Valérie Lacombe
May 17 & 18 @ 8:00 PM

Valérie Lacombe - Drums
Kirk MacDonald - Tenor
Mike Murley - Tenor
Jonathan Chapman - Bass

Valérie is a Montreal-based jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer whose work centers on original music for chordless quartet. Her debut album, State of Garden and Shadow, will be released on April 17th 2026 and features Camille Thurman on tenor saxophone, Caoilainn Power on alto saxophone, and Ira Coleman on bass. 

In 2026, she was selected for a residency at the Tribeca Jazz Institute in New York City, where she studied with Kenny Washington, Chris Byars, Eric Alexander, Harry Allen, Grant Stewart, Greg Ruggiero, and other leading figures of the New York jazz scene. 

Valerie holds a Master of Music in Jazz Performance from McGill University (2024), where she studied with Darrell Green and Kevin Dean. 

She is also a member of The Ostara Project, a Canadian collective featuring a rotating cast of award-winning women musicians, with whom she has toured extensively across Canada, including the Yukon Territory.