Mark Miller, jazz writer and former jazz critic for The Globe and Mail.

Fern Lindzon’s debut jazz recording, Moments Like These; duets with Don Thompson, George Koller & Reg Schwager, reveals her skill as a pianist, vocalist, composer, lyricist and arranger. The CD garnered excellent reviews in "Whole Note", "Montreal Mirror", "Coda", "Now Magazine", "LA Jazz Scene", "Vancouver Sun", a feature article in "The Globe and Mail," numerous endorsements on radio by JAZZ FM, CBC, campus radio, and online sites including jazzreview.com. The liner notes were written by former "Globe and Mail" jazz critic, Mark Miller.

Fern’s eclectic musical interests have kept her extremely busy and much in demand with her own jazz ensembles and in several klezmer bands. Fern is a truly outstanding performer; the music never gets in the way of her floating voice, but provides a perfect background for her inventive style.
She won "Vocal Group of the Year" at the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards with Sisters of Sheynville.

Born in Toronto, Fern was educated at the Royal Conservatory and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. She continued her studies privately with Don Thompson and Frank Falco, Fred Hersch and Barry Harris. In 2009 she received a Canada Council for the Arts grant to study the fusion of jazz and Yiddish music.

Fern’s current quartet includes multiple Juno Award winning Mike Murley on saxophones, George Koller on bass and Nick Fraser on drums. It was recorded by the CBC radio’s "Canada Live" for broadcast in May 2009. This quartet will be recording Fern’s second jazz CD in April 2010.

Fern can be heard in all of Toronto’s premier jazz rooms, as well as The Cellar in Vancouver and Herman’s in Victoria, and has performed at many jazz festivals including the Toronto, Markham, Beaches Parti Gras, Distillery, City Roots and Barrie Jazz & Blues. She has also appeared at Canwest Cabaret and has performed at Ashkenaz in Toronto and other Jewish music festivals in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Washington, Buffalo, Vancouver and San Francisco, as well as the Sala Rossa in Montreal and the Avant Garde in Ottawa. Her rising profile has attracted the attention of Bravo TV, which is preparing a profile for its series "Arts & Minds".

Fern sits on the advisory board of JPEC-Jazz Performance Education Centre.

Fern conducts the jazz choir at Havergal College and teaches privately.