Performance Biography
Concerts:
Guest Performer:
Winter Harp, Lead vocalist for full tour: Nov./Dec. 2019
Winter Harp, Lead vocalist for full tour: Nov./Dec. 2018
Winter Harp, Lead vocalist for full tour: Nov./Dec. 2014
Island Voices Chamber Choir, Comox, Campbell River: April 2014
Winter Harp, Lead vocalist for full tour: Nov./Dec. 2013
L’Arche “Affair of the Heart”, Courtenay: February 2013
Sacred Sound Festival, Comox: February 2013
Winter Harp, Lead Vocalist for full tour: Nov./Dec. 2012
Elevate The Arts, Courtenay: May 2012
Winter Harp, Courtenay, Nanaimo, & Duncan: December 2011
Winter Harp, Courtenay & Nanaimo: December 2010
World Harp Congress, Vancouver: July 2010
North Island Choral Society, Comox: 2009
Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players, Calgary: 1996 & 2003
Red Deer Chamber Singers, Red Deer: 1997 to 1999 & 2002
Healing Harps, Lethbridge: 2001
Canmore Highland Games, Canmore: 1998
Spiritus Chamber Choir, Calgary: 1997
Kaleidoscope 6, Calgary: 1996
Solo:
Self-Produced Concerts:
Farewell Concert, Courtenay: May 2018
Autumn concert, Courtenay: November 2016
Autumn concert, Courtenay: September 2015
Hallowe’en house concert, Vancouver: October 2015
Spring concert, Courtenay: May 2008 to 2013
Farewell concert, Calgary: September 2007
Beltaine/May Day, Calgary: May 2001 to 2004
Hallowe’en, Calgary & Edmonton: October 2003
Awen release, Calgary: November 2002 & Edmonton: March 2003
Imbolc, Edmonton: February 2002
Confetti Concert Series, Edmonton: June and August 2023
Aging with Pride, Edmonton: March 2022 and 2023
Lui-Chi’s Coffee, Edmonton: February 2020
Nelson Taghum Hall, Nelson: September 2018
Islands Celtic Festival: April 2015, 2016 & 2018
Vancouver Island Pagan Pride: August 2014 to 2017
Princeton Traditional Folk Festival: August 2015
Fanny Bay Community Concert: May 2015
Hornby House Concert, Hornby Island: March 2015
Vancouver House Concert, Vancouver: October 2014
Still Water Books and Art, Campbell River: March 2014
Devonian Gardens Lunch Series, Calgary: November 2004
Olympic Plaza Brown Bag Lunch Series, Calgary: June 2004
Japanese Tour, November 1996: NHK TV & various performances
With:
Laura Ellestad, Scandinavian Centre, Calgary: May 2005
Jeff Stockton, Medicine Hat Museum Celtic Festival: March 2001
Sheela na Gigh, Calgary: May 1998 & Edmonton: May 1999
Folk Clubs:
Nickelodeon Folk Club, Calgary: 1996, 2001, & 2020
Qualicum Beach Acoustic Cafe, Qualicum Beach: May 2010
Celtic Folk Club, Calgary: 1995, 1997, 2002, & 2003
Calgary Folk Club, Calgary: 1997
As A Performing Member:
Shadow Theatre Productions, Calgary: 1997 to 2005
Sangita Professional Choir, Calgary: 1997
Calgary Renaissance Singers and Players, Calgary: 1996
Calgary Opera Chorus, Calgary: 1996
Giving Back to the Community:
Comox Valley: L’Arche Comox Valley, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Child Haven, The Views, Project Watershed
Calgary: Alberta Ballet, AIDS Calgary, Calgary Women’s Shelter, Calgary Drop-In Centre, Alberta Writer’s Guild, Agape Hospice, Alzheimer’s Society National Conference, Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association, Calgary Welsh Society, Sons Of Norway
Edmonton: Ballet Edmonton, HIV Edmonton, International Fund of Ireland
Red Deer: Red Deer Library
Lethbridge: HIV Connection
Media:
Recordings:
Willow, 2013; Awen, 2002; The Weaving, 1997; The Call, 1994
Guest Artist: Trilogy: 2000 Years of Christmas; Cathy Miller: Waiting for the Stars; Ann Gray: Shouting at Magpies
Radio:
CKUA, Edmonton, The Celtic Show, Folk Routes
CBC Radio 1, North By Northwest
KRVS-FM, Louisiana, Harpestry
CBC Radio 2, Max Ferguson Show (One of Max’s Top Twenty Favourite Folk Singers), Stereo Morning, Weekender, Music and Company
WUNH-FM, New Hampshire, Ceili
CKJS, Winnipeg, Prairie Ceilidh
Television:
Shaw Cable, Vancouver Island, Calgary
A-Channel (now CityTV), Calgary
Global, Calgary
CTV National News
NHK-TV, Japan
Awards:
1992 Alberta Provincial Kiwanis festival award : “Musical Theatre/Light Opera Solo”- Senior