Massey Hall / TD Music Hall
Solo and full band set opening for Luedji Luna.
There is music that does not arrive. It returns.
It's Not a Joke is her debut album, and first albums cost something. This one cost emptiness. The kind that comes after you've given everything and have to decide whether to keep going anyway. She kept going.
The record opens with "Angu," Portuguese learned not from books but from living: the hot feira, the streets of Cidade Baixa, dendê thick in the air, the atabaques drying outside. From there the album moves through grief, psychedelia, displacement, and irony, closing with a saxophone solo that leaves everything unresolved. Featuring Chibatinha of ÀTTØØXXÁ and mixed by Grammy-winning engineers Justin Gray and Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire), the record moves between Bahia and Toronto, between terreiro and synthesizer.
JER has performed at Calgary Folk Festival, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, and Massey Hall, where she shared the stage with Luedji Luna. Through JER Creative Lab, she develops projects with artists working across sound, image, and new tools — including MIYL.AI and Invisible Friends.
Live
TD Toronto Jazz Festival · Calgary Folk Festival · Mémoire & Racines · Mundial Montréal
Multiple editions as featured artist across Canadian and international festival circuits.
Meridian House — Women in Culture
Performance as part of Women in Culture, a cultural diplomacy initiative in Toronto.
LulaWorld · DO WEST Festival
Recurring live performance on the Toronto circuit. Do West Fest — VJ and visual content production for Afrique Like Me Collective (2025).
Sample I · Sample II
FUNK ME HARD · Summer 2026
Immersive baile funk party combining live DJ sets, passinho dancers and handpainted sound system (paredão) aesthetics. Produced by JER Creative Lab and partners.
Selected
Discography
Discography
It's Not a Joke [JER Solo]
Debut album featuring musicians from Nação Zumbi and Attoxxá, mixed by Grammy-winning engineers Justin Gray and Mark Lawson.
9 Rosas [Maria and The Band]
Artistic
Research
Research
JER Creative Lab
Platform for curation, live performance and creative technology projects connecting music, visual media and community practice.
Mississippi Residencies
Residencies tracing transatlantic connections between Brazilian rhythms and American Black musical lineages.
Brúxula [UK/BR]
Integrating modular synthesis with the phonetics of Brazilian percussion.
Cultural &
Industry
Industry
One Publishing Latino [LA]
Showcase connecting Canadian artists with Latin American music industries, supported by the Consulate General of Canada.
Invisible Friends — AI for Artists
Workshop exploring how artists can use AI as a collaborative tool for visual, sound and performance based experimentation.
CBC — Music Licensing
Sync &
Commissions
Commissions
Original and unreleased work across songwriting, electronic production, sound design and audiovisual direction, moving across multiple musical forms.
If it's not produced in-house, it's creatively directed.
Available for sync licensing · original scores · film & media · interdisciplinary performance · creative direction
Film
Grants &
Recognition
Recognition
| Canada Council / Ontario Arts Council / Toronto Arts Council | Project & Operating Grants |
| Secretaria de Cultura da Bahia, Brazil | International Project Grant |
| SOCAN Foundation | Development Support |
Education
& Technical
& Technical
LABA Valencia [Spain]
University of Waterloo
OCAD University [Toronto]
Technical Practice
Production
Ableton Live · Modular Synthesis · System Design
Visual
Projection Mapping · Adobe Suite
Languages
Portuguese · English · Spanish