• Currently writing script and music for performance piece/ritual enactment of the Sumerian myth "The Descent of Inanna" to be presented at 25th Street Theatre's 3rd Annual Women's Arts Festival. March 2001.
• Teach monthly sound and movement workshops titled "the soundbody" with dancer/musician Paulette Bibeau. September 2000 to present.
• Poetry and Music "Poetry Postcard" broadcast on CBC Radio 2's "Out of the Blue". November 13, 2000.
• Perform own compositions as voice/piano soloist at various venues in Saskatchewan. 1996 to present. Most recent performances:
  • McNally Robinson's Biblio Bistro, Saskatoon: October 2000
  • Globe Theatre's Lanterns on the Lake Festival: August 2000
• Voice, oboe, keyboard, and hand percussion performer with DUCT, Saskatoon's premiere improvisational ensemble. 1995 to May 2000.
• Mandara: a place for seeing premiered by the Saskatchewan Chamber Orchestra at the Saskatoon Symphony's Festival of New Music. April 2000.
• Founding member/vocalist/keyboardist/composer of Mundi. January 2000 to April 2000.
  • The Saskatoon Warehouse Artspace's Performathon - February 2000
  • 25th Street Theatre's 2nd Annual Women's Festival - March 2000
  • Breakfast for Barbarians Poetry Festival - April 2000
• Alternate Oboe, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (1989-90, 1995 to present)
• Organized Saskatoon Composers' Performance Society concert for Saskatoon Festival of New Music. April 1999.
• Co-Organized and performed own composition in Saskatoon Composers' Performance Society group concert. April 1998.
• Composed, performed in and organized Eve of Eostar concert featuring own vocal work. Saskatoon. March 1997
• Co-Organized, composed and performed music for Darkness & Light, a concert of new music by emerging composers. Trinity-Saint Paul's Church, Toronto. (1993)
• Oboe Soloist with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Toronto (1993)
• Voice and Oboe performer at Cagewake, presented by Sound Pressure at du Maurier Theatre, Toronto (November 1992)
• Wrote, composed music for, performed in (drama, dance and music), designed and made sets and costumes for one-woman show, Mother Maker at Saskatoon Fringe Festival (August 1992)

• 2000
  International Voice Workshop with Richard Armstrong, Intermediate Level
  The Banff Centre for the Arts
  
  
• 1999
  International Voice Workshop with Richard Armstrong, Introductory Level
  The Banff Centre for the Arts
  
  
• 1995
  B.F.A. Honors in Music with Great Distinction
  York University, Toronto.
  Main Areas of Study:
  • Composition (studied primarily with James Tenney and David Mott
  • Improvisation (oboe, piano, voice. Studied primarily with Casey Sokol)
  • World Music: Karnatak (South Indian) voice with Trichy Sanakaran
  
  
• 1994
  Autumn Leaf Performance Professional Development Workshop with Richard Armstrong
  Toronto
  
  
• 1992-94
  Principal Oboist, Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra
  
  
• 1991-92
  Musician/Dancer with York University Dance Ensemble
  
  Royal Conservatory of Music
  • Grade X Oboe - First Class Honours
  • Grade X Piano - Honours
  • Grade III Harmony - Honours
  • Grade IV Music History - Honours
  
  
  

• Saskatchewan Arts Board Travel Grant to attend International Voice Workshop at the Banff Centre for the Arts (1999)
• Saskatchewan Arts Board Literary C Grant to edit poetry manuscript, passage. (1996)
• Mary Lower Prize in Composition. York University (1993)
• Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Coaches Bursary (1992)
• Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects Contemporary Showcase Award (1991 & 1992)
• Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra scholarship from the I.O.D.E.(1991)
• Dean's Award of Excellence for Creativity in Music - York University (1991)

• SOCAN
  Member: 1999 to present
• SRIA (Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association)
  Member: 1999 to present
• Saskatoon Composers' Performance Society
  Member: March 1997 to November 2000.
  Co-Artistic Manager: May 1998 to May 1999.
• American Federation of Musicians. Local #553
  Member: 1995 to present.

• Classes in Saskatoon at U of S and with dancer/choreographer Linda Rubin (1986-1990)
• Musician/Dancer with York University Dance Ensemble directed by Holly Small(Toronto. 1991-1992)

• Classes in Saskatoon at U of S (1975-1984)

• 11 years yoga practice
• 4 years teaching
• Various workshops with teachers such as Hart Lazer, Shirley Daventry-French, Sheri Berkowitz, Father Joe Pereira and Aadil Pakhivala

• November 2000: The Initiate's Path; The Nature and Meaning of Ordeal
• May 1999: What Heals?
• March 1998: On Becoming a Healing Presence
• October 1997: Gathering Her Wholeness (a weekend retreat for women)
• February 1997: The Throat Chakra: Crafting an Authentic Life
• March 1995: Energy of Life

• Editorial Advisor and Reviewer: Musicworks magazine. 1995 to present
• Poetry and Music "Poetry Postcard" broadcast on CBC Radio 2's "Out of the Blue". November 13, 2000.
• Poetry manuscript "passage" forthcoming from Hagios Press, Spring 2001
• vicissitudes (a poem cycle)
  • broadcast on CBC Radio Saskatchewan's "Gallery". May 1998
  • chapbook forthcoming from Underwich Editions in 2001
• Poetry published in many literary magazines and anthologies. Most recently in:

  Transversions: An anthology of New Fantastic Literature (November 2000)

  keeper of the carved ones

  Zygote. Volume 7 Issue 1. Spring 2000

  the way my body moves against yours

• Personal essay "births" published in Red Deer Press' Wrestling with the Angel: Women Reclaiming their Lives edited by Caterina Edwards and Kay Stewart. (October 2000)

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