Grant MacEwan

Joshua Banks

Born: April 20, 1999

Joshua Banks (he/him) is an Asian-Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ pianist and music educator from Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton), Alberta.

He began his musical journey in classical piano, achieving a Level 10 certification with the Royal Conservatory of Music, and has since graduated with distinction from MacEwan University’s BMus in Piano Performance, with an additional diploma in Recording & Production. He has taken lessons with local piano luminaries as Chris Andrew, Stephanie Urquhart, Mboya Nicholson, and Bianca Baciu.

Joshua has studied piano for over a decade, and has experience performing in a variety of genre contexts, most notably jazz. He has played with the Edmonton Jazz Orchestra (EJO), performed at JazzYYC’s “Tune In - Tune Up” conference celebrating gender justice in jazz, and performed his original contemporary jazz compositions at the Edmonton International Jazz Festival. Joshua can be found freelancing and recording around Edmonton, and has performed in such venues such as the Yardbird Suite and Winspear Centre.