José Hernández García

José Hernández García is a second generation Canadian born to Honduran parents, and an award winning drummer, composer, and educator living in Ottawa. In 2016, he obtained a Bachelor of Music in performance from Humber College, in Toronto, where he studied with many contributors to Canadian music and culture such as Hilario Duran, Kirk MacDonald, Larnell Lewis, Shannon Gunn, and Gord Sheard. As a professional artist José has many years of experience performing at festivals and cultural events such as the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa Bluesfest, the Toronto Undergraduate Jazz Festival. José's versatility has enabled him to work with many artists from diverse genres including the National Capital Concert Band, Michelle Treacy, Anjali Ranadive, Sreerama Chandra, Kellylee Evans, Miguel de Armas, Roddy Ellias, Marc Copland, Ryan Devlin and many more.