Waleed Abdulhamid
Bass, Vocals
Waleed Abdulhamid is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist; Composer; Vocalist; Music and Film Producer. This educator-artist of demonstrated versatility plays 20 instruments. He has recorded, performed and toured with celebrated artists including David Clayton Thomas of the Grammy award-winning band Blood, Sweat & Tears and Motown legends, The Drifters. He is the recipient of the Canadian New Pioneer Award; African Tama Award; Reel World Film Festival Award and Canadian Film Board of Excellence Award, and has been twice honoured with a DORA Award. As an actor, Waleed has performed in many films, most recently for CBC, CANN Film Festival France, and TIFF. Waleed is currently a faculty member in the music department of the University of Toronto.