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Written by Rebecca
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Sunday, 12 May 2013 09:49 |
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Oh my its May.
The Earl: a Folk Opera is scheduled for a four night run at Nextfest 2013. We are in the middle of writing, staging, blocking, etc. Thank goodness for my mentor/director/dramaturg, Laura Raboud, for guiding me through this huge process. Writing the folk opera was the easy part; making a production out of it turns out is something completely different. My one woman show will run at the Azimuth Theatre on June 8th at 8:00, June 10th at 8:00, June 13th at 7:00 and June 16th at 4:00.
Recording for my next CD continues at DanLyn Studios. If everything goes according to plan we aim to release "Avant Garden" in early June.
I am going to be part of the Galaxy Young Performers program again this year. So I will be off to Winnipeg in July and playing on the Shady Grove Stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival on July 12th.
I will be performing "Welcome to Wayne" at the Calgary Folk Festival on July 28th. When I get more information on stage and time I will let you know.
I won the 12 to 16 category of the Futurefest competition.
Bye
Rebecca |
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Written by Rebecca
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Thursday, 25 April 2013 19:08 |
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Yay!!! I played "Welcome to Wayne" at the Sonic Youth Calgary Folk Festival Songwriting Contest on Sunday April 22 and...... I WON!! or "Welcome to Wayne" won. Thanks to the Calgary Folk Festival for organizing the event; The Ship and Anchor for hosting; the judges for giving of their time and expertese; The New Black for sponsoring the category, Up 97.7 for prizes and radio time; the other contestants for a great show.... and anyone else I may have forgot. I am still stunned by the prizes not the least of which is a chance to play at the Calgary Folk Festival. My video "Run Jack Run" is in the eye candy finals for Folk Fesitval contest so if you have the time Check out the Calgary Folk Fest channel and give it some views.
Bye
Rebecca |
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Written by Rebecca
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Monday, 15 April 2013 18:44 |
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Spring has sprung and the snow keeps coming. Despite that April has been a sunny month musically speaking.
On April 13th I had the privilege to open for Maria Dunn as part of the Expressionz Cafe Concert Series. Thanks to Maria, Rhea and Expressionz for organizing such a great opportunity. The music was great and I got to wish my mom a happy birthday from the stage.
My folk opera "The Earl" has been accepted into Nextfest. The shows will be in June and once I have dates and venues confirmed I will let you know. Meanwhile I need to start rehearsing.
I finished writing the music for 6 songs in Alison Neuman's play "Searching for Normal" which will be part of the 2013 Edmonton Fringe Festival. I will be helping record some of the background tracks later this week.
My song "Welcome to Wayne" is a finalist in the Sonic Youth Category of the Calgary Folk Festival Song Writing Contest. I will be heading down to Calgary to perform during the finals at the Ship and Anchor on April 21. Maybe I will see you there.
I will be back in the studio at the end of the month to finish recording songs for my next CD.
Oh, I almost forgot the Edmonton Music Awards are this month as well. Good luck to all of the other nominees.
I hope the rest of the month is sunny and warm for everyone.
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Written by Rebecca
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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 20:12 |
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It is already the third month of the year, Wow! I have a few projects on the go. I am co-writing 6 songs for an Edmonton Fringe festival production which is new for me. So far they are going well and I will give you more details as the project moves along.
Keeping in the theatrical theme I have finished writing my folk opera, "The Earl" based on the Tennyson poem "The Sisters". I have sent out the script and music and I am hoping it will be picked up by one of Edmonton's arts festivals. Help me keep my fingers crossed that it gets accepted. Either way I am two or three songs closer to having enough material for a Tennyson themed CD sometime in the future. Wouldn't that be cool.
Speaking of CD's I am heading back to the studio next week to start recording music for a new CD. I have new material I want to share and play live. I like all my children/songs but the new ones always seem more shiny. The theme of this one is interesting characters. The Tennyson theme will have to wait.
Bye
Rebecca |
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