on May 13 The Toronto Star published an interview with me about my love of scrabble. The article was promoting a fundraiser called “Scrabble with the Stars” which raises money for PAL (Performing Arts Lodges) Canada. PAL provides housing and support for elderly and retired performing artists. It’s an incredible organization which I am proud to help support any way I can – especially by playing scrabble! I talk about scrabble and jazz and how they’re both related.

Here is a link to the article.

I thought it was pretty cool that they chose to use a photo from my performance of Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock Jr.” at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. After all, writing a silent film score is certainly a puzzle.

And just in case you haven’t seen the film, here it is!

I’m so thrilled to be playing 2 shows on Mother’s Day at the wonderful Jazz Bistro in Toronto. I just love playing there! The piano is fabulous, the food is great and the sound is second to none. I’m super excited to be playing with multi-instrumentalist Colleen Allen and bassist George Koller. You can find more details on my show page.

I’m thrilled to be accompanying Sensation Seekers, a newly restored fabulous Lois Weber film for the Toronto Silent Film Festival on Saturday, April 7. The film stars the sensational Billie Dove. Speakeasy scenes, Charleston, Black Bottom, Shimmy. This film has is all. My score will include a lot of Duke Ellington from the 20’s. It’s been a ton of work and so much fun to put this together!

Lula Lounge is the place to be on Friday nights. Word/Jazz Fridays begins with live music from 7:30-8:30 followed by a salsa lesson and finally dancing to a 10 piece salsa band! And if you arrive before 8PM, there is no cover!
I’ll be at Lula Lounge on March 23 with Chris Gale on sax and George Koller on bass. If you make a dinner reservation, you’ll have guaranteed seating. Doors open at 6:30.

I’ll be playing at the fabulous Bloom Restaurant on Feb 22 with the incomparable Bill McBirnie on flute and bassist extraordinaire George Koller. This will be a very special intimate dinner concert and the food is great! Bloom has a quiet policy, so there are no walk-ins. Please reserve in advance over here. http://bloomrestaurant.com/fern-lindzon/
Here’s a sample of Bill playing with my band.

Do you know that November 2 is the Mexican Day of the Dead?
2 days after Halloween I’ll be including some of my more bewitching and thrilling repertoire and including some great music by Mexican composers. I just love this time of the year!

Please join me, George Koller and Nick Fraser for a night of Spooky fun, standards and musical adventures.

I would love to see you.

no cover, 20 food/beverage min. details here

This Mother’s Day, May 14 make it Mom’s Night Out at the Jazz Bistro! I can’t wait to perform with George Koller and Mark Kelso. The piano, sound, food and ambiance at the Jazz Bistro are second to none, and I am thrilled to be performing new and old favourites from my jazz repertoire with these tremendous musicians. Please join us for a night of fun, frivolity, beauty, elegance and a few surprises. 

I am so grateful to Mervon Mehta and the Royal Conservatory for featuring my quartet at the beautiful Mazzoleni Concert Hall. Our sold crowd was wonderfully enthusiastic. George Koller, Nick Fraser, Bill McBirnie and I had a tremendous time!

I just spent three glorious weeks at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity as a Musician in Residence. I practiced and practiced, composed, performed, collaborated with wonderful musicians and was inspired by artists of multiple disciplines. I climbed mountains, took gondola rides, strolled around Lake Louise, ate too much, drank delicious tea and said hello to deer. Thank you to the Banff Centre for awarding me with the Elmer and Hilda Hildebrand Artist Award. I’m truly grateful.