Massey Hall / TD Music Hall
Opening set for Luedji Luna.
There is music that does not arrive. It returns.
It's Not a Joke is her debut album — and first albums always 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," a Portuguese shaped not by books but by 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, altered states, 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 of 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 opened for Luedji Luna. Through JER Creative Lab, she develops projects at the intersection of music, visual media, and emerging technology, including MIYL.AI and Invisible Friends.
Live
TD Toronto Jazz Festival · Calgary Folk Festival · Mémoire & Racines · Mundial Montréal
Featured across multiple editions of 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).
FUNK ME HARD · Summer 2026
Immersive baile funk
party combining live DJ sets and visual systems.
Produced by JER Creative Lab and partners.
Selected
Discography
Discography
It's Not a Joke [JER]
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]
Upcoming album release with Maria and The Band.
Holy
Visual single from JER's current release cycle.
Dark Farfisa [Brúxula]
Collaborative EP released through 12th Isle.
Broken Heart
Standalone single and video release.
Artistic
Research
Research
JER Creative Lab
Platform for curation, live performance and creative technology projects connecting music, visual media and community practice.
Mississippi Residencies [USA]
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 [USA]
Showcase connecting Canadian artists with Latin American music industries, supported by the Consulate General of Canada.
Invisible Friends — AI for Artists and Builders
Workshop exploring how artists can use AI as a collaborative tool for visual, sound, and performance based experimentation.
CBC — Music Licensing
Music licensing placement connected to Rota de Infância with Maria and the Band.
Sync &
Commissions
Commissions
Original music, sound, and visual direction built from a clear authorial perspective.
Work spans songwriting, production, sound design, and audiovisual concept development for releases, performances, and commissioned projects. If it is not produced in house, it is closely creatively directed.
Available
for
Sync licensing · original scores · film & media · interdisciplinary performance · creative direction
Approach
Artist led · concept driven · production aware
Film
La Linterna — Una Luz en la Pared
Independent film collaboration with Jaime Garcia.
Grants &
Recognition
Recognition
| Canada Council / Ontario Arts Council / Toronto Arts Council | Project & Operating Grants |
| SECULT, Bahia, Brazil | International Project Grant |
| SOCAN Foundation | Development Support |
Education
& Technical
& Technical
University of Waterloo
OCAD University [Toronto]
Technical Practice
Production
Ableton
Live · Modular Synthesis · Audio Systems · Creative Systems
Visual
Projection
Mapping · Adobe Suite
Languages
Portuguese
· English