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"Walk a Mile in Her Blues" 2006,
"Take Flight" 2008
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BORN AND RAISED IN MONTREAL. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MUSIC MY ENTIRE LIFE. DEVELOPING A STYLE OVER THE YEARS DERRIVED FROM JAZZ, FOLK, BLUES, GOSPEL & POP AS WELL AS LIFE EXPERIENCE. I HAVE MY OWN UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE AND TRY MY BEST TO DELIVER IT THRU MUSIC.
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MY MUSICAL EXPERIENCE BEGAN WITH MY DAD WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO SING HARMONY AND WRITE SONGS. LATER MY SISTER AND I PLAYED AS A DUO FOR OUR TEEN YEARS UNTIL I MOVED TO VANCOUVER WHERE I STAYED FOR TEN YEARS, THERE I PLAYED CLUBS SUCH AS, THE YALE,COMMODORE BALLROOM,RAILWAY CLUB,SAVOY, ARTS CLUB LOUNGE, ROBSON STREET JAZZ FESTIVAL, VANCOUVER FOLK FESTIVAL.
WORKING IN NEW YORK I HAD A REGULAR JOB WITH A BAND AND ALSO DID MY OWN ACT AT, CLUB TATTOO, BIRDLAND, CAFE SOCIETY, MANNY'S CARWASH BLUES CLUB, CAFE WHA AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE VILLAGE AND SOHO. WHILE IN NEW YORK I RECIEVED THE HUGH PRESSWOOD CERTIFICATION FOR SONGWRITING AND TOOK TRAVIS PICKING GUITAR STYLE WITH JACK BAKER :)
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IN NASHVILLE, I RESUMED TEACHING VOICE AND WRITING AND PLAYING ORIGINALS. I WROTE WITH MAT LINDSEY AT CURB RECORDS, ATTENDED MANY SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS AND PLAYED AT THE BLUE BIRD CAFE, DOUGLAS CORNER, DAVIS KIDD. I ALSO RECORD MY ORIGINAL SONGS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.
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MUSICAL EDUCATION : FORMAL OPERA TRAINING WITH TATIANA VASLAVIA, NORTH VAN; POP, NANCI DAVIS, NORTH VAN; OPERA WITH HUGETTE TURREGNIOU, MONTREAL; JAZZ VOICE, MADELAINE THERAULT, MONTREAL; JAZZ CHOIR; DIRECTED BY JERRY BROWN, MONTREAL, IMPROVISATION WITH GARY SHWARTZ; PIANO, BILL WHITE, NORTH VAN; TRAVIS PICKING, JACK BAKER, N.Y; SONGWRITING WITH AWARD WINNER HUGH PRESSWOOD, N.Y; SONGWRITING, NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOC; SONGWRITING WITH CURB RECORDS MATT LINDSEY, NASHVILLE. VANCOUVER SONGWRITING ASSOC; JAZZ GUITAR, STAN LASSITAR, NASHVILLE; JAZZ GUITAR, MARK MILLNEUVE, MONTREAL; CLASSICAL PIANO, YARON ROSS, CONCORD UNIV; PIANO, KATHY PEIMONT, MONTREAL; PIANO, LAURIE ANDERSON, CONCORDIA UNIV, MONTREAL; BFA, CONCORDIA, INTEGRATED MUSIC; COMPLETION OF THE JO ESTILL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOCUSING ON COMPULSORY FIGURES FOR VOICE CONTROL, TECHNIQUE AND THE SCIENCE OF VOICE; SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS OVER THE YEARS AND THE MANY THINGS LEARNED FROM WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND AQUAINTANCES ALONG THE WAY AND MY PERSONAL ADVENTURES ;)
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BACK IN MONTREAL SINCE 2000 AND AFTER A BIT OF A BREAK FROM MUSIC, I PLAYED GUITAR AND SANG AT THE MONTREAL BLUES FESTIVAL, BOURBON STREET, WEST ISLAND BLUES FESTIVAL, PETIT MEDLEY, HOUSE OF JAZZ, CABARET MADO.
I AM PRESENTLY WORKING ON A NEW C.D. OF ORIGINAL JAZZ AND BLUES MATERIAL AND CONTINUE TO PERFORM MY OWN SHOWS.
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WITH HELP FROM GRANTS FROM FACTOR I HAVE RECORDED MY FIRST C.D. "TILL YOU WALK A MILE IN HER BLUES" AND MY PRESENT WORK IN PROGRESS "TAKE FLIGHT" WHICH ARE BOTH BLUES,FOLK AND JAZZ BASED
AM WORKING ON WRITING AN ALL CANADIAN C.D. FILLED WITH SONGS ABOUT BEAUTIFUL CANADA.
NOW THAT IM ABOUT FINISHED MY BFA IN MUSIC AND ENGLISH I WIL CONTINUE TO TEACH VOICE AND COACH VOCALISTS PRIVATELY AND IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I AM A MEMBER OF CSA, WASHINGTON COPYRIGHT OFFICE, SOCAN AND SODRAC.
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