Stephan Szczesniak
Stratford: Percussion and jaw harp (onstage) in Much Ado About Nothing, Festival Theatre fanfares, Monty Python’s Spamalot. Elsewhere: Yorkville (Blyth Festival, 2016). Touring and session drummer for over 200 national ad campaigns (Rogers, Interac Panasonic, et cetera) and over 30 full length albums working for various recording artists including JEEN, Julian Taylor, Dayna Manning, Emm Gryner, Maggie’s Wake, Thornley, Hawksley Workman, Edwin (I Mother Earth), Sarah Slean to name a few. Stephan has played as a substitute musician at the Stratford Festival for The Who’s Tommy. Training: Studied at Etobicoke School of the Arts and Humber College Music program.
