations.
As a Steinway Artist, Haley Myles maintains an international performance schedule. Her appearances to-date include recitals in the United States, France, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. She has participated extensively in various high-profile international music festivals, both domestic and foreign. She is also a laureate of seven international competitions and has appeared on radio shows throughout Europe and America.
Haley holds diplomas and degrees from distinguished institutions including the Mozarteum (Austria), Imola Piano Academy (Italy), and the Trinity Laban Conservatoire (UK). Previous teachers include Paul Badura- Skdoa and Andrei Gavrilov. She has also had lessons from Cyprien Katsaris, Enrico Pace, Olli Mustonen, Boris Petrushansky, and László Gyimesi, amongst others.
She achieved a Bachelor in Piano Performance at the University of Arkansas in 2016 where she was a deserving recipient of the Stella Boyle Smith scholarship. Haley also holds a Master in Piano Performance (with first-class honours) from the London College of Music, where she received the Mona Blackman scholarship. In 2019, Haley received a postgraduate diploma from Trinity Laban Conservatoire as a Cross Funds Scholar. Remarkably, she has already performed the complete two- and three-part inventions by Bach. In 2021, she started the Chopin Nocturne Project, where she released a new professional recording of a nocturne each week.
She is most proud of her extra-curricular activities, involving continued work with individuals on the autism spectrum. Having authored a United Nations honoured book dedicated to helping children with autism, the cause remains a constant passion visible in her everyday life.
In addition to performing core repertoire, Haley regularly collaborates with contemporary composers. She has worked with over 560 composers to-date, proof playing, recording, and performing their works
Hailed by American Record Guide, Fanfare Magazine, The Arizona Republic, Piano Addict, Voyage Phoenix Magazine, and SoloPiano.com, Charles Szczepanek is not only an accomplished classical pianist holding multiple international awards, but also a versatile musician, arranger, composer, songwriter, and producer.
Work on his own projects and those collaborating with other musicians has been streamed tens of millions of times via YouTube, Spotify, and other major platforms.
A Mason & Hamlin Artist and pioneer, in composing and arranging advanced and virtuosic music, Charles is partnered with Musicnotes.com, the internet’s largest sheet music retailer, as a Signature Artist.
In addition to his solo career, Charles has performed with the 3-time Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale, has toured the United States as a collaborative pianist for celebrated tubist Patrick Sheridan, and has extensively arranged music for notables like Paul Harvey Jr. (creator of The Rest of the Story radio show) and Anna Graceman (finalist on NBC’s America’s Got Talent).
Szczepanek recently stepped down from a full-time music director position at Church of the Ascension in Fountain Hills, AZ after 10 years in the role. He was the Founder and Artistic Director of Arts at Ascension for 7 seasons, a concert series that raised over $120,000 to benefit fine arts education for underprivileged students in inner-city schools. Charles lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and can be seen in his free time road cycling around town and enjoying a strong espresso.
Charles’ EP “All is Calm” can be heard on the SXM Holiday Traditions channel.
William Haviland is a classically trained pianist from London, United Kingdom. He creates meditative, nostaligia- infused works for solo keyboard, together with a diverse catalogue of folk, pop, and Classical music re- imaginings. His repertoire is described as heartfelt, peaceful, and oftentimes romantic. After almost a decade spent living overseas, William recently returned to the UK, and is now writing, recording, arranging, and teaching full- time in Norfolk, England.
From the age of six, William received multi-instrumental tutition at the local Blackheath Conservatoire, later going on to read for a BMus in Classical Music at London’s prestigious King’s College. Subsequently, he spent several years engaged as an events/cocktail pianist, performing for a host of prominent city venues, including Grosvenor House Park Lane, Le Meridien Piccadilly, and Marriott County Hall. In 2010, he released his first album of original piano compositions, entitled Recollections. To date, a further 10 albums and 100+ singles have followed, including On a Sunny Tuesday [2016], and Timepiece [2018] – both of which were nominated for Album of the Year by SoloPiano.com.
With a multi-platform audience of over 25,000,000 streams to date, William’s music can now be discovered via dozens of online sites, including Whisperings Solo Piano, Calm Radio, Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and YouTube – where he mainly focuses on 20th Century chilled pop covers. He is also a Signature Artist for sheet music retailer Musicnotes.com, and has thus far compiled a collection of 200 scores.