JOURNEY WITH STEFAN PALICKI
Music Portfolio
Stefan Palicki is an accomplished young musician.
While his first love is the guitar he also enjoys playing the bass guitar and piano and enjoys a wide range of genres. Strong influences include Steve Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, John Mayer, Dream Theatre. Stefan also has a pleasant singing voice, possessing a slightly raspy, throaty quality and natural vibrato. Stefan's versatility and inventive improvisation skills, make him an excellent candidate for session work or to be the front man for a classic rock, blues band.
Original music is in the works.
ABOUT STEFAN PALICKI
Stef started taking RCM piano instruction at the age of 6. Over the years, he obtained his RCM theory and Grade 7 piano with first class honours. At the age of 12, Stef began taking guitar lessons and that set him on the path toward wanting to be a performing musician.
During grades 7 and 8, Stef played keyboard, trombone and bass guitar in the school's Jazz Band. At the end of grade 8 he audition for and was accepted into the Performing Arts Program at O'Neill CVI, where Stef has enjoyed performing in multiple bands and ensembles on a variety of instruments including percussion.
In 2019, Stef began taking part in an Open Jam at The Edge, in Ajax. This cemented his joy for performance in a band dynamic, playing classic rock and blues, live.
Stefan continues to further his music education with private instruction for guitar with Matt O'Rourke at Mattomusic in Courtice Ontario and with online instruction with accomplished guitarist, Chris Bray. These lessons are in preparation for auditioning for the Jazz Performance program at Humber college, where Stefan hopes to gain his degree in guitar.
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe”