The event is a free concert with Trotter Visiting Professor Grant Zubritsky, performing with Kirk Schoenherr (guitar) and Dave Scalia (drums). The trio will be performing compositions from Zubritsky’s previous releases, works in progress, and sonic explorations informed from their time sharing a studio in Brooklyn, NY.

Grant Zubritsky is a musician, music director, and producer that splits time between Los Angeles, CA and Vancouver, BC.  While his primary instrument is bass, Grant doubles on piano & keyboards, saxophone, and guitar.  As an instrumentalist, he has performed or recorded with a variety of internationally recognized artists including Mitski, Chet Faker, Dua Lipa, Tegan & Sara, Nina Persson (of The Cardigans), Maggie Rogers, Bebe Rexha, and Poolside.  Touring and performing have taken Grant to 35 countries on 5 continents as well as American TV performances on Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Late Late Show with James Cordon.  He has performed at such iconic venues around the world as Wembley Stadium (London, UK), Radio City Music Hall (NYC), Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Colorado), and The Bataclan (Paris, France) as well as music festivals like Lollapalooza (USA, Germany, Sweden), Glastonbury (UK), Bonnaroo (Tennessee), Primavera (South America), Austin City Limits (Texas), Szieget (Hungary), Corona Capitale (CDMX & Guadalajara), and Montreal Jazz Fest (Quebec).

As an extension of touring and performing, Grant moved into Music Directing performances, tv shows, and tours in 2014.  He has worked with some of the same artists as their music director (Maggie Rogers, Tegan & Sara), and additionally worked with artists such as K Flay, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Louis the Child, and Maude Latour.  Some recent Music Direction highlights have been Tegan & Sara’s career spanning performance at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto for CBC (June 2023), a special TedX dance remix performance from K Flay (October 2023), and Brittany Howard’s televised performances in 2024 (The Tonight Show, Austin City Limits, & The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).  His work as a music director pulls on his experience as a seasoned touring musician, while integrating his work as an arranger, producer, and programmer.

In the studio, Grant works as a session player, producer, and composer, playing on albums for other artists, composing music for podcasts and commercials, and writing, producing, and releasing his own music under his own name as well as the moniker GZGZ.  He has worked on upwards of 50 commercial releases, often contributing to the engineering and production as well as the playing.  During the covid pandemic, Grant played saxophone on Chet Faker’s album ‘Hotel Surrender’ as well as an EP from the same artist, Nick Murphy, titled ‘Cassette 2.’  In 2024, Grant took on more production work with current collaborations coming soon.