HOMETOWN: Lively, Ontario (20 minutes West of Sudbury)
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Orillia, Ontario
MUSICAL GENRE: Folk Rock, Adult Contemporary
LATEST CD: Little Tragedies
LATEST SINGLE: Broken
POINTS OF NOTE: 2010 Recipient: FACTOR support for upcoming album "The Contagiousness of Hope" to be released in the Spring 2010.
2009
Recipient: Songwriting Grant from Canadian Arts Council.
Honorable Mention: John Lennon Songwriting
Competition (Warm Hands)
2008
Winner: “Best Folk Act,” Toronto Independent Music Awards
Winner: “Best Song” (Unwritten Pages) and “Best Vocals on a recording” (Don’t Give Up) at the 2008 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards 2007
Winner: “Best Song” (The Gynecologist Song) in the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals’ “Songs from the Heart” contest (Humour Category)
Nominated for “Best Acoustic Act” and “Best Song” (Change) at the Toronto Independent Music Awards
Nominated for “Best Female Performer” at the Ontario Independent Music Awards
Awarded grant money for the recording of “Little Tragedies” from the Ontario Council of Arts 2006
Winner: “Female Performer of the Year”, Toronto Independent Music Awards
Winner: “Best Song” (Hunny Bunny) in the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals’ “Songs from the Heart” contest (Humour Category)
Winner: “Best Song” (Forbidden Thoughts), The Toronto Independent Music Awards 2005
Nominated for “Best Song” and “Best Vocals on a recording” at the 2005 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards
Nominated for “Best Song” at 2005 Songwriterfest 2003
Nominated for best songwriter at the Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards
One of the “Top 100” for the CTV television series “Canadian Idol”
“Shiver”, licensed for use in the Independent feature film “Adam and Eve”
“As it is”, licensed for use in the CBC television series “Our Hero”
“Circumstantial Overload”, licensed for use in the documentary “Lesbian Porno Lessons”
“No Choice,” licensed for use in an advertising campaign for “Save the Children Canada”
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES INCLUDE:
Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards (2008)
Fundraising concert in Zimbabwe in support of Women Affected by HIV and AIDS (2007)
Canadian Music Week (2008, 2002)
Toronto City Roots Festival (2006, 2005)
Kimberkote Music Festival (2005)
Festival Boreal (2005)
Shelter Valley Folk Festival (2004)
OCFF Conference (2004)
North by Northeast (2003)
Ottawa Folk Festival (2003)
