CONCERTS
2024
March 19 The Rex Hotel 5:30pm w/ Jake Koffman
March 25 Motel Bar 10pm-12am Solo Guitar
March 28 James Rottman Fine Art 7pm-10pm
April 5 The Homesmith Bar w/ Alisha Oliver
April 6 Sacred Concert @ Grace Church on the Hill 7PM
April 7 St Judes Oakville Jazz Vespers 4pm
April 13 ‘Still Life’ Radio Play @ Snell Hall (St James Cathedral)
April 27 Coffee House @ Christ Church Deer Park 7pm
April 30 Guitar Masters Series @ Hirut Cafe 8pm
2023
June 19 Motel w/ Jenna Marie
June 20 The Rex w/ Jessica Lalonde
June 22 Church of the Transfiguration w/ The Sweet Hots and Alex Pangman
June 24 TD Jazz fest w/ Gavin Hope (rock on Yorkville Ave)
June 25 Royal Botanical Gardens Burligton
June 26 Motel Bar solo guitar
June 27 Hirut w/ Mike Downes and Jake Koffman
July 12 The Emmet Ray w/ Whitney Ross Barris + trio
July 16 The Rex Laura Hubert
July 18 TCO at Palais Royal – Gatsby w/ Maya Kiltron
July 22 Union Station w/ The Sweet Hots and Alex Pangman
Aug 1 TCO at Palais Royal – Edith Piaf
May 12 Cntxt by Trane(254 Lansdowne) Freddie Hubbard Tribute w/ Alex Brown
May 15 Motel w/ Shannon Butcher
May 19 Regis Hotel w/ Anthony D’Alessandro
May 22 Motel SOLO NIGHT
May 23 Drom Taberna w/ Laura Hubert
May 28 The Rex Hotel w/ Thermo
May 29 Grace Church on the Hill JAZZ MASS AND BBQ 10am
May 29 The Rex Hotel w/ Thermo
May 29 Motel w/ Anthony D’Alessandro
June 2 Brampton Golf Course w/ Jake Koffman
June 6 Motel w Gavin Hope
2022
May 19 Mandy’s Bistro w/ Samways 6:30pm
May 21 Drom Taberna w/ The Griffith Hiltz Trio 2am-4am
May 26 El Mocambo w/ Ori Dagan *Album Release* 8pm
May 29 Church of our Savior Don Mills 10am *Jazz Mass*
June 18 The Docters House w/ Alex Pangman and the Sweet Hots
23 Uxbridge Music Fest w/ Whitney Ross Barris
June 24 Niagara Jazz Festival w/ the Sweet Hots 4pm
June 25 The Pilot Tavern 3pm The Alto Summit
June 26 Sasafraz w/ Drew Jurecka (TD Jazz Fest)
June 30 Sasafraz w/ Gavin Hope (TD Jazz fest)
July 7 Church of the Transfiguration w/ The Griffith Hiltz Trio 7pm
19 Jazz FM Donor BBW w/ The Sweet Hots
21 Church of the Transfiguration ‘Concert on the Hill’ w/ The Sweet Hots
July 22 Drom Taberna w/ The Griffith Hiltz Trio 2am-4am
July 30 Stratford Summer Music w/ Alex Pangman and the Sweet Hots
Aug 2 Palais Royale w/ Toronto Concert Orchestra ‘Edith Piaf’
Aug 12 Poetry West w/ Griffith Hiltz Trio
Aug 13 The Red Bird (Ottawa) with The Griffith Hiltz Trio
Aug 14 Jazz at YYZ Terminal 3 w/ The Bright Lunch Trio
Aug 20 Markham Jazz w/ Alex Pangman and the Sweet Hots
Aug 21 Muskoka Music Fest w/ Alex Pangman and the Sweet Hots
Aug 28 Slabtown Cider (Uxbridge) 2pm-5pm
Feb 5 Facebook Live w/ The Sweet Hots ft. Alex Pangman
Feb 6 The Rex Hotel w/ Laura Hubert 5:30pm-7:30pm
Feb 16 The Jazz Bistro w/ The Nathan Hiltz Quartet 8pm-10:30pm
Feb 18 Drom Taberna w/ Ori Dagan 11pm-2am
March 5 Syncspace.com w/ The Canadian Trad Collective
March 11 Syncspace.com *Tribute to Wes Montgomery*
december 2021
2 12pm First Canadian Place (by the Christmas tree) duos w/ Lauren Falls
6 8pm the Emmett Ray w/ Christopher Parnis
8 8pm Singer’s Open Mic at Mandy’s Bistro
10 6:30pm Markland Golf Course (members only)
11 8pm Crow’s Nest Corner w/ Jacob Gorzaltstein and Megan Luchko
14 12pm First Canadian place ( near Harry Rosen)
18 6pm Alchemy Food and Drink *Jim Gelcer Birthday Show*
november 2021
6 8pm The Sweet Hots Livestream (FB and Youtube)
7 2pm Slabtown Cidery Uxbridge
14 10am Jazz Mass at Grace Church on the Hill
16 8pm The Oud and Fuzz w/ Ori Dagan
17 4pm St Jude’s Oakville Jazz Vespers
27 3PM-6PM Mezzerows w/ Laura Hubert
28 4pm St Dunstans of Canterbury (Scarborough) Jazz Vespers
NOV 27 3PM-6PM Mezzerows w/ Laura Hubert
NOV 28 4pm St Dunstans of Canterbury (Scarborough) Jazz Vespers
october 2021
1 Kos w/ Joel Diamond 8pm 1070 Bathurst St
2 Drom Taberna w/ Ori Dagan 11:30pm 458 Queen West
6 The Rex Hotel w/ The Nathan Hiltz trio ft. Bernie Senensky 5:30pm
13 The Rex Hotel w/ The Nathan Hiltz trio ft. Jocelyn Gould 5:30pm
14 Selers and Newel w/ Samways 8pm Tickets
20 The Rex Hotel w/ The Nathan Hiltz trio ft. Mike Manny 5:30pm
27 The Rex Hotel w/ The Nathan Hiltz trio ft. Jake Koffman 5:30pm
29 Syncspace.live w/ Mike Manny Livestream
august 2021
5 Church of the Transfiguration ‘Music Nights on the Hill’ w/ The Nathan Hiltz Trio (ft Pat Collins and Morgan Childs)
7 Facebook Live with The Sweet Hots (ft Alex Pangman and Drew Jurecka)
13 Toronto Jazz Festival w/ Alex Pangman and The Sweet Hots
22 Slabtown Cidery (Uxbridge, ON) Solo guitar 3pm-5pm
28 Syncspace.live duets with Pianist Mike Manny
july 2021
3 Monthly livestream with The Sweet Hots (featuring Alex Pangman, Drew Jurecka) alexpangman.com/live
4 Fourth of July Road Trip! Mike Manny & Nathan Hiltz Explore the U.S.A. syncspace.live
8 Church of the Transfiguration ‘Music Nights on the Hill’ w/ The Jake Koffman Trio
june 2021
5 Monthly livestream with The Sweet Hots (featuring Alex Pangman, Drew Jurecka) alexpangman.com/live
6 Syncspace.live with Mike Manny
17 PocketConcert.ca Performance for TD Bank Employee Appreciation
19 The Sweet Hots on syncspace.live
24 Jazz FM91 performance with Pat Collins and chat with Brad Barker
F.A.Q.
Questions? Contact natehiltz@gmail.com
Nathan has performed at jazz clubs across Canada like The Rex Hotel, The Jazz Bistro, Upstairs, Hermans, The Yardbird Suite, and Stayner’s Wharf and jazz festivals in Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Victoria, Niagara, Edmonton, Medicine Hat and Markham. He has worked with great singers like Alex Pangman, Ori Dagan, and Laura Hubert and with large ensembles like the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Toronto Concert Orchestra, and The Boss Brass.
The jazz guitar is the ultimate solo instrument. It beats piano in portability and expressiveness, is much softers and sweeeter than a loud an abrasive saxophone or trumpet, and is way more thrilling than a dreary solo bassist or drummer. If you want to create a sparkling, mellow, warm, unforgettable ambiance at your event a guitarist is your best bet! Email natehiltz@gmail.com
Lenny Breau is to me the perfect guitarist : beautifully integrating jazz, country, classical and flamenco into an incredible whole. But there are many others as well: Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Pat Martino, Johnny Smith, Jim Hall, David Occhipinti, Ted Quinlan. Merle Travis, Garoto, Francisco Tárrega, Augustin Barrios, Bill Evans, Hank Williams, Gordon Lightfoot, Julian Bream, Alirio Diaz, Miguel Llobet
Guitar is a musical instrument that you can find in every corner of the earth, and even recently in space! The music that can be made on the guitar is as incredibly diverse as all the humans that happen to play it. Most amazing to me is learning enough guitar to strum and sing a folk song takes only a few hours of work. It is also very life affirming to know that there is an endless world of music to discover on this instrument, made and yet unmade.
2004 Sadowsky ‘Jim Hall’ Model, 1939 Vega Deluxe, 1970 (?) Cervantes Hauser PE, 2010 Martin D-28, Fender AVRI 52′ Telecaster, 1945 Concertone Tenor Banjo, 1920 Oscar Schmidt Irish Tenor Banjo