BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Montreal, Quebec in the mid 1960’s, Geoff Horrocks was fortunate to have grown up with a keyboard in the house. At the age of four, it was an old pump organ, then later, a Hammond organ. Many hours were spent playing old standards while his father played along on the trumpet.

At the age of 10, Geoff moved with his family to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he continued playing his dad’s old organ and developing his ear. Geoff developed his love for the ocean, lakes and rivers as his favorite activity was fishing during the spring and summer months.

Having moved to Ottawa in 1983, Geoff completed high school and went to college to become an electronics engineering technologist. After graduation, Geoff spent most of his career in product development, manufacturing engineering and operations management for Telecom and Digital imaging companies.

Fortunately for Geoff, in the early 1990’s, he discovered fiddle music through his father and his new friend Randy Foster. At that time he was instantly hooked and decided to take up the fiddle and piano.

Years later, with the support of his family and encouragement from his friends, Geoff decided to focus all his efforts towards music, and now makes his living as a full time musician. He teaches piano accompaniment and fiddle, produces and records at his studio in Ottawa, and performs with local country artists and many of Canada’s premier fiddle players.