Rebecca Hennessy is a Toronto based trumpeter and composer active in the jazz, improvised, mariachi and indie music community. She has been carving her way in the Canadian and international music scene since moving to Toronto in 2003 from Nanaimo, BC. Since then, she has toured to Mexico, Belgium, USA and Canada’s East Coast playing with various groups.

Rebecca is a member (co-leader, composer) of Toronto’s chamber-jazz quartet, Hobson’s Choice, alongside Felicity Williams, Harley Card and Michael Davidson. Hobson’s Choice has been performing and recording since 2008 and has since released two CD’s and a downloadable EP.

Rebecca can also be heard playing with Dave Clark’s The Woodshed Orchestra,  Drumhand, led by Larry Graves (Mr. Something Something) as well as Viva Mexico Mariachi. Rebecca is also in the house band for the Women’s Blues Revue presented at Massey Hall. This was her third year at Massey Hall performing alongside Brandi Disterheft, Donna Grantis, Colleen Allen, Carrie Chesntt, Lindsay Beaver and Lily Sass.

Within the past two years Rebecca has also performed with Ron Sexsmith, Owen Pallett, Broken Social Scene, Feist and Sara Slean to name a few.

Rebecca has a jazz performance degree from University of Toronto, a jazz diploma from Malaspina College, and in 2007 participated in the International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music directed by internationally renowned trumpeter Dave Douglas.