Multi-woodwind instrumentalist, Bryan Covey, grew up in Windsor, Ontario.  The son of bassist Art Covey, Bryan was exposed to a wide variety of music in the home and was heavily influenced by omnipresent Detroit radio stations.  At age 12, Bryan took up flute and saxophone in his school music program and studied privately with Windsor saxophone icon, Gill Grossutti.  In his high school years, Bryan was a member of the International Youth Symphony, had his own jazz band and was “sitting-in” regularly with Detroit area jazz musicians in local jazz clubs.

After high school, Bryan moved with his family to London, where, after the odd sabbatical year or two, Bryan finally graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in music education and an Artist Diploma in performance.  While at Western, Bryan studied flute with Anne Thompson, was principle flute for the UWO Symphony Orchestra and played saxophone in the UWO Jazz Ensemble.  Bryan also holds an Ontario Teacher's Certificate and has taught in schools in Toronto and England.  He currently teaches at Mohawk College and privately, in his home studio, in Norwich.

Bryan has performed with: Orchestra London, the Grand Theatre, Joan Rivers, Mickey Rooney, Frankie Vally, Celebrity Cruises, and Italian, Klezmer, Celtic, jazz, rock, top 40, country, and blues bands.  As a member of the Light of East Ensemble, Bryan has been able to fulfill another of his dreams; learning and performing eastern Mediterranean music.  Bryan embraces the interconnectedness and emotional expression that comes with music; the Light of East Ensemble embodies it all.