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Located in Port Moody, British Columbia, Itty Bitty Big Band is known as the tiniest big band in the Tri-Cities and specializes in bringing jazzy sounds to weddings and special events in the area. Krista Wallace (vocals) and Gord Hembruff (sax/clarinet) are the band members who alongside their computer "backup band" can create a variety of great tunes for your wedding day.

Services offered

From The Beatles and Queen to Joni Mitchell and Cole Porter, this band will provide your wedding with light, easy listening and jazz standards that you will love. The services they offer include ceremony music, cocktail hour music, learn new songs, microphones, reception music, music during breaks, rehearsal dinner music, sound / PA system and vocals.

Other services

Itty Bitty Big Band is also available to bring their music to other types of events, including city events, birthday parties, private parties and much more. Contact them today to book your wedding music!

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Frequently asked questions

Are you an agency or a band?

Band

What ceremony music arrangements can you provide?

Instrumental duo
Soloist/vocalist

How many musicians are in your band?

1-3

What genres of music does your band play?

Jazz
Country
Big band
Oldies
Swing
Pop

What instruments does your group play?

Clarinet
Saxophone

What music services do you provide?

Ceremony music
Cocktail hour music
Learning new songs
Reception music
Music during breaks
Rehearsal dinner music
Vocals

What services do you provide?

Ceremony music
Cocktail hour music
Learn new songs
Microphones
Reception music
Music during breaks
Rehearsal dinner music
Sound / PA system
Vocals

What items are available?

Microphones
Sound PA

What is the starting price for wedding ceremony music?

$300

What is the average price for a wedding reception during peak season?

$1,000

What is the price of your most popular wedding package?

$500

What is the average price for a wedding reception during off-peak season?

$1,000

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

Ceremony music
Cocktail hour music
Reception music
Music during breaks
Learn new songs
Sound/ PA system
Microphones

Which of the following are included in the price?

Learning new songs
Ceremony music
Cocktail hour music
Reception music
Sound PA
Recorded music breaks
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Meet the team

Krista Wallace
Krista Wallace
Vocals

Krista Wallace (Vocals) is a musician, writer and actor who has hovered around the Tri-Cities for most of her life. She has her BFA in Theatre from UVic, and played roles in productions of The Glass Menagerie,Twelfth Night,The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera, among others. More recently she played "Mrs. Pearce" in My Fair Lady with Royal City Musical Theatre. Her desire to support the arts for young people led her to work as Musical Director for a number of high school productions (Les Mis, Hairspray, Urinetown, In the Heights, Rent, etc.).

As a writer Krista works primarily in Fantasy, but has dabbled in other genres, in both short and long fiction. She has stories published in Pulp Literature magazine, electricspec.org and 49th Parallels (an anthology from Bundoran Press), and is expanding into audiobook narration. She sang with the Vancouver Bach Choir and the Felice Women's Choir, had a rock cover band for a dozen years, and was a founding member of R&B band Double Overtime. She has been the vocalist for FAT Jazz for over twenty years.

Gord Hembruff
Gord Hembruff
Sax/Clarinet

Gord Hembruff (Saxophone, clarinet) is no stranger to music throughout the Lower Mainland, having performed with numerous ensembles in his jam-packed career. Favourite groups he has played with include the Dal Richards Orchestra, Razzmajazz, the Dave Roberts Dixieland Band, and the Art Rogers Big Band. He founded and led the Inlet Jazz Big Band, playing with them for 22 years, and Crosswind, a Top 40 party band. He was also a member of FAT Jazz and The Pacific Saxophone Quartet. Gord taught High School music programs in the Tri-Cities for 32 years, and was an innovator of courses in Computer Music Composition, Rock School and Recording Arts, as well as String Orchestra and Vocal Techniques. As a Musical Director he lent his talents to productions like West Side Story, Hello Dolly, Leader of the Packand Music Man. Since his retirement from teaching he maintains his profile in the Tri-Cities as a founder and leader of the weekly jam sessions at the Gallery Bistro in Port Moody.

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1416 Union St. V3H 3X5 Port Moody (British Columbia)

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