Will Clements is a Vancouver-based performer, educator, composer, and arranger. With three albums to his credit, he is described by CBC Music as a “fantastic and easy voice…”. Some of his musical highlights include performing at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Istanbul with the Vancouver Youth Choir (2023), being featured as ‘the best jazz on bandcamp’.com (August 2023), being a finalist with the Niagara Jazz Festival Youth Contest (2022), an Outstanding Ensemble Award for leading and arranging at the Vocal Impact Festival (2020), a full scholarship towards the Drayton Harbour Festival Camp in Washington (2016), and performing at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans (2016).
Will has shared the stage with many notable artists including, Dee Daniels, Maria Schneider, Peter Bernstein, Bria Skonberg, Dawn Pemberton, and more as part of his studies at Capilano University.
For this Frankie’s After Dark he’ll be joined by Alvin Brendan on guitar, Francis Henson on guitar, and Emilio Suarez on bass.
Frankie’s After Dark takes place every Friday and Saturday at Frankie’s Jazz Club in downtown Vancouver and is curated by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz. Shows start at 11:00PM and tickets are $10.