Santa Plays His Saxophone
I am proud of my last album, “Young Man on Scarth St playing Saxophone,” and was pleased that Carter Powley agreed to play on it, as a remarkable sax player. But here’s the thing, there is at least one other …
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This Graduation Day 2020
As I think back to my graduation, what stands out is a grey suit jacket, a grey suit jacket that I purchased from Tip Top Tailors. I remember sizing was completely new to me. Unlike track pants, I was to …
“Well Be Free”
Well dear friends…what a time we are in. Social distancing. Physical distancing. …And all the while trying to stay emotionally close. One of the projects in which I have been involved to stay present is the song “We’ll Be Free” …
Mr. Steve Amirault…
I recently had the pleasure of being in the FMP Matrix studio with Scott Ferguson in Dartmouth, NS. Scott is a veritable who’s who of Maritime musicians…what a fantastic memory he has! I was amazed at the people he knows. …
From Glasgow Scotland to Scarth Street…
I had an awesome time performing some “Songs from Beginning Teachers,” which is my Arts-Based Educational Research contribution to the project about the growth of inclusive practices in beginning educators that I am involved in. I performed them as part …
Songs that Provoke Curriculum
Looking forward to Provoking Curriculum, a conference sponsored by the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS), the University of Regina (UofR) Centre for Teaching and Learning and the UofR Faculty of Education. As performative scholarship, I am presenting/ performing “Songs …
A Musical Theatre Writers’ Workshop
So looking forward to the Globe’s Musical Theatre Writers’ Workshop! …..Busy listening to musical and learning lyrics! Beauty and the Beast Cabaret Company Hair Hamilton Les Miserables Mama Mia N2N Oklahoma Pal Joey Rent Show Boat Sweeney Todd West Side Story …
A New Year’s Video and a Christmas Video!
Well friends…it is most certainly the Holiday Season… or perhaps, more accurately a Holiday Season. I have two things I would like to share with you: a new Lyric Video of “I Still Say Merry Christmas” and a new lyric …
#81MomentsOfMusicalGratitude
#MyMusicalNumbers Music is all about numbers…numbers of spins, of plays, of streams, of tweets, of views, of concerts, of tours, of weeks on chart…of…… For me, numbers might make more sense if I think about all the wonderful people with …
Songs reaching across the Prairies
Saskatchewan is a large province filled with many talented songwriters. There are two groups of the Songwriters Association of Canada; one in Saskatoon and the other in Regina. As co-chairs we wanted to support some inter-city songwriting; so, we paired …