VOCALIST/LEAD GUITAR/COMPOSER

Duncan Cox is an actor/musician/singer/self taught multi-instrumentalist residing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He co-founded Walk&Talk Theatre Company back in 2016 and has written the music for several shows under the Walk&Talk umbrella including Afterlight, End of the Line, and The Ballad of Johnny Boy to name a few. While being a musician, a singer, and a writer, Duncan also works consistently as an actor across several professional and independent stages (including Rainbow Stage, The Manitoba Theatre for Young People, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Grand Theatre) as well as dabbling in the screen world from feature films to TV series’ to commercials. 

Conveying and expressing emotions through lyrical, melodic, and harmonic means is at the forefront of his mind when writing and performing. Duncan has also begun delving into content creation for young people with bottomless joy and a love of lifelong learning as his underlying philosophy. Having written music for various theatre companies, given workshops on songwriting and lyrics generation, and creating an original score of music for a local teaching program for parents with newborns, Duncan is an ever growing versatile creator who is only beginning to brush the surface of his canvas as an artist. The Band at the Bottom of the Sea is the perfect avenue to explore and play even more!

GUITARIST

Josh is a Graduate of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Music. As a musician, Josh’s previous credits include Afterlight (The Keep & Walk&Talk); Rent, The Hockey Sweater (Rainbow Stage); and Mix Tapes From My Mom (RMTC).  Acting credits include The Little Mermaid, Strike, South Pacific (Rainbow Stage); Merrily We Roll Along, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Dry Cold); Fame, Reefer Madness, American Idiot (WST); and Breaking Up With Me (JHG Creative).

KEYS

Paul works as a music professional across Canada. In 2012 he earned a Bachelor of Jazz Studies degree from the University of Manitoba. Since then, his work as a music director and conductor has taken him to theatres across Canada including Rainbow Stage, Drayton Entertainment, Neptune Theatre, Mayfield Theatre, and Toronto’s Acting Up Stage company. Paul runs the event band Prairie Hearts, and is the Managing Director the the Village Conservatory for Music Theatre, an arts education organization with a focus on creating new work located in Winnipeg.

BASSIST

Matt Kozicki is a freelance bassist and music educator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Matt graduated from Brandon University in February 2020 with a Bachelor of Music and a major in Jazz Performance, winning both the Brandon University Gold Medal in the Bachelor of Music and the Lieutenant Governor’s Gold Medal for his academic distinction. Since graduating, he has enjoyed collaborating with many members of the diverse Manitoba music scene, playing jazz, musical theatre, classical, choral, rock, pop, country, bluegrass, R&B, soul, funk, and more. Matt is also an educator and has taught students of widely ranging ages and experience levels for over seven years.

DRUMS

Percussionist Brendan Thompson is a highly active performer throughout Manitoba. He performs regularly with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, as well as with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Manitoba Opera, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Rainbow Stage, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg Studio Theatre, and Dry Cold Productions.