Catalogue of Canadian Women Empowered by Music

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1 Name Noma Abenethy ( ) Lydia Adams (1953 ) Fances Ma Adaskin ( ) Dates Active 1930 s 1940 s Categoy Caee Highlights Listening Links 1980s Conducto Accompan ist Aange 1920 s 1940 s Noma Abenathy was a pianist fom Vancouve, Bitish Columbia. She is best known as an accompanist and soloist on adio stations such as CNRV and CBR, and as a pianist with the Vancouve Chambe Ochesta and the Victoia Symphony Ochesta. Lydia Adams was bon in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and completed he taining at Mount Allison Univesity in New Bunswick and the Royal College of Music in London, England. She woked as an accompanist fo the Elme Isele Singes in the 1980s and ealy 1990s, and in 1997 she became the choi s conducto and music diecto. D. Adams was also the conducto and atistic diecto of the Amadeus Choi, and commissioned and pemieed many woks by Canadian composes. Fances Ma Adaskin was a pianist bon in Ridgetown, Ontaio. Afte studying music in Pais, Adaskin fomed a musical duo with husband and enowned violinist Hay Adaskin in Togethe, they pefomed Canadian music on CBC Radio and intenationally. She was named a membe of the Ode of Canada in Sing all ye joyful: the woks of Ruth Watson Hendeson opedia.ca/en/aticle/nomaabenethyemc/ opedia.ca/en/aticle/lydiaadamsemc/ com/lydia_adams.htm ances_adaskin opedia.ca/en/aticle/fancesmaadaskinemc/ Susan Aglukak ( s,, Activist Susan Aglukak ose to fame in 1995 afte the single fom he thid studio album eached numbe one on the Canadian chats, making he the fist Inuk pefome to have a Top 40 hit. She is also the fisteve Inuk Junoawad winne and has eceived the Goveno Geneal's Pefoming Ats Lifetime Achievement Awad fo he wok with nonpofit goups seving aboiginal and Inuit youth. He oganization, The Actic Rose Poject, named afte Agulak s debut album, was founded in It O Siem Actic Rose Lean To Love Youself susanaglukak.com stoies/aticle/65674photo_act ic_ose_poject_stocks_camba ys_food_bank/ c.ca/news/canada/noth/susan 1

2 aims to supply egional food banks in Nothen Canada though donations and a national gocey stoe adoption pogam. Founde of The Actic Rose Poject aglukakaivesiniqaluitwithgiftsoffood Coa Bell Ahens ( ) Dame Emma Albani ( ) Violet Ache ( ) Jann Aden ( s 1950 s 1870 s 1910 s 1950 s 1980 s 1990 s,, Coa Bell Ahens was a pianist and music educato fom Statfod, Ontaio. She was one of the fist itineant ual music school teaches duing the 1930 s, and she eventually went on to teach musical pedagogy at Univesity of Westen Ontaio, Univesity of Toonto and McGill Univesity. She was coautho of seveal textbooks on ea taining and piano. Emma Albani was a leading opea sopano singe of the 19 th centuy and was the fist Canadian to ise to intenational stadom pefoming acoss Euope and Noth Ameica, sometimes fo English and Geman oyalty. She was pofiled by Canadian autho L.M. Montgomey, and eleased a book of he own titled Foty Yeas of Song, a memoi about he tavels and caee. In 1925, Albani was made a Dame Commande of the Bitish Empie. Violet Ache was a Canadian compose and educato whose compositions span a wide vaiety of genes including voice, instumentals, films and a comic opea. She was the fist Noth Ameican woman compose to be honoed with a festival of he own woks. She eceived a of the Yea Awad in Canada. The Canadian Music Cente Libay in Calgay is named in he honou. Jann Aden is a nineteentime Juno awadwinning singe and songwite fom Albeta. Aden has also made many comedic television appeaances, and has Theodoa L ete Paiie Pofiles Habitant Sketches fo Piano Insensitive Will You Remembe opedia.ca/en/aticle/coabahensemc/ mma_albani opedia.ca/en/aticle/emmaalbaniemc/ olet_ache de/37184/biogaphy opedia.ca/en/aticle/violetache/ aphy/ 2

3 Activist Fançoise Aubut Patte ( ) Melissa Auf de Mau ( s 1960 s pefomed to suppot such humanitaian causes as Wold Vision, Live 8 and Fashion Caes. Fançoise AubutPatte was a FenchCanadian oganist and educato. AubutPatte is best known fo he studies in Fance, which began in 1938 when she was only 16 yeas old. Demonstating an immense powess on the ogan, AubutPatte was the fist Noth Ameican to eceive a Gand Pemie Pix (Gand Fist Pize) fo he studies at the Consevatoie National Supeio of Music of Pais in In addition to being a gifted musician, Fançoise is a symbol of stength and peseveance, fo she was awaded the Gand Pemie Pix despite being made to live in an intenment camp in Besaçon, Fance fo 8 months duing Wold Wa II. Following the wa, Fançoise etuned to Canada, binging the woks of Dupé and Messaien to Canadian audiences, and inspied students though he ogan, fugue, and theoy instuction at the Univesity of Monteal. She made egula appeaances on CBC adio, and pefomed in the 1958 Wold s Fai in Bussels s Melissa Auf de Mau is a bassist fom Monteal, Quebec. Though she studied many instuments including piano and tumpet, she focused on playing bass in an altenative ock band, Tinke. Afte opening fo the Smashing Pumpkins in 1993, Melissa was ecommended to Coutney Love, and went on to play in Love s gunge band Hole fo the majoity of the late 90 s. She is best known fo he wok in Hole, but late ose to fame as pat of The Smashing Pumpkins. She eleased he fist solo album in Me? Could I Be You Gil? Psaume CL 3d Choale of Fanck Doll Pats (Hole) Taste You (Auf de Ma) nn_aden opedia.ca/en/aticle/jannaden/ opedia.ca/en/aticle/fancoiseaubut/ e.ca/tag/fancoiseaubut/ ut.htm opedia.ca/en/aticle/melissaaufdemauemc/ 3

4 Ellen Ballon ( ) Heathe Bambick (1971 Saa Bakin (1908 Jean Ashwoth Batle ( s 1940 s 1990 s 1930 s 1970 s 1960 s Conducto Ellen Ballon was a pianist fom Monteal, Quebec, who was hailed as a child podigy at the young age of six. Ballon studied in New Yok as a young adult, going on to pefom fo Pesident Taft in Afte numeous pefomances in Canada and the United States, Ballon made seveal impotant contibutions to McGill Univesity in he late life as a philanthopist, teache, and fundaise. Heathe Bambick is a jazz vocalist fom St. John s, Newfoundland. Since studying at the Univesity of Toonto in the 1990 s, she has studied with many jazz legends such as Kenny Wheele and Pete Appleyad, been featued on ecodings with atists like Caol Welsman, toued Canada and the United States, pefomed on jazz cuises fo Regent Holidays and Pincess Cuises, and eleased seveal of he own albums. She is the ecipient of seveal National Jazz Awads, and has taught in the Jazz Studies pogam at the Univesity of Toonto. Bambick is also a popula host on Canada s only alljazz adio station, JAZZ FM91. Heathe s most ecent album, You ll Neve Know, is nominated fo a 2017 Juno Awad fo Vocal Jazz Album of the Yea. Saa Bakin is a pianist and sopano bon in Uman, Ukaine in Bakin began studying piano at the age of 5 unde the tutelage of he fathe back in the Ukaine. Afte immigating to Canada in 1925, a scholaship in voice at the Toonto Consevatoy of Music that made he caee possible.he caee is notable fo he wok singing with vaious ochestas in Toonto, as well as he wok as a adio accompanist fom Jean Ashwoth Batle is a pominent choal conducto and teache, oiginally fom Littleboough, Lancashie, Conceto No. 1 (Villa Lobos) (Sing) Joysping Petty Habou Bait Skiff opedia.ca/en/aticle/ellenballonemc/ / ttp:// og/en/musicians/heathebambick.html opedia.ca/en/aticle/saabakinemc/ an_ashwoth_batle 4

5 Isabel Bayakdaian (1974 Noma Beecoft Jennife Beezan (1961 England. Afte becoming a natualized Canadian in 1968, Batle eceived seveal ARCTs one in pefomance, one in teaching as well as a Bachelo of Music with Honous fom the Univesity of Toonto. Batle is most well known fo he wok as a conducto and adjudicato acoss Noth Ameica, and fo founding the Toonto Childens Chous in Batle conducted the TCC fo an amazing 29 yeas, stepping down as the diecto in Batle has witten two books, including Lifeline fo Childen s Choi Diectos, and has eceived both the Ode of Ontaio and the Ode of Canada in he lifetime. Isabel Bayakdaian is an AmenianCanadian classically tained sopano. Bayakdaian is known fo he musical powess, as well as he unique caee beginnings. She attained a biomedical Engineeing degee fom Univesity of Toonto in 1997, and launched he caee that same yea afte winning the Metopolitan Opea National Council auditions. Thoughout he caee, she has won fist pize at the Opealia Competition, fou consecutive Junos fo Best Classical Vocal album, as well as the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.Bayakdaian is a featued vocalist on the Lod of the Rings: The Two Towes soundtack which won a Gammy. Jennife Beezan is a singesongwite fom Albeta. He devotion to envionmentalism, women s justice and eath spiituality povide the themes fo he 10 albums. She has an inteest in combining music and healing though he expeience as a teache. Evensta (fom Lod of the Rings) Ya Zahatan Retuning In These Ams, a Song fo All Beings cantatas.com/bio/ashwoth BatleJean.htm abel_bayakdaian home 5

6 Industy Melanie Bey Laila Biali (1980 ) Jocelyne Binet ( ) Lois Bikenshaw Fleming ( ) 1940 s 1970 s 70 s 80 s Melanie Bey is a leade in the Canadian music industy, having been named one of Canada s Most Poweful Women at the Women s Executive Netwok Top 100 Awads in As fome pesident of the Canadian Academy of Recoding Ats and Sciences, she is best known fo developing the JUNO Awads into the lagest and most ecognized celebation of Canadian music. She cuently is CEO of Canada s Walk of Fame. Bey, named one of Canada s Most Poweful Women at the Women s Executive Netwok Top 100 Awads (2009) was instumental in developing the JUNO Awads band into Canada s lagest and most ecognized celebation of Canadian music. We Go Got to Love Danse Un Canadien a Pais m/life/executiveclassmelaniebeypesidentcanadianacademyofecodingatsandsciences/aticle670182/ ila_biali celyne_binet opedia.ca/en/aticle/jocelynebinetemc/ Laila Biali is a jazz singe and pianist fom Vancouve, Bitish Columbia. Afte studying classical piano fo many yeas at the Royal Consevatoy of Music, she enolled in the jazz music pogam at Humbe College in Toonto. Biali has been the ecipient of awads fom SOCAN and Canada s National Jazz Awads, and was nominated fo a Juno in Jocelyne Binet was a pianist and compose fom East Angus, Quebec. Binet eceived two music degees in Monteal, and went on to study at the Pais Consevatoy seveal times unde composes such as Tony Aubin and Olivie Messaien. Binet composed fo a vaiety of genes including piano, violin, cello, flute and the choi. He wok has been pefomed live and on the adio in Canada, Euope and South Ameica. Lois BikenshawFleming was a music educato, lectue, and compose benefacto fom Toonto, Ontaio. Afte completing a Bachelo of Ats at the Univesity of Toonto in 1951, BikenshawFleming went on to study Off opedia.ca/en/aticle/loisbikenshawflemingemc/ 6

7 Schulwek in Canada and aboad, eventually lectuing on the use of Off techniques and the musical development of handicapped in many counties aound the wold. In addition, she was a founding membe of the Coalition fo Music Education. Acoss BikenshawFleming s obust caee, what stands out is he devoted inteest in music Jully Black (1977 education, and in mentoing othes in the field. Jully Black is an acclaimed R&B singesongwite and actess fom Toonto, Ontaio. Black has been named of the 25 geatest Canadian singes by CBC, and is consideed the Canadian Queen of R&B by pess and fans alike. Black has won seveal Juno awads fo he effots, although she oiginally got he stat witing songs fo such famous intenational atists as Destiny s Child, Sean Paul and Canadian hiphop atist Kadinal Offishall. Rally n Seven Day Fool ly_black Linda Bouchad (1957 Lise Bouche (1941 Liona Boyd ( s 1950 s 1960 s 1970 s 1980 s Linda Bouchad is a compose and ochesta conducto fom Monteal, Quebec. Bouchad holds a BA in music fom Bennington College in Vemont, as well as a Mastes in Music fom the Manhattan School of Music. Bouchad s music is known fo its expeimentation with spatial placement of pefomes, as well as exploation of diffeent timbes and textues. Linda was the was the fist compose in esidence fo the National Ats Cente Ochesta in Ottawa fom Lise Bouche is a pianist and music educato fom Monteal, Quebec. Bouche has pefomed extensively thoughout Canada and Euope, including concets with the CBC Radio Ochesta. She was awaded the Pix d Euope in She cuently teaches in Monteal. Liona Boyd is a classical guitaist known as the Fist Lady of Classical Guita. As a child, Boyd immigated to Canada fom England and went on to study music at the Booming Sands El Colibi Canada, My nda_bouchad opedia.ca/en/aticle/liseboucheemc/ 7

8 Canada Gena Banscombe ( ) 1910 s 1960 s Choi conducto Univesity of Toonto, whee she won the Canadian National Music Competition befoe touing extensively though Euope and Canada. Boyd has pefomed with such notable popula musicians as Godon Lightfoot, Eic Clapton, and Tacy Chapman, intoducing classical guita to new audiences. Boyd has exploed many avenues in he caee, alteing he music to suit diffeent musical climates. Fo example, in 1986, she ecoded Pesona, an album of electonic, New Age music, with cellist Yo Yo Ma and a foupiece ock band. Following the elease of Pesona, Liona also began incopoating moe of he own oiginal compositions into he live pefomances, even adding he own vocals to he epetoie in In addition, Boyd has ovecome pesonal challenges, including a stuggle with a movement disode known as Task Specific Focal Dystonia, which foced he to develop othe aspects of he musicianship. Boyd s tailblazing appoach to pefomance has ganeed he many accolades including five Juno awads fo Instumental Atist of the Yea, as well as an induction into the Ode of Canada in Gena Banscombe was an accomplished choi conducto, music teache, pianist, and compose. While studying at the Chicago Musical College, Banscombe won gold medals in composition in 1900 and 1901, going on to study composition unde Engelbet Humpedinck in Thoughout he caee, which spanned 75 yeas, Banscombe seved as the piano depatment head at Whitman College in Washington, had many woks published by Ameican companies, and guest conducted chois and ochestas acoss Ameica and England. Notably, Banscombe used he maiden name pofessionally, which was counte to the noms of the time. He biggest successes came fom he choal woks, Ams that Have Shelteed Us opedia.ca/en/aticle/lionaboydemc/ clopedia.ca/en/aticle/genabanscombeemc/ html/davis_banscombe.htm l da.gc.ca/4/7/m15267e.html 8

9 including he dama, Pilgims of Destiny, which was awaded the 1928 League of Ameican Pen Women annual pize fo best wok by a woman. In addition, he hymn, Ams That Have Shelteed Us, was selected fo use by the Royal Canadian Navy in Additionally, Gena seved on many US women s oganizations, demonstating a commitment to nutuing female atists. She ceated the Banscombe Choal of New Yok in 1933, and seved on the Society of Ameican Women s, as well as on the National Association of Ameican s and Conductos. Gena composed ight up until the age of 92. Divine Bown (1974 Measha Bueggegosman (1977 Basia Bulat (1984 Divine Bown is an awadwinning R&B and soul singe fom Toonto, Ontaio. She is best known fo he 2005 adio hit, Old Skool Love, and fo winning a Juno Awad fo R&B/Soul Recoding of the Yea. Divine Bown continues to make music pesently with the Univesal Music label. Measha Bueggegosman is an awadwinning sopano opea singe and concet atist. She has pefomed intenationally and has made seveal film and television appeaances, including a pefomance at the 2010 Winte Olympic Games. He wok is notable fo he lead pefomance in the citicallyacclaimed opea Beatice Chancy about the slave tade of Nova Scotia, and fo he docuseies Songs of Feedom in which Bueggegosman exploes he Afican heitage though the powe of AficanAmeican spiituals. Bueggegosman is a Goodwill Ambassado fo the Afican Medical and Reseach Foundation. Basia Bulat is a singe, songwite and autohapist fom London, Ontaio. Bulat stated with a modest fan following, playing occasionally while studying English at Old Skool Love Go Down, Moses La Diva de L Empie (Satie) Snakes and Laddes vine_bown ainment/stage/2012/06/29/me asha_bueggegosman_talks_l ife_and_loss.html d=19 episodes/ou_songs/ sia_bulat 9

10 In The Night the Univesity of Westen Ontaio. Afte he beakthough success in 2005, Bulat s caee took off, and she now tous nationally and intenationally. He wok has been featued intenationally in seveal commecials. I Was a Daughte Ruth Budd (1924 Jane Bunnett (1955 Jane Butle McGego Chalotte Cadaet (Siste StJeandu SacéCoeu) 1920 s cuent 1980 s Administa to Jane Bunnett is a multiinstumentalist and educato fom Toonto, Ontaio. Despite being classically tained in piano, Bunet began playing flute and sopano saxophone in a duet with he husband, tumpete and compose, Lay Came. They have ecoded seveal jazz and Cuban albums, winning a Juno in She is best known fo he vesion of AfoCuban jazz, which she pusues in many goups. Bunnet founded and fonts an allfemale AfoCuban jazz goup called Maqueque, which has won five Juno awads, and ganeed two Gammy nominations. Bunnet eceived the Ode of Canada in Jane Butle McGego began he caee in business in the 1980s, and joined the Pacific Opea Victoia boad in At the boad s equest she biefly seved as Executive Diecto of POV, and went on to become Chief Executive Office of the Victoia Consevatoy of Music, a position she has held since Unde he leadeship the VCM established seveal new community and pofessional pogams, and has become an integal pat of the Victoia community. Chalotte Cadaet was a teache and compose whose studies wee specialized in Gegoian chants. She composed choal woks, masses, cantatas, and Little Waltz Deam Little Feet ne_bunnett events/convocation/awads/jan ebutlemcgego 10

11 (1908?) numeous folk songs. Anne Campbell ( ) Alessia Caa (1996 Albetine Caon Legis ( ) Victoia Catie ( ) Keshia Chanté ( s 1970 s 2010 s 1920 s 1940 s 1890 s 1910 s Conducto Anne Campbell was a wellknown choal conducto and ats education advocate. A tained pianist and singe, Campbell taught liteally hundeds of gils thoughout he caee and was founded seveal chois including the Lethbidge Junio Gils Choi, the TeenClefs, the Anne Campbell Singes and the Linnet Singes who pefomed and ecoded intenationally. In 1976 she eceived the Goveno Geneal s Medal fo he commitment to music and in 1978 eceived the Queen s Jubilee Medal. Alessia Caa is an emeging pop singe and songwite fom Bampton, Ontaio. Caa s caee began with he posting acoustic cove videos to Youtube. Afte achieving mainsteam populaity in 2015, Caa most ecently won fou Juno awads this past Mach, including the 2016 Beakthough Atist of the Yea Awad. Caa s song Scas To You Beautiful demonstates he advocacy fo selfacceptance. Albetine CaonLegis was a pianist, compose, and music educato fom Louisville, Quebec. She is best known as a compose and wite of songs and piano music. He childen s piano book, Mes plus belle chansons, was published in Victoia Catie was an oganist, pianist and educato fom Soel, Quebec. She was the founde of L école de piano PaisMontéal, which emained active fo 25 yeas. She continued pefoming and teaching thoughout most of he life. She was named an Office of the Académie in Fance in 1901 and of the Instuction Publique of Fance in Keshia Chante is a singe and songwite fom Ottawa, Ontaio. Chante has won a Juno fo he wok and is now bestknown fo cohosting a hiphop countdown show on Scas To You Beautiful Wild Things Let the Music Take You icle/emembeinglateanne campbell#.wks8m4wmgae opedia.ca/en/aticle/annecampbellemc/ essia_caa betine_caonlegis opedia.ca/en/aticle/victoiacatieemc/ shia_chant%c3%a9#philanth opy 11

12 Rita Chiaelli 1990 s Jean Coulthad ( ) Betha May Cawfod ( ) Helen Ceighton ( ) 1920s 1940s 1910 s 1920 s 1920 s 1950 s Folkloist BET in the United States showcasing upandcoming atists. Chante was the youngesteve Juno winne and has a sta on the Bampton Walk of Fame. Thoughout he caee, Chante has collaboated with othe Canadian atists such as Dake. Additionally, Chante has had an active philanthopic caee, woking in the Dominican Republic with Wold Vision, and in Kenya with CANFAR. Rita Chiaelli is a Canadian blues singe who has been called the Goddess of Canadian Blues by CBC Radio. She has eceived seveal Juno nominations, and cuently still enjoys an intenational touing caee. Jean Coulthad was a compose and educato who, along with Violet Ache and Babaa Pentland, fomed a tio of women composes who dominated Westen Canadian music in the twentieth centuy. Thoughout an active teaching caee that spanned decades, Coulthad managed to compose moe than 350 compositions fo voice and a wide vaiety of instumentals. She was made an Office of the Ode of Canada in Betha May Cawfod was a coloatua singe fom Elmvale, Ontaio. She is best known fo quickly gaining an intenational eputation in the ealy 20th centuy, pefoming pima donna oles with many opea companies in easten Euope, such as Russia and Poland. Helen Ceighton was a folkloist and autho fom Datmouth, Nova Scotia. Acoss a caee that spanned seveal decades, Ceighton published many books on Nova Scotia folk songs, and collected ove 4,000 taditional songs and stoies. She was made a membe of the Ode of Canada in Does He Love Me This is My Life Rest My Bones Aegean Sketches Quebec May fo Chous & Stings an_coulthad tha_may_cawfod len_ceighton Tacy Dahl 1980 s Tacy Dahl was bon in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is an The Red Red 12

13 (1961) intenationally enowned coloatua sopano and has Heat opedia.ca/en/aticle/tacydahl/ been engaged by many leading opea companies, including the Canadian Opea Company and the Metopolitan Opea in New Yok. Ms. Dahl continues to maintain an active pefoming caee while also teaching voice at the Univesity of Manitoba Faculty of Music. She has been the ecipient of many awads and in 2017 Eleano Daley (1955 ) Debbie Danbook ( s Conducto Accompan ist Cis Deksen became a Membe of the Ode of Canada. Eleano Daley was bon in Pay Sound, Ontaio and eceived he Bachelo of Music degee in ogan pefomance fom Queen s Univesity. Since 1982 she has been the music diecto at Failawn Avenue United Chuch in Toonto, and late seved as accompanist fo the Amadeus Choi. She is cuently the accompanist of the Bach Childen s Chous. Ms. Daley is also a polific compose of choal music, whose woks have been commissioned and pefomed thoughout Noth Ameica and aound the wold. Debbie Danbook is a pofesso of music at the Univesity of Toonto as well as a compose and ecoding atist. She was the fist pofessional female playe of the Shakuhachi, an ancient Japanese Bamboo Flute. She specializes in music fo meditation and elaxation. Cis Deksen is a half Cee, half Mennonite classically tained cellist fom Nothen Albeta. Deksen hails fom the Noth Tall Cee Reseve, and holds a Bachelo of Music in Cello Pefomance fom the Univesity of Bitish Columbia. She has been nominated fo countless awads, and eceived a Canadian Aboiginal Music Awad fo Instumental Album of the Yea fo he 2010 debut, The Cusp. Deksen is best known fo layeing sounds and fusing classical music with electonics and Indigenous music, using this fusion to bing awaeness to Requiem The Rose Tilogy The Mole s Manta A Line of Canes Pow. Wow. Wow /eleanodaley/ eano_joanne_daley debbie/debbiebio.htm s_deksen isdeksen 13

14 envionmental and social justice issues. Fo example, Deksen s 2013 album, The Collapse, featues electonic cello pieces that expess envionmental concens about changing enegy esouces in Canada. Fo Deksen s most ecent Juno nominated album, Ochestal Powwow Poject, she included excepts of Tibal Spiits powwow albums and utilized a symphonic ensemble, a hoop dance, and a powwow goup in the poduction. Deksen has toued nationally and intenationally, composed fo film and theate, and collaboated with Buffy Sainte Maie, Tanya Tagaq, Kanye West, and A Tibe Called Red, among othes. Deksen was also mentoed by Buffy Sainte Maie as pat of an Ontaio ganting poject in Celine Dion 1990 s Celine Dion is a Fench Canadian singe known fo he spiited showmanship, paticulaly in the powe ballad gene. Celine s talent was evident fom a vey ealy age onwad. Celine began singing at age five, and began he pofessional caee at age 12. At the age of 14, Celine became the fist Canadian to be awaded a gold album in Fance, and duing he 35 yeas as a pefoming and ecoding atist, she has won five Gammy Awads, as well as seveal Félix Awads fo finest Québécois music. Notable caee highlights include singing the awadwinning, My Heat Will Go On, fom the 1997 movie, Titanic, as well as the theme fom Disney s, Beauty and the Beast. Celine Dion has sold ove 200 million copies woldwide, and is the bestselling Canadian atist of all time, as well as one of the best selling female singes in music histoy. Celine s mainsteam success has helped populaize Fancophone music in many non Fancophone counties. In patneship with he manage and husband, René Angélil, she has suppoted many chaitable foundations, including the Canadian Cystic My Heat Will Go On gaphy/celinedion 14

15 Fibosis Foundation, and the Huicane Katina Relief Effot. Dion openly suppots the gay community, including the publication of health and HIV pevention mateials. Fefe Dobson (1985 Maion Donnelly Gladys Egbet ( ) 1990 s 1910 s 1960 s Industy Fefe Dobson is an awadwinning singe fom Toonto, Ontaio. Dobson is pehaps is best known fo he public dispute with he ecoding company ove atistic diffeences concening he image. They ultimately pated ways and he second fully completed album was canned. Dobson was foced to stat he caee afesh. Acoss he caee, Dobson has been nominated fo seveal Juno Awads, and has won numeous Canadian Radio Music Awads. Maion Donnelly is an ats and cultue pofessional fom Regina, Saskatchewan. Donnelly has woked with SaskCultue, and woked as the Executive Diecto of SaskMusic fo many yeas. Since 2011, Donnelly has been the CEO and ceato of a unique venue in Regina known as the Ceative City Cente. Gladys Egbet was a pianist and music educato fom Bandon, Manitoba. At the young age of 12, Egbet became the fist (and youngest) Noth Ameican ecipient of a scholaship to the Royal Academy of Music in London. Afte etuning to Calgay in 1914, she established he own music studio and began a 50yea teaching caee that ovesaw the establishment of oganizations such as the Associated Studios of Music, and the Westen Boad of Music (now Consevatoy Canada). In addition to being the fist Noth Ameica to be elected fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in England in 1936, a school in Calgay and the top pize at the Calgay Kiwanis Music Festival ae also named in he hono. Stutteing Like a Ghost fe_dobson Ceativecitycente.ca /candidatepofilemaiandonnellyfomayo/ opedia.ca/en/aticle/gladysegbetemc/ about.htm opedia.ca/en/aticle/westenboadofmusicemc/ 15

16 May Louise Fallis (1948 Feon ( s 1980 s 1970 s Teache May Louise Fallis is a sopano singe, teache, and wite fom Toonto, Ontaio. Though Fallis has pefomed intenationally in damatic opeas, she is best known fo he comedic oles, paticulaly he ole in Pimadonna. At just age 15, Fallis made he opeatic debut in CBC TV s take on Mozat s The Magic Flute. Fallis has sung with many ochestas, including the Toonto Symphony Ochesta, and appeaed at many summe music festivals. Since Fallis often entetained he fiends using an ove the top opea diva pesona, she decided to adapt this chaacte into a satiical onewoman theate piece called Pimadonna in This show tuned out to be so successful that is has led Fallis to ceate simila pieces including Emma, Queen of Song, which is about Dame Emma Albani s caee, and Ms. Bach, in which Fallis potays J.S. Bach s wife. Fallis has egulaly contibuted to CBC Radio and TV pogams, and went on to teach pivately at vaious institutions in Ontaio. Feon is a singesongwite and poet fom Richmond, Bitish Columbia, who is known fo he lyical influence on songwites of the women s music movement, including late musicians such as May Gauthie and Ani DiFanco. While living in Vancouve, Feon ceated a ecod label known as Lucy Recods, and eleased he debut album though the label in Many of Feon s albums have eceived citical and popula acclaim; the most famous example is he 1984 album Shadows on a Dime, which eceived high paise and a fousta ating fom Rolling Stone magazine. In addition to witing, touing and offeing songwiting wokshops, Feon also suppots the Institute fo Musical Ats, which is dedicated to teaching and suppoting women in the musical ats. I Cannot Sing Tonight Shadows on a Dime opedia.ca/en/aticle/mayloufallisemc/ 008/feonboulde.html#axzz4baRln4Zk Feist 1990s Leslie Feist is an awadwinning Canadian indie pop

17 ( s Janina Fialkowska ( s singesongwite fom Amhest, Nova Scotia. Afte moving to Calgay, Feist became heavily involved in the Calgay punk music scene in he teenage yeas, foming a band called Placebo, which she fonted fo seveal yeas befoe losing he voice. Feist moved to Toonto, whee she spent time ecoveing fom vocal cod damage and met futue collaboatos, Peaches and Gonzales. Feist has toued extensively, both as a solo atist and sidepeson, and has collaboated with atists such as indie collective, Boken Social Scene, Sweden s Kings of Convenience, and most ecently, metal band Mastodon. Also, in 2005, Feist contibuted to the UNICEF benefit song, Do They Know It s Hallowe en?. Feist is best known fo he solo albums, especially Let it Die (2004), The Reminde (2007), and Metals (2012), which have ganeed he 11 Juno Awads and one Polais Music Pize, as well as numeous Gammy nominations. In paticula, The Reminde has sold ove 1,000,000 copies woldwide, an amazing feat fo an independent atist. Feist s song, 1234 was used in an ipod nano commecial in 2007, which also led Feist to appea on the childen s television pogam, Sesame Steet. Cuently, Feist is set to elease a new album, Pleasue, in Apil Janina Fialkowska is a classically tained pianist and ats education advocate, known fo being the founding diecto of The Piano Six, an awadwinning oganization binging music to Canadians who, fo financial o geogaphical easons, ae unable to attend concet pefomances. Since its inception in 1993, the pogam has eached ove 100,000 Canadians of all ages with its pefomances, masteclasses and teaches wokshops. Fialkowska became an Office of the Ode of Canada in 2001 and eceived the Goveno Geneal s Mushaboom Polonaise in C Shap Mino (Chopin) ist_(singe) opedia.ca/en/aticle/feistemc/ opedia.ca/en/aticle/pianosixemc/ opedia.ca/en/aticle/janinafialkowskaemc/ 17

18 Pefoming Ats Awad fo Lifetime Atistic Achievement Melanie Fiona (1983 Maueen Foeste ( ) Edith Fowke ( ) 1950 s 1990 s 1950 s 1990 s Administa to Folkloist in Melanie Fiona is a singe and eggae/hiphop atist fom Toonto, Ontaio. Fiona has been successful intenationally as a solo atist, especially in Euope. Most notably, Fiona won two Gammy Awads fo he song, Fool fo You, a collaboation with singe, CeeLo Geen in Additionally, Melanie Fiona won a Juno Awad fo he song, Gone and Neve Coming Back in Fiona is also known fo being pat of a Toonto hiphop collective called The Renaissance, with Dake. Maueen Foeste was an intenationally enowned contalto oiginally fom Monteal, Quebec. She began he vocal studies at the age of 16, and made he pofessional debut with the Monteal Elga Choi at the age of 21. Duing the next thee decades she went on to debut at opea houses and concet halls thoughout Noth Ameica and Euope, and pemieed seveal new Canadian compositions. Foeste also taught voice at the Philadelphia Music Academy and the Univesity of Toonto, in addition to giving masteclasses. In the 1980s and 1990s she also seved as chai of the Canada Council fo the Ats, chancello of Wilfid Lauie Univesity, and assisted many chaitable oganizations. Among he many awads, Foeste eceived an Ode of Ontaio, was made an office of the Ode national du Québec, and was made a Companion of the Ode of Canada. Edith Fowke is a folkloist and adio pesonality fom Lumsden, Saskatchewan. Afte studying at the Univesity of Saskatchewan, Fowke began hosting the CBC Radio show, Folk Song Time,which aied until Duing he lifetime, Fowke coauthoed many books in collaboation with a compose and fellow folkloist, Robet Johnson. Fool Fo You Gone and Neve Coming Back The Confession Stone Six Folk Songs of Easten Canada Adieu Robet Schumann elanie_fiona opedia.ca/en/aticle/maueenfoesteemc/ aueen_foeste ith_fowke 18

19 Fowke s gatheed ecodings ae noted fo showcasing seveal taditional singes, including LaRena Clak and O. J. Abbott. Fowke was a founding membe of the Canadian Folk Music Society, and went on to be the edito of the Canadian Folk Music Jounal in She was made a membe of the Ode of Canada in he late Nelly Futado (1978) May Gadine ( ) 1970 s life. Nelly Futado is an awadwinning Canadian singe, and one of the most successful Canadian atists of all time, having sold ove 40 million ecods intenationally. Bon in Victoia, BC to immigant paents fom the Azoes egion of Potugal, Nelly was exposed to both music and he Potuguese ancesty at an ealy age, esulting in he distinctive, wold music inspied sound. Afte bief involvement in the Toonto tiphop music scene, Nelly eleased he debut album, Whoa Nelly!, in Nelly s fist album, which incopoated diffeent cultual styles, was a commecial and citical success, ganeing Futado fou Juno Awads, and one Gammy Awad fo he effots. Futado s following albums, Folkloe (2003), Loose (2006), he fist collaboation with hip hop atist Timbaland, and he Spanish album, Mi Plan (2010), ganeed he moe awads, as well as widespead success. Notably, the single Foca, which means stength in Potuguese, was chosen as the official anthem of the 2004 Euopean Football Championship held in Potugal, and Loose shot to numbe one in the Canadian, Ameican, and intenational chats. In addition to he active pefoming caee, Futado has given sizeable donations to such chaities as Fee The Childen, an initiative to help build gils schools in Massai, Kenya. May Gadine was a compose, pianist, and educato fom Ontaio. While studying composition, she taught I m Like a Bid Foca De pofundis opedia.ca/en/aticle/nellyfutado lly_futado de/37415/biogaphy 19

20 A pot of gold Dina Gilbet 2010 s Good Lovelies (2006 ) music and English at the seconday school level, and opened he own piano studio. She was a founding membe of the Association of Canadian Women s, and seved as pesident of the Alliance of Canadian New Music Pojects and as chai of the Council fo the Region of Ontaio fo the Canadian Music Cente. In 2003 she was honoued with the CMC s Fiends of Canadian Music Awad. Donna Gantis Conducto s s Dina Gilbet is a clainetist and conducto fom Quebec. Dina holds a Bachelo s degee in clainet pefomance, a Maste s degee in conducting, as well as a doctoate fom the Univesity of Monteal. She is a key founde and atistic diecto of Ensemble Akea, a chambe ochesta that pefoms ceative intepetations of ochestal music. Gilbet seved as the assistant conducto fo the Ocheste symphonique de Montéal fo thee seasons ( ), and has conducted symphonies intenationally. The Good Lovelies ae a Canadian folk/county tio made up of multiinstumentalists Caoline Books, Kei Ough, and Sue Passmoe. Known fo thei hamonies, the Good Lovelies fist came togethe in 2006 fo a pefomance at the Gladstone Hotel in Toonto, and have since ecoded seven albums togethe. In 2010 they won the Roots & Taditional Album of the Yea Goup at the Juno Awads. Donna Gantis is a Canadian guitaist fom Mississauga, Ontaio. She studied jazz pefomance at McGill Univesity and woked as a feelance musician in Monteal, playing in vaious jazz, funk, blues, and fusion bands. She late elocated to Toonto, whee she woked as a session guitaist and music diecto, and eleased an album with he jazzfusion tio, the Donna Gantis Electic Band. Ms. Gantis is most wellknown fo he Thee (love?) Songs I Want Kingston Plectumelect um osm/ochesta/ dinagilbetassistantconducto e_good_lovelies nna_gantis 20

21 wok with Pince, as colead guitaist in the bands Gimes (1988) Emm Gyne ( s Visual Atist 3deyegil and the New Powe Geneation. Claie Elise Bouche, bette known as Gimes, is a Canadian indieelectonic singe, songwite and poduce. Bon in Vancouve, Gimes gained public exposue afte eleasing he debut album, Geidi Pimes, as well as Halfaxa in The populaity and citical acclaim of Gimes band of expeimental songwiting, which she descibes as ADD music, has led he to tou extensively aound the wold, opening fo such pominent moden atists as Lykke Li, Lana del Rey and Floence and The Machine. He commitment to ceative expession and developing new, etheeal sounds has also led he to eceive a Juno Awad fo Electonic Album of the Yea fo he 2013 album, Visions, as well as seveal 2017 Juno nominations. In addition to being an inventive musician, Bouche designs all of he own album atwok. Bouche is a stong feminist, and has openly allied against sexism in the music industy. In 2013, Bouche eleased a witten statement titled, I Don t Want To Have To Compomise My Moals To Make A Living, discussing he expeiences as a female musician in a maledominated industy, and he desie to be taken seiously based on he had wok and atisty, as well as he blatant efusal to be objectified sexually. Emm Gyne is a singesongwite fom Sania, Ontaio. Gyne founded the ecod label, Dead Daisy Recods, and has eleased he own music though this label, as well as eleasing music by atists such as InFlight Safety and Royal Wood. Gyne has toued with Ron Sexmisth, Rufus Wainwight, and played keyboads and sang in David Bowie s band fo a bief time. She is featued on the live album, Bowie at the Beeb. In 2013, Gyne collaboated with the astonaut Chis Hadfield on a Oblivion Genesis Almighty Love Summelong s/poplife/2013/04/24/gimesshootsafeministaowacosstheindiepopbattlefield/ imes_(musician) oentialpeview 1 21

22 ecoding of Bowie s Space Oddity. He music has eceived paise fom David Bowie, Nelly Futado, and Emily Haines (1975 Doeen Hall (1921 Ida Halpen ( ) 1970 s 1940 s 1960 s Musicologi st Music Citic U2. Emily Haines is an indieock singesongwite best known fo being the lead singe and sole female membe of Metic. Haines was also one of the oiginal membes of Boken Social Scene, a Canadian music collective said to be one of the pioneeing goups in the Canadian independent music scene. In addition to ecoding he own solo wok, Haines founded an oganization with othe Canadian musicians to incease access to music education in public schools. Doeen Hall was a violinist and educato who is best known fo intoducing the OffSchulwek appoach to music education to Noth Ameica afte teaching at the acclaimed Mozateum in Salzbug. Upon etuning in Canada in 1974, she founded the OffSchulwek Society of Canada and was instumental in populaizing the methodology though he couses, lectues and publications. Hall has the distinction of being the fisteve ecipient of the Noth Ameican Alliance Awad of Recognition, and was admitted to the Ode of Canada fo he commitment to music education in Ida Halpen was a Canadian ethnomusicologist and music citic. Bon in Austia, Halpen studied compaative musicology, obtaining he doctoate fom the Univesity of Vienna in Due to the ise in Nazism in Austia, Halpen and he husband migated to Canada in 1939 and settled in Vancouve, Bitish Columbia. Halpen was the fist woman in Canada to hold a doctoate in musicology. While living on the west coast, Ida fell in love with the music of vaious indigenous goups in the Pacific Nothwest. He geatest legacy was the collection of close to 500 songs of the Haida, Bella Coola, Coast Combat Baby Stadium Love mily_haines opedia.ca/en/aticle/doeenhallemc/ gc.ca/4/7/m15360e.html opedia.ca/en/aticle/idahalpenemc/ m/halpen+field+recode+r ecodings+halpen+jewish+e fugee+fom+nazi+gemany+w ith+doctoate+music+folk+fom +Univesity+Vienna+became+ accidental+student+west+coa st+fist+nations+cultue+thou 22

23 Babaa Hannigan (1971 Saah Hame (1970) 1980 s 1990 s Conducto Singe Activist Salish, Kwakwaka wakw and Nuuchahnulth aboiginal goups in Bitish Columbia that she caefully amassed, tanscibed, and ecoded thoughout he lifetime. Between 1967 and 1987, Ida Halpen eleased fou double albums of the ecoded songs. Ida s goundbeaking eseach on indigenous music is especially impotant, fo she undetook it at a time when celebating indigenous cultue was uncommon. Also, Ida ceated and taught the fist couses in music appeciation fo the Univesity of Bitish Columbia, woked as a music citic fo the Vancouve Povince in the 1950 s, and cofounded The Fiends of Chambe Music society. She was awaded the Ode of Canada in Babaa Hannigan is a conducto and sopano singe fom Waveley, Nova Scotia. Hannigan is consideed one of the leading pefomes of contempoay opea in the wold, having pemieed aound 75 contempoay opeatic compositions thoughout he caee. As a conducto and pefome, Hannigan has woked with the Pague Philhamonic, the Mahle Chambe Ochesta, the Götebogs Symphonike, and many othes. Hannigan has been appointed as a membe of the Ode of Canada. Saah Hame is a Canadian singe, songwite and activist who began he caee touing with vaious bands in the Canadian independent music scene. She is best known fo he solo wok, including he albums, You Wee Hee (2000), All of Ou Names (2004), I m a Mountain (2005), and Oh Little Fie (2010), the latte two being Juno nominated. Hame has appeaed as a guest vocalist on albums by such pominent Canadian atists as Blue Rodeo, Buce Cockbun, The Tagically Hip, and many othes. Hame is also known fo he envionmental activism. In 2005, Hame eleased I m a Le Gand Macabe (Ligeti) I Am Aglow Late Bloome Basement Apatment Don t Get You Back Up gh+languages+music+unlike+ shed+eve+head+beginning/ /stoy.html om/ ah_hame 23

24 Mountain, and cofounded the oganization PERL (Potecting Escapment Rual Land) to campaign the potection of the Niagaa Escapment egion of Ontaio fom a poposed gavel development. He band s concet tou and hike along the Buce Tail was documented in the film Escapment Blues, and in the book The Last Stand: A Jouney Though the Ancient CliffFace Foest of the Niagaa Escapment, which Hame coauthoed. Ofa Hanoy (1965 Angela Hewitt (1958 Sanda Host 1970 s 1980 s Conducto PERL won thei case against the development in Ofa Hanoy is a cellist oiginally fom Isael. Hanoy made he pofessional debut at the young age of 10, late eceiving citical acclaim fo he ecital debuts at Canegie Hall in Ove the couse of he caee, Hanoy has been a pat of seveal ochestal debuts, and is pominently featued on the wold pemiee ecodings of of seveal Vivaldi concetos. Hanoy has won seveal Juno awads fo he albums that attempt to bidge classical and pop music, spanning eveything fom the Beatles to chambe music. Angela Hewitt is a classical pianist fom Ottawa, Ontaio, who undetook a tenyea poject to ecod Bach s entie majo keyboad epetoie with Hypeion Music, which she completed in She has eceived numeous pefomance awads, including the Toonto Intenational Bach Competition in She was inducted into the Ode of Canada in Awads and titles include Gamophone s atist of the yea in In 2005 she launched a music festival called Tasimeno. She is cuently an ambassado fo Okidsta based in Ottawa, inspied by the Sistema pogam. Sanda Host is the Chous Maste of the Canadian Opea Company and the Diecto of Musical Studies of the Opea Division at the Univesity of Toonto. She has peviously woked with seveal leading opea companies Selections off of Ofa Hanoy: Tilogy Goldbeg Vaiations (Bach) Piano Music (Faue) a_hanoy gela_hewitt io/ 24

25 in Noth Ameica, including Opea Theate of St. Louis, May Iwin ( ) Chistine Jensen (1970 Ingid Jensen ( s 1920 s 1990 s Boston Lyic Opea, and the Banff Cente fo the Ats. May Iwin was a singe, actess, and Vaudeville sta fom Whitby, Ontaio. Iwin stated he caee pefoming a singing act with he siste, Floa, befoe establishing he own Boadway and film caee. He chaismatic pesonality made he a popula, and vey beloved pefome in New Yok and in London fo aound 30 yeas. She was one of the highest paid actesses in the 1890 s, and a wise investo, so he ise to fame is descibed as a liteal ags to iches stoy. She is most noted fo being in Thomas Edison s shot film, The Kiss, which featued the fist onsceen potayal of a kiss eve (and caused quite a scandal). Iwin also wote the wods to seveal songs, including, Hot Tamale Alley. Chistine Jensen is a jazz saxophonist and compose. Jensen s oiginal compositions ae vey popula both nationally and intenationally. In 2011, Jensen eceived a Juno Awad fo he fist band album, Teelines, and he followup album, Habitat (2013), eceived both a Juno Awad and a ae fivesta ating fom pominent jazz magazine, Downbeat. Chistine has collaboated with many musicians including he siste, Ingid Jensen, as well as Donny McCaslin, Ben Wonde, and Gay Vesace. Jensen has toued intenationally to India, Sweden, Tukey, Mexico, Denmak, Peu, and othe counties. Cuently, Jensen teaches composition and ensembles at Shebooke Univesity and McGill Univesity in Monteal. Ingid Jensen is a moden jazz tumpet playe fom Noth Vancouve, Bitish Columbia. Afte studying at Beklee College of Music on scholaship, Jensen toued Austia with the Vienna At Ochesta and taught biefly at the Buckne Consevatoy at age 25. She has appeaed as Hot Tamale Alley Matimony Spookum Spook ay_iwin com/backissues/achive/tabid/ 393/aticleType/AticleView/ati cleid/214/mayiwinandhe Keepe.aspx#thumbnail/0/ e.og/en/musicians/chistinejensen.html outus/bio/chistinejensen gid_jensen#as_leade 25

26 pat of the DIVA big band, and collaboated with such atists as Coinne Bailey Rae, Maia Schneide, Tei Lynn Caington, and D. Lonnie Smith. Jensen eceived a Juno Awad fo he debut album, Venal Fields (1994), and has eceived many nominations fo he subsequent Molly Johnson (1959 Kathleen Kajioka 1980 s Boadcast e albums. Molly Johnson is a highly acclaimed pop and jazz singesongwite fom Toonto, Ontaio. Afte taining at the National Ballet School and the Banff School of Fine Ats in he youth, Johnson appeaed in poductions of Pogy and Bess and South Pacific while she was in gade school. Since then, Johnson has had a divese caee, acting as lead vocalist fo ock bands Alta Moda and Infidels, and eventually focusing on jazz and pop music. He wok as a jazz atist has ganeed he a Juno Awad. Molly Johnson is also well known fo he philanthopic involvement. In 1993, she stated the Kumbaya Festival concet seies foundation to aise awaeness and money fo HIV/AIDS eseach, and has aised aound one million dollas. Johnson has also eceived the Queen s Jubilee Medal, and been made an office of the Ode of Canada (O.C.) fo philanthopic wok in the ats. Cuently, Johnson is woking on The Black Histoy Poject: Canada, which focuses on updating Canadian histoy esouces to include infomation on Black Canadian histoy, especially the Undegound Raiload. Kathleen Kajioka is a violinist and violist known as a musical multilinguist pefoming Baoque, moden, and Middle Easten music with vaious ensembles. She is a faculty membe of the Glenn Gould School, whee she teaches Histoical Pefomance Pactices fo sting instuments. Kajioka also hosts seveal adio pogams on Classical FM, including A Little Night Music and Sunday Night at the TSO. Don t Explain You Go To My Head leenkajioka/ ajiokakathleen 26