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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014/15 Directors

Executive Committee President Alex Sinclair.................................pmsinc@interlog.com

Nicole Colbeck................. nicole.littleacorn@gmail.com James Keelaghan............................... jkinfo@mac.com

Vice President Rachel Barreca........moxy.woman.creations@gmail.com

Jani Lauzon................................lauzon75@gmail.com Brad McEwen............................mill_race@yahoo.com

Treasurer Jan Cody................................. janicecody@rogers.com

Scott Merrifield.........................smerrifield@eastlink.ca Katharine Partridge .................................katharine.a.partridge@gmail.com

Secretary Amie Therrien...................amie@balsampiermusic.com

Preetam Sengupta................ preetam@lamavision.com

Member-at-Large Shawna Caspi...........................info@shawnacaspi.com

Jerry Switzer................... jswitzer@feehelygastaldi.com

STAFF

Past Presidents

Executive Director Alka Sharma.................asharma@folkmusicontario.ca

Jim McMillan

Doug McArthur

Office Manager Jennifer Ellis....................... jellis@folkmusicontario.ca

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Sam Baijal

Bill Marshall

Aengus Finnan

Carolyn Bigley

Paul Mills

Warren Robinson

Scott Merrifield

Volunteer Coordinator William Meloche..............register@folkmusicontario.ca Bookkeeper ..................................................Lynn Rae

PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Youth Program Coordinator.............. Treasa Levasseur

Peter MacDonald

Art Beat Coordinator..................................... Jill Zmud

Erin Benjamin

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Past Estelle Klein Award Recipients

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Harvey Glatt

Richard Flohil

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Mike Stevens

Ken Whiteley

Arthur McGregor

Sylvia Tyson

Paul Mills Grit Laskin

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Sharon, Lois & Bram

Ian Tamblyn

Bernie Finkelstein

Jackie Washington

Stan Rogers

Estelle Klein

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Director’s Message.......................................................................................... 9 The President’s Message............................................................................................... 11 FMO Equality Statement................................................................................................. 12 Estelle Klein Award Recipient Sadie Buck...................................................................... 13 Promise Keepers: Keynote Speaker Donna Walker-Kuhne........................................... 16 Colleen Peterson Award................................................................................................. 17 2014/15 Board of Directors............................................................................................. 18 Panelist Photos and Bios................................................................................................ 19 Silent Auction Item List................................................................................................... 24 The FMO Taylor Mitchell Bursary.................................................................................... 26 Songs From the Heart Winners...................................................................................... 27 Official Showcase and Songs From the Heart Jury Members....................................... 28 Export Development Program and The Succession Plan.............................................. 33 Export Development Delegates...................................................................................... 34 New Members................................................................................................................. 36 FMO Official and Family Showcase Artists and Alternates............................................ 38 Youth Program Participants and Mentors....................................................................... 42 Westin Bristol Place Floor Plans..................................................................................... 44 Conference Schedule Grids........................................................................................... 45 Schedule of Events......................................................................................................... 51 Volunteers....................................................................................................................... 60 Executive Director’s Annual Report................................................................................ 76 President’s Annual Report.............................................................................................. 77 Primer for Understanding Financial Statements............................................................ 78 Audited Financial Statements......................................................................................... 79

OCTOBER 15-18, 2015

Greetings from the Honourable Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am delighted to welcome everyone to Folk Music Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual conference. As the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, I greatly appreciate how music enriches our lives. Now entering its 29th year, the Folk Music Ontario Conference continues to play a pivotal role in strengthening the cultural mosaic of our communities. Folk and roots music is a powerful means of expression that speaks to people of all cultures and walks of life. The government continues to celebrate Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture in 2015, by supporting the highest number of events and festivals in our history. We are pleased to support music organizations throughout the province that encourage people to gather, create and celebrate music. Thank you to Folk Music Ontario for organizing this conference, for continuing to promote arts and culture and strengthening Ontario tourism. Best wishes for an excellent conference. Sincerely,

Michael Coteau Minister

Celebrating 43 Years Victoria Park, London ON Performers Announced Spring 2016

Executive director’s MESSAGE by Alka Sharma

On behalf of the staff and all the volunteers, I would like to welcome you to the 29th Annual Conference of Folk Music Ontario! The 2015 conference is upon us and we are back at the Westin Bristol Place Hotel here in Toronto. We look forward to working with the staff of the Westin once again. Next year, we will be in Ottawa from October 20–23 at the Delta Ottawa City Centre where we’ll be celebrating our 30th anniversary! Ottawa was chosen to host the 30th anniversary conference as the Folk Music Ontario office is located in the heart of the city. This year, the conference expanded again by adding six more slots for Official Showcases. These provide more opportunities for artists to perform and for festival artistic directors and presenters that are part of the Export Development Program to listen and enjoy the music. Every year the Board of Directors seems to exceed my expectations as they continue to work tirelessly on all the com-

mittees and working groups that they participate in for the organization. They are a very dedicated group of volunteers that should be congratulated for all the hard work that they do for Folk Music Ontario. Please feel free to thank the Board Members that you see during the conference. The Conference Working Group – Amie Therrien, Brad McEwen, Nicole Colbeck, Shawna Caspi, the FMO staff and Copperworks Consulting Inc. – have been diligent in putting together this year’s conference with great panels/ workshops and a fun-filled four days. Jennifer Ellis, FMO’s office manager, has been fabulous in managing all of your questions, enquiries and concerns in regards to the conference. William Meloche is our new volunteer coordinator. He comes through the Ontario government’s Job Creation Partnership (JCP) program. I will take this time now to thank all of our hardworking volunteers! William has been a tremendous asset in organizing the volunteers and will be more than helpful in guiding them over the days of the conference. Once again, Jill Zmud is coordinating Art Beat and Treasa Levasseur is coordinating the Youth Program. They both have done a fabulous job! We are really excited that the community outreach program has thrived as well as it has and the Youth Program keeps getting so many young people

involved with Folk Music Ontario. As well, Tamara Kater of Folk Music Canada has been working hard coordinating the Export Development Program to match artists with North American and international presenters. I will take this moment to encourage you all to vote in the federal election when you get home on Monday, October 19. This is an important election and it is up to you to be informed of which candidate you would like to see as Canada’s new Prime Minister. Vote!! Thank you members and delegates. Please enjoy the conference and the music! *** Au nom du personnel et de tous et toutes les bénévoles, je tiens à vous souhaiter la bienvenue à la 29e Conférence annuelle de la Musique folk de l’Ontario! Nous voici à la conférence de 2015 et de retour à l’Hôtel Westin Bristol Place, ici à Toronto. Nous avons à nouveau hâte de travailler avec le personnel de l’hôtel Westin. L’année prochaine, nous serons à Ottawa, du 20 au 23 octobre, au Delta Ottawa City Centre où nous fêterons notre 30e anniversaire! Ottawa a été choisie pour accueillir la conférence du 30e anniversaire, car le bureau de Musique folk de l’Ontario est situé en plein cœur de la ville. Cette année, la conférence a pris de l’envergure en ajoutant six autres plages horaires

pour des présentations officielles. Celles-ci permettent aux artistes de donner plus de spectacles et donnent aux directeurs artistiques de festivals et aux présentateurs qui font partie du Programme d’aide à l’exportation, d’écouter et de profiter de la musique. Chaque année, le conseil d’administration semble dépasser mes attentes, car il travaille sans relâche sur tous les comités et groupes de travail auxquels il participe pour l’organisation. C’est un groupe très dévoué de bénévoles dont le travail ardu pour Musique folk de l’Ontario, mérite d’être félicité. Veuillez, s’il vous plaît remercier à votre aise, les membres du Conseil que vous verrez pendant la conférence. Le Groupe de travail de la Conférence - Amie Therrien, Brad McEwen, Nicole Colbeck, Shawna Caspi, le personnel de MFO et Copperworks Consulting Inc. - a diligemment mis sur pied la conférence de cette année avec d’extraordinaires tables rondes/ateliers et quatre jours qui regorgent de divertissements. Jennifer Ellis, chef de bureau de MFO, a magnifiquement géré l’ensemble de vos questions, demandes et préoccupations concernant la conférence. William Meloche est notre nouveau coordonnateur des bénévoles. Il nous est venu par l’intermédiaire du Programme de partenariats pour la création d’emploi (PCE) du gouvernement de l’Ontario. Je vais maintenant profiter de ce moment pour remercier tous nos bénévoles qui travaillent si dur! William a été un atout formidable dans l’organisation

des bénévoles et leur sera un guide extraordinaire, tout au long de la conférence. Une fois de plus, Jill Zmud coordonne Art Beat et Treasa Levasseur coordonne le Programme de la Jeunesse. Elles ont toutes deux fait un travail exceptionnel! Nous sommes vraiment très excités de voir à quel point le programme de sensibilisation communautaire a prospéré, et le Programme de la Jeunesse attire de plus en plus de jeunes gens qui sont impliqués dans Musique folk de l’Ontario. Tamara Kater de Musique Folk Canada a aussi travaillé sans relâche pour coordonner le Programme d’aide

à l’exportation pour assortir les artistes aux présentateurs nord-américains et internationaux. Je saisis cette occasion pour vous encourager tous et toutes à voter aux élections fédérales lorsque vous arriverez chez vous le lundi 19 octobre. C’est une élection importante et il est à vous d’être informé sur quel candidat vous aimeriez voir en tant que nouveau premier ministre du Canada. Votez!! Un grand merci à vous, membres et délégués. Je vous prie de bien profiter de la conférence et de la musique!

Shane Cook & The Woodchippers: Ontario Step Dance Shane Cook &The Woodchippers is a collection of multi-instrumentalists, singers and Canadian National Champion step dancers. This five-member group has a deep foundation in the traditional music, song and dance of Ontario, with superbly crafted arrangements that are a modern and exhilarating approach to fiddle tunes and dance. Led by Canadian and US National fiddle champion Shane Cook, The London Free Press says their music “takes the spirit of traditional music from Canada’s past into 2015 and beyond.” Many of the group’s fiddle tunes, songs and dances have roots tracing back to the lumber camps of Ontario. This traditional Ontarian music itself has roots in the music of Ireland and Scotland, and is also influenced by the music of Quebec and the bluesier sounds of the south. The Woodchippers’ performances thrive on an exciting mix of dynamic musicianship, high energy and engaging stage presence. With youth on their side, they are quickly building a reputation for their humour and spontaneity. Whether they are playing at a festival, a dance or in an intimate theatre, you won’t find an unresponsive toe in the audience! The Woodchippers are: Jake Charron (piano, guitar, tenor banjo), Kyle Waymouth (bass, tenor banjo), Emily Flack (piano, vocals) and Sarah Robinson (step dancer). Catch their performance on Friday, October 16, 5:30pm in Sutton B.

The president’s message

Welcome to the 29h Conference of Folk Music Ontario. Whatever you do this weekend, don’t forget to vote when you get home on Monday. This federal election really really matters. If I have ever believed anything about folk music it is that it is nothing if not relevant. The halls of this hotel should be shaking this weekend with the music of anger, joy, love, pain, and sorrow and hope. And there should be lots of passionate conversation, and lots of laughter. Conversations about what we would do if we were running the country. Glasses raised to a future where we belong. We are here this weekend because we think that we can build a real and meaningful career in the music business without losing heart and without losing soul. We work better as a community than a market, but we are a market and we come here to share and trade and have everyone go away a little bit richer for the experi-

ence. Richer in experience, and – I hope – a little richer in our gig calendars and festival lineups. Again I extend a heartfelt thanks to our Executive Director, Alka Sharma, our overworked staff (Jennifer Ellis, assisted by William Meloche), Copperworks, our Conference Working Group, and the FMO Board of Directors. What you see here at the conference is the glorious tip an iceberg of hard work and passion from a lot of great people. Like Treasa Levasseur and Jill Zmud, who make our Youth Program and Art Beat better every year. Now it’s up to you to make the most of the experience, and to help others get the most out of their experience. Talk to each other, share stories and information and advice and contacts. Talk to us (we’re people too!), and help us get better at delivering the services that you need to make the folk biz a better place to be. Play lots of music, listen to lots of music. Listen. Listen. Listen. It’s the best way to learn. And if you bump into any of your board of directors or staff, stop and say hello. We need to know you as more than just names in a database. If you’re new to the conference please don’t hesitate to stop someone and ask how you might make best use of your time, or get them to introduce you to someone who might matter to you and your career.

by Alex Sinclair

And: • Speaking of elections, don’t forget to vote before 3:00pm Saturday to elect four directors to the FMO Board for a three-year term, choosing from among the eight candidates who have been nominated. • Be sure to attend the Annual General Meeting on Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. We want you to hear about last year, our plans for next year, and we want to hear your comments and ideas for next year. At the Awards Brunch on Sunday we will honour Sadie Buck, this year’s recipient of the Estelle Klein Award. We’ll also be celebrating the winners of this year’s Songs From the Heart awards and the Colleen Peterson Award. Watch for opportunities to catch these performers in showcases and elsewhere. Hire them. Have a great conference. And thank a volunteer. *** Bienvenue à la 29e Conférence de Musique folk de l’Ontario. Quoi que vous fassiez ce week-end, n’oubliez pas de voter quand vous arriverez chez vous lundi. Ces élections fédérales comptent vraiment. S’il y a quelque chose que je pense concernant la musique folk, c’est qu’il n’y a rien de plus pertinent. Les salles de cet hôtel devraient trembler ce week-end avec la musique de la colère, la joie, l’amour, la douleur, la tristesse et l’espoir. Et

gens aussi), et aidez-nous à mieux vous fournir les services dont vous avez besoin pour que le monde du folk soit encore plus attrayant. Jouez beaucoup de musique, écoutez beaucoup de musique. Écoutez. Écoutez. Écoutez. C’est la meilleure façon d’apprendre. Et si par hasard, vous rencontrez l’un des membres de votre conseil d’administration, ou de votre personnel, arrêtezvous et dites-lui bonjour. Nous avons besoin de vous connaître plus que seulement des noms dans une base de données. Si c’est votre première fois à la conférence, s’il vous plaît, n’hésitez pas à arrêter quelqu’un et à lui demander

comment vous pourriez le mieux utiliser votre temps, ou l’amener à vous présenter une personne qui peut avoir son importance aussi bien pour vous que pour votre carrière. Et: • Parlant des élections, n’oubliez pas de voter avant 15 h, samedi, afin d’élire quatre administrateurs au conseil de la MFO, pour un mandat de trois ans, en choisissant parmi les sept candidats qui ont été nommés. • Assurez-vous d’assister à l’assemblée générale annuelle, samedi matin à 9 h 30. Nous voulons vous faire part des activités de l’année dernière, de nos plans pour l’année pro-

chaine, et nous voulons entendre vos commentaires et vos idées pour l’année prochaine. Au Brunch de remise de Prix de dimanche, nous allons honorer Sadie Buck, récipiendaire du Prix Estelle Klein de cette année. Nous allons également célébrer les lauréats des Prix Songs From the Heart et du Prix Colleen Peterson de cette année. Soyez à l’affût des possibilités d’entendre ces artistes dans des présentations et ailleurs. Embauchez-les. Je vous souhaite une extraordinaire conférence, et vous prie de remercier un bénévole.

Folk Music Ontario’s Board of Directors has been working throughout 2015 to build an inclusive organization. As a first step, the organization adopted an Equality Statement at its September 12, 2015 Board meeting. It also recognized next steps to be implemented in the coming months, including development of related policies, practices, and communications.

Equality Statement Equal opportunity is based on the fundamental value that all Folk Music Ontario members and colleagues are equal and deserve mutual respect. Any conduct that undermines the dignity of any individual or group hurts us all. Folk Music Ontario is committed to strengthening the organization by building a culture that is founded on the tenets of mutual respect, cooperation, inclusiveness and understanding. These tenets will bind our community and strengthen our relationships within the music industry to increase our joint capacity and willingness to work together on shared concerns. Folk Music Ontario activities are discrimination and harassment-free zones. Folk Music Ontario will not tolerate harassment, preferential treatment or discrimination in any form arising as a consequence of a member’s disability, age, gender, religion, race, language, physicality, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or national origin. Folk Music Ontario will not condone behavior or any form of communication that may undermine the stated fundamental value that each individual or group is entitled to. Folk Music Ontario undertakes to ensure that its governing by-laws, policies and practices reflect our commitment to equality, respect and dignity for all.

ESTELLE KLEIN AWARD RECIPIENT SADIE BUCK by James Keelaghan and Jani Lauzon

at the Presidential inauguration in 1997 and added their recordings to the Smithsonian’s Voices of First Nations Women series. Sadie also collaborated with Robertson on his critically acclaimed album “Contact from the Underworld of Red Boy”. In nine very active years between 1992 and 2001, the Banff Centre for the Arts consulted with Sadie, who helped change the landscape of Aboriginal women’s music by creating the Aboriginal Women’s Voices program. The program encouraged the exchange of ideas and sounds between contemporary and traditional singers, and between the styles of different regions of the country. The watershed recording “Hearts of the Nations” was nominated for a Juno Award and the Full Circle concert that accompanied it introduced a vision of Aboriginal women’s voices to the broader world. Sadie’s association with the Banff Centre culminated with the creation of the dance Opera “Bones”. For Sadie the opera was about reuniting song and dance, because in the Seneca culture there is no song without dance; there is no separation between the two. Sadie Buck has been many things in her life. In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Six Nations she is a clan mother, a teacher, and a culture bearer. She is the carrier of a tradition and an innovator within that tradition. Sadie Buck has lovingly preserved, encouraged, cajoled, shaped and lived that tradition.

Sadie Buck once said, “Everybody taught me, nobody taught me.” It’s the perfect byline for a person who has lovingly nurtured and learned her tradition and then taken it places it has never been before. Sadie Buck was born in Tonawanda, New York and moved when she was very young to Oshweken, Ontario. Her father had responsibilities in both Tonawanda and Six Nations of the Grand River and Sadie recalls a lot of time spent in car rides between the two. From the radio she heard western swing. From her parents she heard traditional song. You could say that Sadie Buck has dedicated her life to the traditional songs and dance of the Seneca people. You could say it, but Sadie might disagree with you. Dedication would imply that she chose to sing and dance. But to Sadie song and dance are not a choice, they are just a part of the fabric of life. She talks of songs as conversations. She remembers a time when “…a lot of the old timers would just put the drum out where you could see it…if you wanted to sing you could pick up the drum right away and sing. This was like their greeting, their hello. Instead of having a whole conversation they would just sit down and sing.” As a child, Sadie and some friends began a “Singers Society”. It would become the Six Nations Women Singers Society. The travelling performers from the society took the traditional songs of the Seneca to some pretty spectacular places. They were the first Aboriginal group to play at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, and joined the opening ceremonies of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in February 2002 along with Robbie Robertson. They also performed

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Folk Music is not just the music of the people (the folks), it is a promise to the people. It’s a promise to share the past, present, and future in song and music, whether it is popular or viable, or not. It’s a promise to value the transmission of story, instrumentation, ideas, history, and culture. It is a deep tenet of folk music to in fact promise authenticity. It’s a promise by those who make, move, and mount folk music. And it is a promise to reach all people… not just ticket holders or habitual event attendees. There is a weight and wonder to this promise, and to the role of artists, administrators, curators, and cultural torchbearers. Not unlike political, religious or educational institutions, the gathering of audiences in coffee houses, concert halls, and festival fields presents the opportunity for reflection, inspiration, and challenge through the potent power of shared experience and interaction with a living art form. It can be a noble and daunting responsibility.

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So what is to be done when the music typically reaches or includes only one part of a community, not as it pertains to media or technical distribution, but related to who is in the audience? In the constant effort to promote ourselves, our art, and our organizations, or to simply make a living, keep the doors open, and stay afloat, we can forget to look out at the very audience we serve and ask ourselves who is missing, and why. One need only look around at many of our own organizations, fan bases, and festival audiences to note it is often a particularly limited cultural demographic. Nurtured by proactive funding models keen to see national priorities of inclusivity reflected in programming, many do make concerted efforts to reach beyond the obvious, to outreach to diverse communities, to welcome new attendance, and to formally engage new perspectives in programming and governance. Sadly however, too often we don’t notice or know how to address the reality of the communities not present, not in attendance, not engaged, or simply not invited to the party. Though concerts, festivals, and music conferences are typically public events, many people simply don’t feel welcomed, are unfamiliar with the physical or social setting, don’t perceive that it is their place, or don’t have the same 16

context for the delivery of the art. Even for the organizations that are actively trying to address these issues, their own gaps in understanding, connection, and guidance may require thoughtful leadership to elevate efforts in a meaningful, articulate, and informed ways. Enter Donna WalkerKuhne… the world’s foremost expert on Audience Diversification, and the most down-to-earth person one could hope to have open the doors and windows on this house of issues, assumptions, and misunderstanding. An author, arts administrator, and educator, Donna has devoted her career to increasing access and connection to the arts for a rapidly growing multicultural population. She is Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn College, Columbia, and New York University with past clients that include The Apollo Theater, Sony/BMG Music, and the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities. She has presented for Grants Makers in the Arts, the Arts and Business Council, Harvard and Yale Universities, the National Arts Council of Singapore, the Australian Council on the Arts, and the Canada Council for the Arts. But it is the words on a humble thank you note from an attendee at the 2015 Folk Alliance International conference that simply illustrate the impact of her

illustrious career, demeanour, and delivery… “Being an ethnic minority I’ve always felt like an outlier and outsider playing the type of music that I play. I went to Donna Walker-Kuhne’s speech and her message resonated with me deeply. For the first time I saw my background as an asset and not a hindrance. I got really excited.” Her message is one of hope, growth, and connection. It is a gentle reminder, a stark reality-check, and a solid toolbox for change. It all starts with truly acknowledging the disparity between the current composition of our audiences, boards, and programming, with

that of the multicultural society in which we live. Ultimately it begs the question, if folk music is for all folks, how are we ensuring they are all part of it? Donna Walker-Kuhne will be delivering FMO’s eighth annual keynote address, generously sponsored by Long & McQuade, at the 2015 conference on Friday, October 16 at 6:00pm. The keynote address will be preceded by a Step Dance Recital at 5:30pm, and followed by the SOCAN Reception.

Past keynote speakers 2014 – Charlie Angus Guitarist/songwriter and NDP Member of Parliament 2013 – Sarah Harmer Singer/songwriter and environmental activist 2012 – Jowi Taylor Radio broadcaster and Six String Nation originator 2011 – Eric Baptiste SOCAN CEO / Loreena McKennitt Singer/songwriter 2010 – Mike Stevens ArtsCan Circle founder 2009 – Bob Ezrin Record producer 2008 – Elijah Wald Music historian

Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award The Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award was established to help support and promote the work of Ontario-resident emerging singer/songwriters in the genres of roots, traditional, folk and country music. The annual recipient is chosen by an Ontario Arts Council (OAC) selection panel from nominations put forward by Folk Music Ontario’s Songs From the Heart competition jury. The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is pleased to announce Graydon James as the recipient of the 2015 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for his song “Couldn’t Be Any Worse”. Congratulations, Graydon! Graydon James Graydon James is a member of The Young Novelists, an engineer/producer, a dad, an author, and a former tap dancer. His band’s latest album (“made us strangers”, released April 2015) recently received 2 CFMA nominations: New/Emerging Artist and Best Vocal Group. The Young Novelists also won the Connecticut Folk Festival Grassy Hill 2015 songwriting competition, and made numerous festival appearances in both Canada and the States over the summer. They recently completed their first European tour.

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Board of Directors Jani Lauzon

Alex Sinclair (President)

Jani Lauzon is a multidisciplinary artist of Metis background. Twice-nominated for JUNO awards, she has toured extensively throughout Canada and has lent her voice to countless film/theatre sound tracks as well as a long list of compilations and guest artist appearances. Jani is also an accomplished traditional flutist. She is an award-winning film actress and a three-time Dora-nominated stage actress.

Alex is a long-time musician and songwriter with deep roots on the Ontario folk scene, both as a solo artist and with the folk group Tamarack. Alex also works as an administrator/bookkeeper for the likes of Borealis Records, and sits on the board of the ArtsCan Circle.

Rachel Barreca (Vice President)

Rachel is a community builder and educator with a passion for transformative learning through the arts. With twenty-plus years of experience in the world of music as a performer, producer, promoter, academic, volunteer, broadcaster, and administrator, she brings a broad skill-set, a fresh perspective, and her infectious laughter to FMO.

Katharine Partridge

Katharine has been attending and supporting folk festivals since the ‘70s. She became actively involved in the community in 2003 as one of the founders of Shelter Valley Folk Festival. She has given presentations on governance, strategic planning, and green initiatives at FMO and Folk Alliance conferences. Katharine is a communications and stakeholder engagement specialist, managing a Torontobased boutique consultancy advising international clients on sustainability issues..

Jan Cody (Treasurer)

Jan’s focus has been in the arts and music industries, developing programming, marketing and outreach programs for clients and partner groups. As ED of the CCMA for a decade, her role included producing a national awards program and TV broadcast, overseeing the Hall of Fame process, and financial management of the organization. Jan is the former ED of Shelter Valley Folk Festival.

Brad McEwen

Brad McEwen is the founder and AD of the Mill Race Folk Society Music. He is a musician who has performed throughout Ontario and the UK. He has served on many Cambridge city council-appointed advisory committees and cofounded the Grand River Folk Community. He has served for over two years on the FMO Board and advocates strongly on behalf of both festivals and traditional music. Brad has received arts and culture awards, including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal.

Amie Therrien (Secretary)

The owner of Balsam Pier Music, Amie is currently working with a number of independent artists to help them realize their goals. Among other things, she has taken on tour booking, career planning, grant writing, marketing & publicity. Her involvement in organizations outside of the music world gives her a unique perspective and new ideas to bring to the FMO table.

Scott Merrifield (Past President)

A founder and past Artistic Director of Northern Lights Festival Boréal, Scott was also involved in Folk Music Ontario in its early days and gave workshops at early conferences. Since 1992, he has been presenting approximately 8 house concerts per year in Sudbury. In 2008, Scott retired from his job as Director of Policy & Planning for FedNor, where he delivered community-based social and economic development programs throughout Northern Ontario, including extensive work with Aboriginal communities.

Shawna Caspi (Member-at-Large)

Shawna is a touring singer-songwriter from Ottawa, now based in Toronto. Shawna has experience in funding and marketing for artists and arts organizations. Her work with the Ontario Arts Council, Roots Music Canada, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre, Bravo!FACT, and CARAS have given her a familiarity with the marketing, administration and promotional aspects of the music business at the grass roots level.

Preetam Sengupta

Preetam runs a company called Letting Artists Make Art (LAMA), dedicated to helping (predominantly folk-roots) musicians make a living through their music. LAMA fills in gaps on the business side so artists can focus on creativity. Preetam is a singer/songwriter, balancing the business and the stage. He writes and sings solo and in a band called Crash Bamboo, and works closely with Northstarr Entertainment, a leader in Canadian Urban music.

Nicole Colbeck

Artist manager (little acorn music management), Ottawa house concert presenter (Westboro House Concerts), and passionate supporter of musicians, Nicole also worked as Assistant to the ED at the OCFF/FMO. In the late 1990s, she helped establish Nutshell Music Inc., one of Ottawa’s premiere festival production companies.

Jerry Switzer

James Keelaghan

Jerry is the chair of Tottenham Bluegrass Festival (1991 to present) and legal counsel for several arts organizations, clubs, charities, foundations and associations. In addition, Jerry is a Director and Officer of community organizations relating to business and cultural events and a member of the South Simcoe Ramblers bluegrass band. Jerry is involved in the musical community at all levels, and is a songwriter and performer.

For over 25 years James has been a touring singer songwriter. Born and raised in the folk music hothouse of Calgary, he writes about the history of working people, ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances and the landscape that forms such a large part of the Canadian artistic psyche. James is also the AD of Owen Sound’s venerable Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival.

panelists Sadie Buck

Coco Love Alcorn

Sadie’s life’s goal is to create a better world for her people and all people as best she can. She has strived to be real in all she does. She works with her skills, talent and love and compassion and very simply just tries to get things done.

Coco Love Alcorn writes and sings original songs borrowing from the traditions of folk, soul and gospel. The human spirit is her muse. Whether she is improvising on a festival stage with her voice or trumpet, boldly genre-hopping from project to project, or simply tackling life as a professional musician and mother, Coco Love Alcorn follows her spirit.

Christine Butchart

Christine is an acoustic sound tech, and she loves folk music. Actually she loves most live music - if it’s not too loud. Christine works a lot of music festivals in Ontario and does sound for local folk music events. She both mixes and stage manages at festivals.

David Amram

David Amram is a pioneer of Global Folk Music. He has collaborated with Pete Seeger, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Leonard Bernstein, Tito Puente, Floyd Westerman, Charles Mingus, Willie Nelson and author Jack Kerouac. Today at 84, Amram still tours the world as a multi-instrumentalist, classical composer, author and lecturer in five languages.

Pam Carter

Pam Carter is the current President of the Mariposa Folk Foundation, and has also been the festival organizing chair for the last seven years. As Chair of the Festival Organizing Group, she is charged with the responsibility of planning, coordinating and implementing all of the activities related to the successful operation of the Mariposa Folk Festival.

Aurora Bangarth

Initially trained as a classical percussionist, Aurora’s academic and professional interests gradually veered towards popular music. She earned an MA in Popular Music from The University of Liverpool in 2008 where her studies focused on performativity of gender through paramusical movement and semiotic musical analysis. Aurora joined the FACTOR team as a Project Coordinator in December 2013.

Tim Chaisson

Tim Chaisson’s third album, Lost In Light, was released February 2015 on MDM Recordings and debuted at #1 on the iTunes Country Chart. Tim is also a member of PEI Celtic trio The East Pointers. TEP released their debut album, Secret Victory, October 2015.

David Barnard

David is a cultural consultant with the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Arts Presentation Fund. He loves his job (most days), even though seven years later he still feels like an outsider on the inside. The presenters he works with tell him this is a good thing.

Jan Cody

Jan has been a part of the arts and music industries for many years, developing programming, marketing and outreach programs for clients and organizations. As Executive Director of the Canadian Country Music Association for a decade, and recently with Shelter Valley Folk Festival, she has sought roles that help support and grow organizations and knowledge for membership.

Jon Bartlett

Jon Bartlett founded Kelp Records in 1994, which has grown into a management company (Kelp Management) based in Ottawa. Jon also is the Director of MEGAPHONO, an organization focused on spreading Ottawa-area music to the world, which held the first edition of an annual music showcase festival in February 2015. He is also the ED of the Canadian Council of Music Industry Associations (CCMIA) and sits on the Board of the newly-formed Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC).

Cindy Cogbill

Whether you are a writer, performer, etc. Cindy wants to know who you are and why you love what love. She is the Programming Director for Memphis’ most historical venue, the Levitt Shell (where Elvis played his first paid gig). She loves putting talent in the ears of receptive audiences.

Laura Bates

Playing the fiddle since the age of three, Laura was the first violinist to graduate from Humber College’s renowned Jazz and Contemporary Music program. She cut her teeth busking on street corners, closing dive bars and living out of a van on cross country tours. Her band work focuses on the Canadiana roots trio Trent Severn, the prohibition-era jazz of the Boxcar Boys and her brooding doom metal project Völur.

Dave Cool

Erin Benjamin

Darlene darlenYa

Dave Cool (yes, that’s his real name) is the Director of Artist & Industry Outreach at Bandzoogle. Built for musicians by musicians, Bandzoogle makes it easy to build a beautiful mobile-friendly website, and sell music, merch & tickets commission-free. Dave is a recovering punk rock drummer, folkie, comedy nerd, and wine snob. @dave_cool Darlene darlenYa has been writing and performing music for over 25 years - Sweetwater Women, the Road Dog Divas and her own solo project. After contracting parasites followed by rheumatoid arthritis, she experienced crippling pain and inflammation and was unable to perform. Now in her seventh year of healing, she is strong enough to begin again.

In November of 2014, Erin Benjamin assumed the position of first-ever Executive Director of Music Canada Live after serving as the CAPACOA Executive Director for six and a half years. She had formerly joined CAPACOA after eight years as the first Executive Director at Folk Music Ontario which followed a decade-long career as a touring and recording singer/songwriter. 19

Shauna De Cartier

Aengus Finnan

Shauna de Cartier founded Six Shooter Records in 2000. Her company actively represents 20 artists and produces The Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton and Winnipeg. Shauna has also served as the Chair of CIMA for the past three years. Shauna lives by the Six Shooter motto that “Life is Too Short to Listen to Shitty Music.”

Currently the ED of Folk Alliance International in Kansas City, Aengus is an Ontario songwriter who spent eight years touring North America before founding the Shelter Valley Folk Festival. He also founded FMO’s Art Beat community outreach initiative, was Board President of FMO (then OCFF), and co-founded the annual Gordon Lightfoot Tribute series in 2003. Aengus later served as the OAC’s Touring and Audience Development Officer.

Susan De Cartier

Susan de Cartier has been managing artists and developing talent since 1990. Throughout our history, Starfish has been directly involved in the creation and release of more than 45 albums and its clients include Blue Rodeo, The Sadies, Oh Susanna, Skydiggers and The Jim Cuddy Band. Starfish also runs and operates The Woodshed Recording Studio.

Lisa Fiorilli

Lisa Fiorilli is the Research and Communications Coordinator at the Canadian Independent Music Association. Armed with an MA in Public Policy & Administration and a love for music, Lisa joined the CIMA team in 2014 and is responsible for all things research, policy, and advocacy.

Rosalyn Dennett

Rosalyn is the Membership Services Coordinator for MusicOntario and CIMA. She focuses on engaging emerging industry professionals and artists through resources, showcasing, professional development and networking opportunities designed to strengthen the independent music industry, both provincially and nationally. Formerly, she was in the quartet Oh My Darling, and was a freelance musician and teacher.

Ellen Flanagan

Ellen LeBlanc Flanagan is both a patient and healthcare provider in the accessibility field, working as an Occupational Therapist and accessibility consultant. Through her work and life, she explores inclusivity and accessibility through identifying and decreasing barriers. Ellen loves and was raised on Canadian folk music.

Tim Des Islets

Tim Des Islets is the founder of the Canadian artist management company Noisemaker based out of Toronto. With achievements in cultivating Canadian talent that has reached audiences both at home and abroad, Tim manages an award-winning roster of artists that includes Poor Young Things, Steve Strongman, co-manages The East Pointers, and provides artist management consulting services to Maple Music.

Richard Flohil

Richard Flohil is a veteran publicist, writer and concert presenter who has, over a long career, helped mentor many artists. Among them: Loreena McKennitt, Serena Ryder, Alejandra Ribera, Downchild, Roxanne Potvin, Jadea Kelly, Melanie Brulee, Shakura S’Aida, The Jerry Cans and Jay Aymar. Despite his age, he remains vertical.

Christy DiFelice

Nathan Garber

Christy is the Music Officer at the Toronto Arts Council. She holds an M.A. in Ethnomusicology/ Musicology from York University (2008), having concentrated on music and cultures of the African Diaspora, specifically North American Jazz and Blues. She has previously worked with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, the Fine Arts Cultural Studies Department at York University, and as a music copyist.

Nathan Garber has been working to strengthen the nonprofit sector for more than 40 years. His work has been marked by creativity, innovation, leadingedge thinking, and challenging conventional ideas. Nathan’s interactive workshops and presentations use collaborative learning techniques to engage participants in active learning.

Sherman Downey

Mark Garner

Recently named NL’s 2015 ‘SOCAN Songwriter of the Year’, Sherman Downey continues to find his way into the hearts of listeners with his charming delivery of solid songs and has carved out a spot as one of the most exciting acts to add to your calendar this year.

The ED and Chief of Staff for Toronto’s Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area, Mark Garner has over the past decade increasingly focused on the revitalization and development of urban downtowns, playing an integral role in catalyzing on economics, neighbourhoods, social innovation and incubators. A passion for music, arts and culture through proactive programming of parks, laneways and other unique assets has driven Mark to play a key role in activating urban neighbourhoods.

Desiree D’Souza

Desiree D’Souza has been a Health &Safety professional working with Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) since 2008. She is the AODA Consultant at WSPS and has worked with a number of employers across the province to help them comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, which was passed in 2005.

Vance Gilbert

Vance Gilbert burst onto the singer/songwriter scene in the early 1990s. Eight accomplished albums later, Vance continues to refine his unlikely union of humor, virtuosity, and the unexpected. Whether with classic, original songwriting or ageless interpretations of covers, his is a presentation steeped in deep humanism and bravery, stunning artistry and soul, and contagious, unbridled joy.

Darren Eedens

Known in his travels as “The Dirty Little Picker” banjo player Darren Eedens has been relentlessly on the road for three years. A Canadian musician who now calls Wales home, he tours Europe, often in a number of countries every month, playing everything from dive bars and theatres to festivals. 20

D. Jae Gold

Raven Kanatakta

Eve Goldberg

Anita Katakkar

Raven Kanatakta is a musician, songwriter, producer, engineer, music entrepreneur and a rez kid at heart. Raven’s musical sights are primarily focused with his partner ShoShona Kish under their music group ‘Digging Roots’. They’ve toured in Europe, the US, Mexico, Australia, and most of the corners of Canada multiple times. A JUNO winning artist Raven’s latest release with Digging Roots is titled ‘For the Light’.

D. Jae Gold is a professional accountant practicing principally within the music and entertainment industries. With his website, rocknrollaccountant.com, and a professional staff of 13, he attracts songwriters and music acts that need advice in many specialized areas of accounting, taxes and grantwriting. Jae is featured as a major contributor on the audio podcast series entitled “The New Indie - Making a Living Making Music”.

Eve Goldberg is a compelling writer and interpreter with deep roots in American folk music traditions. She helps organize The Woods Music and Dance Camp, runs the Parkdale Ukulele Group, and performs with the duo Gathering Sparks. She is also the Canadian Vice President of Local 1000, the travelling musicians’ local of the American Federation of Musicians. www.evegoldberg. com

With Indian/Scottish roots in multicultural Toronto, Anita Katakkar’s music practice represents a link between her heritage and community. She has studied tabla for 20 years with composer and musician Ritesh Das and in California and Kolkata with the pre-eminent exponent of the Lucknow style tabla, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. In Rakkatak, Anita merges rhythms and melodies influenced by classical Indian music with western instrumentation and a pop music aesthetic.

Alan Greyeyes

Alan Greyeyes is the Aboriginal Music Development Manager for Manitoba Music and chairperson of Aboriginal Music Manitoba. In 2009, he launched the Aboriginal Music Week festival to challenge stereotypes about Aboriginal music, people, and events. Greyeyes also serves as a board/committee member for MuchFACT and Canada’s Music Incubator, among others.

James Keelaghan

Sheila Hamilton

Keely Kemp

For over 25 years James Keelaghan has been a touring performer and songwriter. He has grown from a coffee house act in his hometown of Calgary to a concert hall favourite in Canada. In addition he is currently the AD at the Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival in Owen Sound, ON.

As the ED of the Unison Benevolent Fund, Sheila Hamilton works with its Board of Directors developing emergency assistance programs to benefit the music community. She previously spent most of her career with the Canadian Country Music Association, becoming its executive director in 1988. Sheila was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame for her role in developing the association and the country music industry in Canada.

Keely Kemp has a deep commitment to building a vibrant and profitable cultural sector. In 2013, Keely launched CultureCap Inc. to bridge culture and commerce by providing a suite of much-needed business services to creative companies in music, film & TV, publishing, interactive digital media and performing arts, as well as festivals, conferences, trade associations, NGOs, and government. Prior to starting CultureCap, Keely was a program consultant for the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) for twelve years.

Jeff Hayward

Bruce Landon

Jeff Hayward joined FACTOR in early 2015 and has since become an indispensable member of the Client Services team. He is a life-long fan and ambassador of Canadian independent music, hailing from the great city of Brantford which helped shape his unique taste at a young age. His love for data and spreadsheets is surpassed only by his love of Whitney Houston.

Bruce Landon is an A&R Researcher for SOCAN - the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. He has been working on behalf of Canadian songwriters with SOCAN for the past 4- 1/2 years providing valuable assistance as part of SOCAN’s effort to maximize performance royalties and music revenue for SOCAN members.

Ken Irwin

Ken Irwin co-founded Rounder Records and has primarily been focused on A&R, bringing such artists as Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, Hazel Dickens, Abigail Washburn, the SteelDrivers and Della Mae to the label. Ken has served on the Board of Directors of FAI and IBMA.

Dave Lang

As one of Toronto’s premier live sound engineers, Dave Lang has mixed both local and international touring acts at Toronto’s venerable Hugh’s Room, The Mariposa Folk Festival, and many other esteemed venues. He also plays upright bass for several Toronto bands including: Houndstooth, Marc Roy & Friends, The Wanted.

Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson, co-host of MerleFest Radio Hour, currently works as the Artist Relations Manager for Wilkes Community College / MerleFest. Prior to joining Wilkes Community College, Johnson was the President and CEO of Mountain Music Entertainment, an artist management and publicity firm with offices in Nashville and Jonesborough, Tennessee.

Mike Large

Starting out as a musician, over the course of his career Large transitioned to a music manager, and then to the non-profit sector. His knowledge and expertise has assisted countless individual artists, businesses and organizations working in the arts, culture and the social services. Mike is also the Technical Director of the FMO Conference. 21

Jani Lauzon

Ana Miura

Devon Leger

Janis Monture

Ana Miura has happily worked in the arts for over ten years. With a background as a touring folk musician, she’s been on staff with Ottawa Folk Festival, Ottawa Bluesfest, and Ottawa Chamberfest. Currently she is the BossBabe of Babes4Breasts, Canadian Rep for Folk Alliance International, and Director of Miura Arts & Event Consulting.

Janis Monture is from Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk Nation Turtle Clan. From 2003 until recently, Janis was the Executive Director of the Woodland Cultural Centre, one of the largest First Nations-run cultural centres/museums in the country. She served as Guest Artistic Director of Planet IndigenUS in 2009 and 2012. Janis continues to volunteer in her community at Six Nations and in Brantford and is a member of the boards of Brant Community Foundation and Kaha:wi Dance Theatre.

Devon Leger has been working in roots music for over a decade as a publicist, music supervisor, freelance writer, and event/festival producer. He runs HearthPR, one of the premiere roots music publicity agencies in the US. Devin also runs KITHFOLK, a roots music magazine. He loves Canadian roots music!

Sara Leishman

As the Development Director for the Calgary Folk Music Festival and Festival Hall, Sara is responsible for the creation and stewardship of strategic partnerships with sponsors, donors and prospects. She achieves winning results by creating customized agreements and providing targeted benefits, thus ensuring value for both the contributor and the CFMF. She focuses on brand alignment and designing creative and high impact opportunities.

Eldon Morris

Eldon Morris is the vice president of the Mill Race Folk Society and formerly was the Site Coordinator of the Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music. He is currently Chair of the Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee of Cambridge. In 2006 Eldon was elected to the Galt BIA where he helped to put on a variety of events. Eldon is a furniture designer and builder of fine upholstered seating.

Bill Love

President of MyEventApps, Bill has over 25 years’ experience developing high technology products, in areas as diverse as telecommunications, speech recognition, social media, video motion graphics and now, mobile apps. Bill is a father of three who plays hockey regularly and loves to play guitar and travel around the world.

Jory Nash

Jory Nash is an award-winning singer songwriter who blends elements of folk, jazz, blues, soul and country into an original stew of sound. He has released eight CDs, including 2015’s The Many Hats of Jory Nash.

Magoo

Magoo is a singer songwriter and award winning children’s performer. He hosts The Blue Skies Music Festival among other events, is the chair of ArtsCan Circle (www.artscancircle.ca), a Past President of the OCFF (now FMO), and is nervous about this Elder designation thing.… www.magooman.com

Jim Olsen

Jim Olsen is the President of Signature Sounds, an indie record label specializing in American Roots Music. The company was founded in 1994 to promote the music scene in Western Massachusetts. Signature Sounds also produces many music events including the Green River Festival and runs The Parlor Room in Northampton, MA.

Brad McEwen

Brad McEwen has been the Artistic Director of the Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music since its inception in 1993. In 2013, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for his contributions. A director on the FMO Board, Brad serves on the Conference Working Group and Festival Retreat committees.

Grant Paley

Joining Paquin Entertainment’s Agency Division in 2009, Grant Paley represents a diverse roster of artists. Before making the transition to full-time agent, he toured extensively under the alias RPG, and most notably with multi-WCMA winning funk group Moses Mayes. A mentor to emerging artists, Grant has sat on juries for FACTOR, the Canada Council for the Arts, and Manitoba Film & Music.

Jen McKerral

As the Music Outreach Officer at MFM, a founding board member for both the River & Sky Camping/Music Festival and We Live Up Here (presenters of Up Fest, the inaugural edition of which just took place with much success in Sudbury), and a member of retro-pop band Pistol George Warren, there almost isn’t a facet of the industry Jen hasn’t stuck her nose in.

Lisa Patterson

Mélisande

Lisa Patterson is an award-winning Canadian music artist & entrepreneur bringing diverse expertise and experience to roles as a composer, performer, producer, engineer, educator and concert curator. Whether performing globally with original project Roam (Canada, Mexico, India, Europe) or in her Toronto studio providing recording and education services, the trademark of all Patterson’s work is collaboration and diversity.

Drawing from a rich heritage of Québécois traditional songs, Mélisande presents rare treasures with a feminist perspective and the modern sound of her band. Her quartet offers energetic music with acoustic and electric instruments, vocal harmonies and sequencing. Mélisande received the 2014 Canadian Folk Music Award for Traditional Singer of the Year. 22

Tom Power

Greg Spence

Tom Power is a musician and broadcaster, best known as the host of Deep Roots and Radio Morning on CBC Radio 2 and as an occasional guest host of Q & As It Happens on CBC Radio One. He also leads the traditional Newfoundland music group The Dardanelles to tours around Canada and at festivals around the world. He still likes to think of himself as a misguided banjo player.

Greg Spence is a resident of Moose Factory, Ontario. Greg has worked extensively for Cree Culture and Language Development for the James Bay Region. Since 2003, Greg has coordinated the CreeFest event which celebrates Cree cultural and traditions blending both modern and traditional elements of the Cree people of Hudson/James Bay.

Laura Spink

Nicole Rochefort

Laura Spink is a vocalist/percussionist for the Toronto-based band, The Young Novelists. She has toured Canada, the eastern United States, and Europe, and the band’s latest album ‘made us strangers’ (released in April 2015) garnered two CFMA nominations. Laura is also the proud mom of an amazing 4 1/2 old son.

Nicole Rochefort is the owner of AIM: Artists in Motion. AIM is an independent booking agency representing all genres of music. With a focus on building artists’ touring careers (including artist development), AIM brings a new energy and approach to the Canadian concert touring industry.

Ian Tamblyn

Corinna Rose

A musician since 1972, Ian Tamblyn has released 38 albums and CDs of his work as well as acting as producer for dozens of other artists. Over the years Ian has written too many songs and has given up on counting them. He has also written fourteen plays and over 100 theatre soundtracks. Currently Ian is writer in residence at Carleton University, teaching songwriting and composition to fourth year music students.

Banjo wielding songstress Corinna Rose will make your heart flutter and use its beat to start a hoedown. Crafting songs that push the boundaries of the folk world, Rose unabashedly uses crooked rhythms and jazz chords while staying true to the warmth of the tradition.

Jaspreet Sandhu

Jaspreet Sandhu is a multi-disciplined artist with a strong focus on social justice. As Director of Membership and Advancement Operations for the Toronto International Film Festival, she oversees the links between TIFF’s four fundraising units: Government Relations; Foundation Relations; Membership; and Philanthropy.

Mike Tanner

Mike is Toronto’s Music Sector Development Officer, Economic Development & Culture. With the city’s film and entertainment team, Mike supports Toronto’s music community in achieving its potential as a major generator of economic benefit and a touchstone of Toronto’s culture. Formerly Director of Operations for NXNE, Mike helped it become a marquee event. He has years of experience as a performing, touring, and recording musician.

Joanne Setterington

Joanne Setterington birthed Indoor Recess Inc. 15 years ago with a simple mission – work with good music and good people. It earned a reputation as one of the strongest indie PR companies in the world, based on its creative, detail-driven and comprehensive approach to media and entertainment industry relations. Indoor Recess added artist management to its dominion five years ago when Joanne began working with The Strumbellas.

Carly Thomas

Carly Thomas was born in Thailand and raised in Argentina, France, and various parts of North America. Currently based in London, ON, won a 2015 Jack Richardson music award for contemporary singer/songwriter. Her music is characteristic of modern folk, rock, and country. She has recently toured across Canada in support of her latest release, Explode (2014).

Candace Shaw

Candace Shaw is a feminist, bon vivant, emcee, and cultural producer. A fixture on the Canadian music scene for twenty years, she was the long-time AD of Peterborough Folk Festival and is the current Chair of Shelter Valley Folk Festival. She is the founder of Canadian Women Working in Music and Secret Frequency.

Julia Train

Julia is the Senior Manager, Communications and Outreach at the Musicians’ Rights Organization Canada (MROC), ensuring that musicians receive the recompense to which they are entitled. After graduating from Harris Institute for the Arts, she worked for the CMRRA’s Royalties Administration department, and then for FACTOR as a Submissions Coordinator and Communications Manager.

Kevin Sinclair

Kevin Sinclair is a founding partner of Spincount music, bringing a background as an attorney and editor to music promotions. Since 2008, Kevin has worked with Canadian artists promoting music through radio, print and online media. Spincount is an industry leader, known for its innovative and media savvy approach to music promotions.

Susan Wheeler

Susan Wheeler is an author and educator on topics related to access and chronic health issues. Her approach to accessibility is simple, clear and respectful: “Access is a right, not a privilege.” She has shared her pragmatic and doable expertise with many Ontario folk festivals and is a key access advisor for Sixthman’s Cayamo roots music cruise. Website: http://accessibilitymatters.ca Blog: www.lifesmarts.ca Email: susan@ lifesmarts.ca

Kimberly Sinclair

Kimberly Sinclair built SpinCount into an award-winning promotions and publicity firm and her clients are routinely nominated for CRMAs, JUNOs, Polaris Prize, Canadian Folk Music Awards, and provincial Music Industry Association awards. Kimberly has been elected the board of directors at Music Nova Scotia and appointed to ECMA board.

Marie Zimmerman

Liana White

Marie did her PhD work in literature and cultural studies and has worked in the world of festivals for the past 12 years in several different roles, including artistic director, publicist, and risk-management consultant. She is the Executive Director of the Hillside Festival and a founding member of the Guelph Fab 5.

Liana White is the Executive Director of the Canadian Federation of Musicians. White has worked for the CFM since 1996 [then AFM Canada], and in 2012 was promoted to her current position. As a music industry professional for nearly 20 years, White has gained a wealth of knowledge and helps musicians with everything from crossing borders to insurance programs to revenue streams and more.

Jill Zmud

Jill Zmud is a 2014 Canadian Folk Music Award nominee for her rootsy, soulful album “Small Matters of Life and Death”. At this year’s conference, she’s the coordinator for FMO’s outreach program, Art Beat. In 2016, Jill is thrilled to be opening for Ruthie Foster at the Calgary Folk Club.

Ken Whiteley

Ken has written over 400 songs and made 30 albums. His songs have won numerous awards including a Genie Award for Best Song in a Canadian film. His work has been covered by dozens of other artists. A record producer of over 140 recordings, he is a skillful and sensitive collaborator.

SILENT AUCTION The FMO Silent Auction takes place in the Registration area of the Westin Bristol Place on Friday and Saturday, 10:00am-8:00pm. Take a look and place your bids! NOTE: Items may be changed or added.

COLLECTOR’S CORNER 1

Anonymous Donor________________Collector’s edition musical instrument________________TBD

Long & McQuade_________________Epiphone EJ200 CE Acoustic/Electric_ _______________$549

Vintage Sunburst Guitar

Richard Flohil____________________Framed vintage Womenfolk poster featuring___________$150

_ _____________________________Connie Kaldor at the Horseshoe_ ___________________

Richard Flohil____________________Framed vintage folk photo featuring__________________$75

Colin James in performance

Borealis Records__________________Five-LP Stan Rogers collection_____________________$200

LIVE MUSIC 1

SOCAN Awards __________________ Two tickets for 2016 Awards plus official_ ____________$400

swag bag (portable charger, Bluetooth speaker,

water bottle, toque, tote bag)

Tottenham Bluegrass Festival_ _______Four weekend passes and merchandise_ _____________$400

Babes4Breasts___________________Two tickets for 2015 annual concert plus compilation CD TBD

plus compilation CD

Mariposa Folk Festival______________Two weekend passes plus exclusive CD_ _____________$325

REJUVENATE AND REFRESH

Jane Harbury Publicity_ ___________ Client CD collection from Jane Harbury Publicity________$100

Stony Plain Records______________ Client CD collection from Stony Plain Records__________$100

Leo Mowry Village Yoga___________ Personal and peaceful yoga session for two____________$125

United Talent Agency______________ CD collection from United Talent Agency/______________$125

Agency Group

AIM: Artists in Motion______________Client CD collection______________________________$125

Stock-In-Trade_ __________________Truly unique evening for two at acclaimed Toronto_______$110

butcher shop’s monthly supper night

Starfish Entertainment_ ____________Client CD collection and merchandise

$125

GETTING IT DONE: CAREER ACCESS 1

Folk Music Ontario_ ______________ Lifetime FMO membership_________________________$745

Folk Music Ontario_ ______________ 2016 30th Anniversary conference registration ________$420

Master Songwriter Session__________Personal learning and sharing session (in _____________$500

person/phone/Skype) with a master songwriter

Stakeholder Research Associates _____One session: Essential strategic planning for__________ $700

careers, organizations, festivals

Revolution Recording Studios_______ 10 hrs of production time_ ________________________$650

Bandzoogle_____________________ Two years standard membership _ __________________$300

Folk Alliance International __________ One FAI Conference registration 2016_ _______________$250

Len Gaik Entertainment Law________ Consultation with leading legal advisor for_____________$500

Individuals and businesses

Canadian Music Week______________Two 2016 CMW registrations_ _____________________$125

Youth Mentor Showcase Friday, October 16 2:30-4:30pm Mayfair 2:30pm Julian Taylor 2:55pm Amélie Lefebvre 3:20pm Quique Escamilla 3:45pm LAL 4:10pm James Keelaghan

Youth Showcase Saturday, October 17 2:30-4:30pm Mayfair 2:30pm Sydney Delong 2:55pm Cloé Deguire 3:20pm Mira Meikle 3:45pm Braden Phelan 4:10pm Jillian Kerr

THE FMO TAYLOR MITCHELL BURSARY Mitchell Bursary in 2013. This year’s recipient of the FMO Taylor Mitchell Bursary is guitarist and singer Braden Phelan of Guelph. You can see Braden and the other youth performers in the Ticketpro Youth Showcase on Saturday, October 17, 2:30-4:00pm in the Mayfair room of the Westin Bristol Place. Youth Program participants and alumni will also be performing in their own private showcase room on that night in Room 352. If you are interested in contributing to the FMO Taylor Mitchell Bursary fund, please contact the Folk Music Ontario office at 1-866-292-6233.

NORTHERN LIGHTS FESTIVAL BORÉAL #45 The Tradition Continues in Sudbury July 8–10, 2016 Erik Lovin

In 2010, in memory of her daughter, Canadian songwriter Taylor Mitchell, Emily Mitchell established The OCFF Taylor Mitchell Bursary for participants in the Youth Performer

program. Initially funded for five years (2010-2014 inclusive), the bursary has recently received additional funding, allowing it to be awarded through the 2019 conference. One young performer is chosen to receive up to $500 towards costs associated with attending the conference and participating in the performer stream of the Folk Music Ontario youth program. All candidates chosen by jury to participate in the program are eligible for the bursary. The recipient is determined according to need by a group of musical mentors who knew and loved Taylor. The award was renamed the Folk Music Ontario Taylor

www.nlfbsudbury.com – 705-674-5512

stingray Rising Stars Program Stingray Music is proudly committed to supporting emerging Canadian music talent through its Rising Stars Program. The objective of this program is to help provide opportunities for up-and-coming musicians in all genres by providing showcase opportunities, monetary awards and potential airplay on the Stingray Music channels. Since its inception in 2000, over 900 artists have directly benefited from the Program.

Stingray Musique est fier de contribuer à l’émergence des musiciens canadiens grâce au programme Prix Étoiles Stingray. L’objectif de ce programme est de supporter les musiciens canadiens émergents, dans tous les genres de musique en leur offrant de la visibilité et des bourses pour aider à l’avancement de leurs carrières. Depuis sa création en 2000, le programme Prix Étoiles Stingray a récompensé le talent de plus de 900 musiciens d’ici.

The Stingray Music service is available in over 11 million homes across the country. The service offers 100 music channels programmed by experts in a variety of genres. No commercials, no talk, just great music.

Stingray Musique est disponible dans plus de 11 millions de foyers au Canada avec les services de télévision numériques. Le service offre les 100 chaînes programmées par des experts en musique. Pas de publicité, pas d’interruption, que de l’excellente musique!

music.stingray.com Congratulations to the winners, Lisa Doganieri - Marketing Manager – Stingray Music

SONGS FROM THE HEART WINNERS 2015 Stingray Rising Star – English Allison Lupton – One More Day Allison Lupton hails from Zorra Township, SW Ontario. She has been a featured performer on CBC Radio’s Vinyl Café and has received two CFMA nominations : Traditional Singer in 2008 and Vocal Group (The Lucky Sisters) in 2015. Allison’s new CD “Half My Heart” has achieved international acclaim. 2015 Stingray Rising Star – French Melanie Brulée and Anique Granger – Antidote du doute Melanie Brulée is Canada’s indie Edith Piaf, a sassy and sweet bilingual mix of folk, surf rock, country, jazz and pop. A “quirky and inventive” live performer, she blurs lines between audience and artist. Her latest release (Débridée May 2015) sounds like a Tarantino film soundtrack. In French. Sub-category winners Children’s Humorous Instrumental Multicultural Political

Rory Gardiner – Don’t Ever Change Shawna Caspi – Devil’s Rolling Pin Kunle – My Little Fingers Glen Hornblast – Freedom Train Shawna Caspi – Not So Silent

Every year, Folk Music Ontario calls on members of the folk community to help with our various competitions. We rely on them to choose the right mix of artists who will perform in FMO’s offical showcases and to select the recipients of the Stingray Music Songs From The Heart overall and sub-category prizes. These jury members generously donate their time and expertise. Folk Music Ontario appreciates their hard work!

official showcase jury Christopher Dearlove

Christopher Dearlove is the General Manager of the Scenes at Canada’s National Arts Centre, where he oversees the music programming and operations for one of the country’s largest multi-disciplinary arts festivals. Before taking on his current role, he was Orchestra Manager of the NAC Orchestra for almost a decade. Chris also serves as the Treasurer of the Canadian Arts Presenting Association (CAPACOA).

Megan Jerome

Drawing from a musical life of family singsongs and formal training in classical and jazz piano, Megan Jerome has created a soulful and eclectic approach to singing, playing piano, arranging and songwriting. Her albums and performances have delighted critics and audiences alike, earning her a Galaxie Rising Star Award.

Kwende Kefentse

Fascinated by cities, Kwende’s various professional ventures reflect different explorations and investigations into how they function, with a particular focus on culture, space and music. He is currently leading a music industry development initiative in partnership with local music business leaders that has so far resulted in the inaugural MEGAPHONO festival and a soon to be released report about the Ottawa music industry.

songs from the heart jury Natalie Bernardin

Une passionnée d’événements de l’industrie musicale elle débute de sa carrière, avec de nombreux événements tant à l’échelle régionale qu’à l’échelle nationale. Elle a travailler en tant que diffuseur, gestionnaire d’équipe, directrice artistique et directrice générale. Polyvalente et engagée, elle travail maintenant au sein de l’équipe de l’APCM. Passionate about music industry events, Natalie started out her careerwithinnumerous local and national organizations, working as a presenter, artistic director, volunteer manager and executive director. Versatile and engaged, shenowheads the team at the Association des professionnels de la chanson et de la musique (APCM).

Christa Couture

Christa Couture has toured, recorded and made ends meet in music for 10 years. Her last album The Living Record garnered “Best of 2012” picks by CBC Music and The Georgia Straight and her 4th album will be released April 2016. She’s also the managing editor of RPM.fm “Indigenous Music Culture.”

Andy Frank

Andy Frank is a long-time supporter of Canadian folk music through his work in Southern Ontario terrestrial radio (2004-present), Roots Music Canada (rootsmusic.ca, which he co-founded with David Newland in 2009), his independent video work (including three Estelle Klein Award films for FMO), and his six year association with the Canadian Folk Music Awards, for which he currently serves as theProject Director.

SHOWCASES:

October 16 & 17, 2015, 11pm-3am Room 344, Westin Bristol Place

PANEL - Dividing Tasks to Multiply Success: Building Your Music Team

October 16, 2015, 2-3pm @ Bristol B

www.music-ontario.ca for full lineup & details on how to join our organization!

ARTSCAN CIRCLE SHOWCASE ROOM #345 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30

Katherine Wheatley Roger Roger Karla Adolphe Teal & Joyce Lynne Hanson Christophe Elie Sing Along Tim and The Pacifiers Anne Walker

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30

Amy & Rachel Beck Clan Hannigan Mary Bennet Karen Morand Big Little Lions Cody McMillan Kristin Sweetland Apryll Aileen

ArtsCan Circle thanks these artists for raising support through their showcase to support our Arts Education programmes in remote northern communities. visitÂ www.artscancircle.ca to learn how you can get involved

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SIN AND SWOON

www.sinandswoon.com

12h30 - 12h50

CORINNA ROSE www.corinnarose.com

MĂ&#x2030;LISANDE [Ă&#x2030;LECTROTRAD]

www.melisandemusic.com/en

13h30 - 13h50

CĂ&#x2030;CILE Ç§ 2 IO www.cdkmusik.com

SPOTLITE QUĂ&#x2030;BEC ROOM 357 Acoustic showcase

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FRIDAY / VENDREDI 16 OCTOBRE 11h00 - 11h20 pm : CORINNA ROSE

11h30 - 11h50 pm : QRISTINA & QUINN BACHAND 12h00 - 12h30 am : MĂ&#x2030;LISANDE [Ă&#x2030;LECTROTRAD] 0h30 - 0h50 am : 1h00 - 1h20 am : 1h30 - 1h50 am :

SIN AND SWOON

MĂ&#x2030;LANIE BRULĂ&#x2030;E / ANIQUE GRANGER PATRICIA CANO

SATURDAY / SAMEDI 17 OCTOBRE 11h00 - 11h20 pm : SIN AND SWOON

11h30 - 11h50 pm : QRISTINA & QUINN BACHAND

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CĂ&#x2030;CILE Ç§ 2

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www.folquebec.com info@folquebec.com

eXPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM and the succession plan

As part of its mandate to foster and develop the folk music industry in Ontario, Folk Music Ontario has partnered with Folk Music Canada and CAPACOA to present these two key programs at the 2015 conference. What is an Export Development Program? Basically, it means that we invite key buyers and industry people (Export Delegates) to attend Folk Music Ontario. The goal is to get the right Export Delegate connected to artists attending the conference, particularly performers who are considered export-ready. We also hope that the Export Development delegates will network with Ontario festivals and other members of the Ontario folk community, but ultimately, we want the Export Delegates to connect with artists performing at the conference. The Succession Plan, presented by CAPACOA, is intricately linked to the Export Development Program as it strives to connect emergent arts administrators (festival directors, artist managers etc) with mentors in their field, with the goal of advancing professional development, personal growth and peer network resources. In general, participants in The Succession Plan (both mentors and mentees) also take part in The

Export Development Program. There are three key Export Development Program initiatives that help connect export delegates, mentors and artists: • Meet & Greet on Thursday: this event helps delegates and artists get to know each other early in the event. • One-on-one business meetings: we matchmake more than 300 meetings over two days, ensuring that artists are meeting with delegates who ‘fit’ their music and career goals. • CD Library: Export delegates browse a library of CDs so they can easily access the music of the artists taking part in the Export Development Program. In addition to these invite-only activities, our 38 export delegates also participate in panels, and take in showcase performances throughout the weekend. The Export Development Program is managed by Tamara Kater, Executive Director of Folk Music Canada. The Succession Plan is organized by Tanya Gallant, on behalf of CAPACOA.

These programs are made possible with the support of:

2015 Export Development Delegates Graham Ashton - @footstompmusic Footstomp Music, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Craig Gates - @LowellFolkFest Lowell Festival Foundation, Lowell, MA

Dana Beeler - @goldenbaypromo Golden Bay Promotions/ In The Dead of Winter, Halifax, NS Mentored by Devon Léger

Terry Hart  Terry Hart Music Management, Ajax, ON Mentored by Roger Lockyer

Adele Boychuk Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA), Saskatchewan, SK

Andy Hillhouse - @harrisonfest Harrison Festival Society, Harrison, BC

Mike Campbell - @mscambo The Carleton Music Bar & Grill/The Halifax Urban Folk Festival (HUFF), Halifax, NS

Ken Irwin Rounder Records, Boston, MA

Cindy Cogbill - @LevittShell Levitt Shell, Memphis, TN

Steve Johnson - @wncstevejohnson  MerleFest, Wilkesboro, NC Mentoring Cynthia MacLeod

Ghislaine Cormier Fédération culturelle de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Charlottetown, PE

Michael Kornfeld - @MichaelKornfeld Folk Music Society of Huntington, Centerport, NY

Sarah Craig - @CaffeLena Caffe Lena, Albany, NY

Stan Laevens Red Lake Wilderness Entertainment Series, Red Lake, ON

Val Denn - @valdenn Val Denn Agency, Chester, NS

Julien Desaulniers Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg, MB

Matthew Large - @mtlfolkfest Montreal Folk Festival on the Canal, Montreal, QC

Jessica Desrosiers Tour de Fort, Fort Frances, ON

Devon Léger - @hearth_music  HearthPR/KITHFOLK, Seattle, WA Mentoring Dana Beeler

Roger Lockyer - @foleymore  Foleymore Entertainment, St. John’s, NL Mentoring Terry Hart

Kimberly Sinclair - @SpinCount SpinCount Promotions & Publicity, Milton, NS

Cynthia MacLeod - @smallhalls  Festival of Small Halls, Charlottetown, PE Mentored by Steve Johnson

Greg Spence CreeFest, Moose Factory, ON

Gardiner MacNeill  Manager, Charlottetown, PE Mentoring Marie Bachand

Amanda Lynn Stubley @sweetappalachia  Old North House Concerts, ON Mentored by Tim Osmond

Rob Miller Quicksilver Productions, Montrose, CO

Michelle Szeto  Paquin Entertainment, Toronto, ON Mentoring Jen Ochej

Trish Murray - @redleafmusic  RedLeaf Music, Ottawa, ON Mentored by Mark Watson

Brad Tisdel Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters, OR

Jen Ochej - @jenochej  Manager, Toronto, ON Mentored by Michelle Szeto

Taylor “TK” Pride Toronto, Toronto, ON

Jim Olsen Signature Sounds/ Green River Festival, Northampton, MA

Mark Watson - @WatsonEntertain  Watson Entertainment, Burlington, ON Mentoring Trish Murray

Tim Osmond - @homeroutes.ca  Home Routes, Winnipeg, MB Mentoring Amanda Lynn Stubley

Brigid Wilkinson Classic Theatre, Cobalt, ON

Jessica Potter - @thepaintedladyy The Painted Lady, Toronto, ON

Carol Wood Sioux Hudson Entertainment Series, Sioux Lookout, ON

Susan Reany-Iskra Dryden Entertainment Series, Dryden, ON

Marie Bachand   The Succession Plan mentee  The Succession Plan mentor 35

NEW MEMBERS Folk Music Ontario welcomes the following new members who joined us since the last issue of Folk Prints: New Ontario Individual Members Richard Barry, Toronto Dave Bates, Stratford Lorrina Belluz, Thunder Bay Adam Buller, Niagara Falls Douglas Cameron, Toronto Claire Coupland, Toronto Nathaniel Deshpande, Guelph Eric Dubeau, Ottawa Mark Dunn, Sault Ste. Marie Sarah Erickson, Toronto Tim Ewing, Cambridge Doris Folkens, Guelph Martine Fortin, Sudbury Mark Fossen, Ottawa Sarah Gardiner, Toronto Dennis Gaumond, Guelph Jennifer Gillmor, Guelph D. Jae Gold, Richmond Hill

FRIDAY

Vicki Heacock, Fenelon Falls Max Heineman, Toronto Jennifer Holub, Sudbury Jillian Kerr, Ottawa Deborah Landry, Ottawa Abigail Lapell, Toronto Amanda Lowe W., Ottawa Trish MacAulay, Toronto Emily Madronich, Port Colborne Lara Martin, Toronto Mackenzie McRuer, Markham Mira Meikle, Oakville Serge Monette, Appleton Arnie Naiman, Aurora Daniela Nardi, Toronto Jason Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, Toronto Zeynep Ozbilen, Toronto Jordan Percival, Ottawa Braden Phelan, Guelph-Eramosa

SATURDAY

11pm

12am

1am

Jordan Raycroft, Barrie Shawn Sasyniuk, North Bay Chris Staig, Toronto Nicole Theobald, Toronto Carly Thomas, London Laura Tremblay, Toronto Stephen John Van de Kemp, Bradford David White, North Bay Lori Yates, Hamilton New Ontario Organizational Members Fly Away Home Music Festival, Madoc Folkus Concert Series, Almonte Hometown Music Festival, Whitby Indiecan Records, Toronto

FMO OFFICIAL showcase artists

Alysha Brilla

2015 Juno Nominee, Alysha Brilla is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and producer. She is Tanzanian-Canadian of the Indian diaspora. Her second full length album “Womyn” was released Sept 2014. She plays guitar, piano and djembe, creating a unique original soul-folk sound which has been featured on stages internationally.

Coco Love Alcorn

Digging Roots

JoJo Worthington

Musical partners Raven and ShoShona have been finding the right balance of fairytale-style good fortune, old-fashioned hard work and the rare creative chemistry to make a go of it. Their new JUNOnominated album For the Light brings global-infused songs to their live shows with a supporting tour already in the making across Canada, the US and Europe.

JoJo Worthington is an experimental-folk artist from Waterloo, known for her award-winning and ethereal songwriting on the ukulele. By using loops, reverbs and delays, JoJo creates a euphoric atmosphere that has never been heard before with this instrument. Her infectiously catchy and whimsical melodies of different genres delight any audience.

Corinna Rose

Hillsburn

Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band

Coco’s current project is The Spirit Sessions.“Coco is the ultimate musical spark plug...an electrical connector through which the creative energy flows. In my 30 years of touring around the world, I have never seen another performer able to bring people together like Coco does.” - James Keelaghan

Ashley Condon

Ashley Condon was raised between two potato fields on Prince Edward Island. Like pecan pie – sweet and nutty – Ashley has won audiences over with her larger-than-life stage presence and down-to-earth charm. Growing up on everything from old-time country to folk, blues and soul, her music resonates.

Cécile Doo-Kingué Trio

An exceptional stage presence, guitarist / singer-songwriter Cécile Doo-Kingué blends blues, afroroots and soul to create a unique sound. Born and raised in New York City and now an adopted Montrealer. Powerful, sexy and raw, Cécile Doo-Kingué’s lyrics and sound, live or recorded, make for an enthralling and intimate communion.

Folk-pop quartet Hillsburn is made up of Rosanna Burrill, Paul Aarntzen, Jackson Fairfax-Perry, and Clayton Burrill. The band’s rich vocal harmonies and song-first arrangements produce an ampedup but thoughtfully-constructed sound.

Darren Eedens

Jadea Kelly

Darren Eedens is becoming known as “The Dirty Little Picker”. His dazzling instrumental skills, picking more notes per bar than most people can wrap their heads around has earned him this moniker. The songs are spellbinding displays of technical ability combined with lyrical content of an old soul.

Jadea Kelly’s music bridges lilting country tinges of Iris DeMent with the darker influences of Portishead synth and organ pads. Spending much of the last year touring the United States and Europe with artists such as Whitehorse, she is preparing for the 2016 release of her highly anticipated album, ‘Love & Lust’. 38

It’s new music with old soul! Chock full of funky, folk fun, instrumental virtuosity and fabulous 3 part singing from award winning songwriter Ken Whiteley on guitars/mandolin, Rosalyn Dennett on fiddle, Frank Evans on banjos, Ben Whiteley on bass. Echoes of blues, gospel, swing, string and jug band sounds.

Linda McRae

Linda has performed with the VSO and the Folsom Prison blues band! Performing on banjo, guitar and accordion, her warm and world-weary voice, unforgettable melodies and thought-provoking lyrics, make her a captivating and sought-after artist. “One song breaks your heart, the next one puts it back together”.

FMO OFFICIAL showcase artists

Maneli Jamal

Award winning Maneli Jamal is a story teller who’s lived all over the world (Iran, Belarus, Germany, USA, Canada). When you first witness a live performance, you’ll find yourself staring at him trying to figure out if all that sound is really being produced by two hands and one guitar.

Monsoon estune collective indojazz qui combine des éléments du Jazz créatif et de la musiqueindienneclassiquedansune expression interculturelleéloquante et abondante. Monsoon a captivé des publiques avec des compositions originalesetuniquescaractérisées par des mélodieséxotiques de l’Est, des grooves de musiques du monde variées, et des improvisations créatives. Le réesultat: uneexpérience musicale vraiment unique.

Michelle Willis

Born in small-town England and raised in Toronto, Canada, Michelle Willis’ songwriting brings together the nuances of Donny Hathaway’s soul, Joni Mitchell’s melody and the jazz-roots sensibility of Norah Jones, bathed in a sea of voices and Americana-style writing. Her debut solo record, See Us Through, comes out late 2015.

Rakkatak

Featuring tabla player Anita Katakkar, sitarist Rex Van der Spuy, bassist Oriana Barbato and percussionist Randolf Jimenez, this Toronto-based collective merges rhythms and melodies influenced by classical Indian music with western instrumentation and a pop music aesthetic.

Patricia Cano

Born in Sudbury to a Peruvian household, Patricia Cano graduated from U of T in Theatre and Spanish Literature. She spent five years in Paris at the worldrenowned Théâtre du Soleil and Seoul studying traditional South Korean singing and drumming, and seven months in Rio singing the Carioca scene! Patricia is currently working on her second album.

Matthew Byrne

Byrne is an engaging storyteller who delivers tasteful and honest interpretations of traditional Newfoundland songs with polished guitar work and powerful vocals. He has inherited a unique repertoire of traditional music, which he presents with thoughtful musical arrangements and deep understanding of the oral traditional from which he has come.

Mélisande [électrotrad]

Mélisande leads this project featuring high-energy traditional French-Canadian songs. She presents stories about the lives of women through a feminist lens creating a new sound. Comprised of award-winning musicians, the band offers a fresh proposition to the music scene and is ready to rock the main stages at folk festivals.

Mo Kenney

In My Dreams is a stunningly accomplished and exciting follow-up to Mo Kenney’s universally-acclaimed self-titled debut. Released in September 2014, the album showcases an artist who has grown in every facet of her craft. The record made 2014 best-of lists and won an ECMA for Pop Recording of the Year.

Qristina and Quinn Bachand

Monsoon

Monsoon is a Canadian Indo-Jazz collective combining elements of traditional Indian Classical music and creative Jazz into a rich and meaningful cross-cultural expression. Monsoon captivates audiences with exotic Eastern melodies, worldly grooves and creative improvisations that, when combined, create a truly unique musical experience.

Hailing from Canada’s West Coast with its signature tolerance for experimentation & improvisation, Qristina& Quinn Bachand have always sought to find their own ‘voice’, exploring all kinds of musical traditions, fusing styles such as Old-time, Irish trad, Folk, and Jazz to create their own distinctive sound.

Rosie and the Riveters

Rosie & the Rivetersare four sassy dames who revisit the spirit of gospel music with a retro 1940’s flair. Their original compositions feature sophisticated harmonies, body percussion, scintillating choreography, inviting humour and enough ooh-la-la to charm your socks off!

Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar

A rising star in the Canadian roots & blues scene, Samantha Martin’s latest ensemble Delta Sugar have quickly gain attention and praise from soul, gospel and blues fans alike. The debut album ‘Send the Nightingale’ was released in February 2015.

FMO OFFICIAL showcase artists showcase artists Alternatesartists showcase

Sheesham and Lotus and ‘Son

HG Wells meets Doctor Seuss meets the Memphis Jug Band. Old Time trad songs and tunes played with ridiculous sibling harmonies and true attention to antiquity. Fiddle, Banjo, Sousaphone and home-made instruments like the contrabass harmoniphoneum, and the controversial sepia-phonic mono-phone.

Sherman Downey

Shtreiml and Ismail Fencioglu

Shtreiml& Ismail Fencioglu perform innovative music rooted in the Jewish and Ottoman traditions, but brimming with roots-rock sensibilities and dexterous improvisations. With fleet-fingered oud playing, fiery harmonica brilliance and Balkan flair, the group’s set is always performed with intensity, authenticity and good humour.

The East Pointers

The East Pointers’ – banjoist KoadyChaisson, fiddle player Tim Chaisson, and guitarist Jake Charron – talent and penchant for traditional Celtic tunes of decades past greatly belie their respective ages. Their 6-song, self-titled EP was released October 2014 and is a collection of a diverse mix of influences.

Stef Paquette

Stef won Album of the Year at the TrilleOr gala in 2013. Energetic and crowd-pleasing, Stef won the Coup de Foudre at Contact Ontarois 2014 and gave a tour of over 50 shows across the province. In 2015, Stef was the CBC’s male performer of the year, and was nominated for best songwriter and song of the year.

Winnipeg-based folk/pop trio Sweet Alibi infuse their hallmark harmonies with influences of everything from folk to country to soul, without a hint of shame. Sharing their personal experiences genuinely in song, they’ll have you dancing and singing along. They’re currently touring new material from their sophomore release We’ve Got To (produced by Rusty Matyas of Imaginary Cities).

Vox Sambou

The Next Generation Leahy

Yao

With three generations of Leahy musical excellence behind them, The Next Generation Leahy are astounding audiences worldwide with their remarkable musicianship. These young Leahys are already seasoned entertainers, featuring the fiddle and dance of their heritage, and introducing accordion, cello, vocals, and more into each amazing performance.

The Brood

The Brood is a psychedelic, eccentric, rock & roll band. Fuse together the sounds of Chuck Berry, Frank Zappa and Genesis, mix in the improvisational nature of The Grateful Dead and the wit of Ween, and you start to get a taste for the musical stylings of The Brood 40

Trent Severn is a trio from Stratford, ON comprised of indie songster EmmGryner, multi-talened Dayna Manning, and violin whiz/songbird Laura C. Bates. Influenced by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Trent Severn has no lead singer and no doubled tracks. The sound of the band is CANADIANA based in folk, roots and old country.

The Lonesome Ace Stringband

The Lonesome Ace Stringband features John Showman (fiddle), Chris Coole (banjo) , and Max Heineman (bass). This all-star band play old-time music for all occasions: festivals, dances, wars, parties and funerals. “Three powerful musicians playing and singing some powerful music.” - Bluegrass Unlimited

Sweet Alibi

Trent Severn

Vox Sambou is originally from Limbe, Haiti. He is a founding member of Nomadic Massive, has toured Canada, USA, France, the Caribbean and Latin America. He sings in Creole, English, French and Spanish. He holds a BA in Psychology and Anthropology and is director of The Youth House of Côte-des-Neiges, preventing delinquency among teenagers.

Multitalented artist and poet, and passionate advocate for the quest for knowledge through literature and music, YAO is comparable to a modern-day troubadour. With a mix of slam poetry, jazz and blues, his eclectic approach and escapades in various musical genres give a rich, unique and very pleasant sound.

FMO OFFICIALartists &showcase fAMILY artists showcase Family Alternatesartists showcase Family Showcase Bios

Zachary Lucky

Zachary Lucky truly is the bread and butter of the massive Canadian folk scene. With an emphasis on songwriting and an ear for delicate arrangements, Lucky’s songs will haunt you and remind you of what country and western music was originally conceived as.

Alternate Showcase Bios

Big Little Lions

“The duo’s sound mixes the new school folk of Mumford and Sons with a dance rhythm that keeps the music sounding light and upbeat. It also doesn’t hurt that their songs are very catchy and aided by how well Austin and Otten’s voices complement each other.” -- Examiner.com

Red Haven

“While also a folk band, Red Haven’s sound is decidedly different; it’s more whiskey soaked and vaudevillian. The quartet blends gypsy jazz and indie pop melodies.” Their newest record Vilified supplements a catalogue of 40 songs from three songwriters, with a sound that is both familiar and innovative.

The Boxcar Boys

The Boxcar Boys deliver an original gumbo of old-time jazz, klezmer, folk and country. The six inimitable musicians present joyous performances featuring an eclectic array of acoustic instruments: clarinet, harmonica, fiddle, trombone, accordion, washboard, bass drum, banjo, tuba, and trumpet.

Raina Krangle

Imagine Sheryl Crow & Janis Joplin. That’s the sound you get when you hear Raina performing her catchy original kids’ tunes. Raina is an experienced musician with a fresh folk-rock vibe who has been entertaining young children for many years. She is also an educator, parent and professional folk/rock artist.

Songs For Terrible Children

Shawn William Clarke

The Jessica Stuart Few

The key word for Shawn’s songwriting is restraint. Simple melodies, and insightful lyrics are supported by his accomplished guitar playing. Although sometimes subtly, his influences include Paul Simon, Hayden, Jim O’Rourke and Gillian Welch.

Canadian innovators, The Jessica Stuart Few are the world’s only “koto-toting folk-jazz power trio”. Signature songwriting featuring the Japanese 13-string harp next to double bass, drums, tight vocal harmonies & exceptional guitar work have put the undeniably charismatic Few on festival stages in Canada, the US, Japan, Germany and Australia.

Songs for Terrible Children is a new project from singer-songwriter Ben Spencer that uses satire and humour to address social issues with younger audiences. Dubbed as a sort of “Stephen Colbert for kids,” Ben sings songs that are funny, heartfelt, and extremely catchy.

Alternate Family Showcase Bios

Selected but unable to attend

Ptarmigan

Ptarmigan is a progressive folk band from Toronto, ON. Their epic, melodic folk songs skillfully blend acoustic instrumentation with the contemporary sounds of prog, pop, and indie rock for a uniquely creative take on modern folk music.

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Spencer Burton

Hey Buster

Hey Buster is an Ottawa band that plays original “wonkytonk-folka-rockabilly” songs for children and their parents. Their energetic, interactive, cabaret style show features dance moves, dramatic props and great guitar licks designed to entertain the whole family. Like a more rock n roll, more wiggly, Wiggles.

When it comes to Spencer Burton’s live performances, it could simply be the singer, six strings, and a handful of songs, or a full band bringing an added element to the songs. In either case, audiences will connect instantly with his earnest but delicate delivery. 41

YOUTH Program participants

Cloé Deguire

A Grade 12 student from Sudbury, Cloé Deguire has participated in such musical events as Mélomanie, Radio-Chaud and Quand Ça Nous Chante. In 2014, she won the audience award at La Voix du Nord in Timmins. After participating in Jamais Trop Tot, an initiative of the Festival International de la Chanson de Granby, Cloé was sponsored by the APCM to participate in the 2015 FMO Youth Program.

Mira Meikle

Mira Meikle is a young Canadian singer/songwriter with a fresh perspective. Her music is captivating and her lyrics are wise beyond her years and are always thought provoking. And she sings with a pure voice that is artfully tuned to her piano playing. She has written over 40 songs and has only just begun.

Braden Phelan (Taylor Mitchell Bursary recipient)

The result of a saucy night of passion between Neil Young and The Band (Fred Eaglesmith watched) - Braden Phelan’s take on Canadiana is a hearty sonic stew. Releasing his debut record “379 Evert St.” on October 10, 2015, Phelan is poised to make a profound impression on Canada’s music scene.

YOUTH MENTORS Quique Escamilla

2015 Juno Award Winner / 2014 CFMA Winner Quique Escamilla fuses traditional Mexican Folk music such as Ranchera, Huapango, and other Latin American rhythms with rock and reggae, while creating his own unique mix of “Music of the Americas” and delivering passionate lyrics that touch on issues such as indigenous rights, anti-racism and anti-oppression.

Sydney Delong

A recent Young Performer of the Year nominee in the Canadian Folk Music Awards, 19-year-old Sydney Delong is juggling life as a struggling singer-songwriter, college student and part-time retail goddess. Sydney has released two EPs, been nominated by TIMA for folk originals, and performed at Folk Alliance, Summerfolk, CMW, and NXNE.

Rosina Kazi

One of the ‘behind scenes’ movers and shakers in Toronto’s underground music scene, Rosina Kazi is the lead singer of the electronic collective, LAL. She has been instrumental in the growth of many of the city’s radical female / queer artists, providing venues and forums for their musical expression.

James Keelaghan

Amelie Lefebvre

On the Canadian music scene since 2003, Amélie currently fronts the band Amélie & les singes bleus, which has been described as a sultry, funny, exciting and exuberant experience that transcends language and culture. Amélie is also a professionally trained actor and a mother of two little girls that constantly fill her well of creativity. www.alsb.ca

Jillian Kerr

Jillian Kerr was born and raised on the outskirts of Ottawa. Jillian is a singer-songwriter going into her final year at Carleton University and will be completing her Bachelor of Music Honours degree. She writes lyrics that listeners can relate to and attracts their attention with her unique and soothing voice.

Julian Taylor

Toronto native Julian Taylor is an award-winning singer-songwriter who has released seven albums, five top-forty rock singles and has toured the world playing more than 2000 live shows in a decade. Equal parts troubadour and soul singer, Taylor emits a raw, emotive and distinct delivery.

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EDP/TSP Pitch Training (3PM-4PM)

Official Showcase (7:45PM-10:45PM)

Bristol A Bristol B Mayfair Sloane Youth Lounge

Ticketpro Youth Program Orientation

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Regent Carlyle Salon EDP Lounge

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Balmoral Salon Windsor Salon ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated September 28, 2015***

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Wisdom of the Elders

Aboriginal Presenters

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Artists in Motion Showcase Collective Rights: Who, What, When,Why & How (9AM-9:45AM) / Effective Radio Tracking (9:45AM-10:30AM)

Good Sound Advice

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Folk Music Canada Showcase Grantwriting: Making Believers out of Text (9AM-9:45AM) / Accounting for Musicians and Self-Employed Music Workers (9:45AM-10:30AM)

MusicOntario: Dividing Tasks to Multiply Success: Building Your Music Team

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Toronto Blues Society Showcase

Ticketpro Youth Workshops

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Balmoral Salon

EDP One-on-One Sessions

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Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge

Export Development Program Lounge (12PM - 5:30PM)

World/Trad Music Round Table ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated September 28, 2015***

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Marcato Speed Networking Sessions Aboriginal Presenters

Trailblazers 2: Beyond the Great Idea

Vance Gilbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Collision Course Good Sound Advice

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Building and Maintaining Effective Sponsor Partnerships

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Dare to Stream

House Concert Presenters Round Table

Youth Mentor Showcase

Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge

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Ontario Step Dance

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Road Stories: Learning the Hard Way

Accessibility in the Folk Community

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Manitoba Music Brunch The Next Generation: Audience Development

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Spotlight QuĂŠbec Music Canada Live: What is a Music City?

Maintaining Health: When Life Takes You Out of the Game

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Ticketpro Youth Workshops

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Export Development Program Lounge (12PM - 5:30PM) Folk Music Canada: Digital Marketing for Export-Ready Artists

The Kids are All Right ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated September 28, 2015***

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MMF: Crossing Borders: Advocating for Easier Access to Other Markets

Stingray Songs From the Heart Showcase

Official Showcase (7:30PM-10:30PM)

Organizational Development and Management (From Volunteer Run to Paid Staff)

Form and Function: A Songwriting Workshop Music Canada Live: What is a Music City?

Women in Music Meet and Greet

Official Showcase (7:15PM-10:45PM) Meeting of FMO Festival Board Chairs (closed session)

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Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge

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Drop Boxes (9AM - 11PM) Export Development Program Lounge (12PM - 5:30PM) Folk Music Canada: Digital Marketing for Export-Ready Artists

Folk Music Canada: Taking Care of (Export) Business

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Volunteer Recruitment, Development and Management Round Table

Festival Administration Round Table

Meeting of FMO Festival ADs (closed session)

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Ticketpro Youth Program Wrap-up Instrument Lockup (9AM - 1PM)

Drop Boxes (9AM - 1PM)

Carlyle Salon EDP Lounge

EDP Wrap-up

Balmoral Salon Windsor Salon ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated September 28, 2015***

schedule of events THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 3:00pm – 4:30pm EDP/TSP Pitch Training (closed session) Carlton 4:30pm – 10:00pm Registration and Board Voting Lower Lobby This is the first stop and favourite meeting place for conference delegates. Pick up your badge and delegate bag, and say hi to the staff of Folk Music Ontario! Members are strongly encouraged to exercise their franchise by casting a ballot in the FMO board elections. 5:00pm – 6:00pm EDP/TSP Welcome Reception (closed session) Carlyle Salon EDP Lounge 6:00pm – 7:30pm FMO Welcome Reception Plaza A Come and meet all of the other delegates who have arrived for the conference weekend! Ticketpro Youth Program Orientation (closed session) Sloane Youth Lounge 7:00pm – 11:00pm Instrument Lockup Ascot/Kent Tired of lugging that stand-up bass around? Artists are welcome to check their instruments in for the evening. IMPORTANT: This room does NOT stay open all night, so be sure to pick up your instrument before closing time.

7:45pm – 10:45pm Official Showcase Bristol A 11:00pm – 1:00am Borealis Showcase Plaza B 11:00pm on All-Night Jamming Lower Lobby FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 9:00am – 10:00pm Registration and Board Voting Lower Lobby This is the first stop and favourite meeting place for conference delegates. Pick up your badge and delegate bag, and say hi to the staff of Folk Music Ontario! Members are strongly encouraged to exercise their franchise by casting a ballot in the FMO board elections. 9:00am – 11:00pm Instrument Lockup Ascot/Kent Tired of lugging that stand-up bass around? Artists are welcome to check their instruments in for the evening. IMPORTANT: This room does NOT stay open all night, so be sure to pick up your instrument before closing time. Drop Boxes Regent If you want to make sure that ADs, radio DJs and other presenters hear your music, be sure to drop off a CD and one-pager in each of the drop boxes.

Drop Boxes Regent If you want to make sure that ADs, radio DJs and other presenters hear your music, be sure to drop off a CD and one-pager in each of the drop boxes.

9:00am – noon Export Development Program Oneon-One Sessions (closed) Carlyle Salon EDP Lounge

7:30pm – 10:30pm Official Showcase Plaza B

Export Development Program Oneon-One Sessions (closed) Balmoral Salon

9:00am – 9:45am Collective Rights: Who, What, When, Why & How Carlton Collective Rights and knowledge of how collective rights work in music should be understood by all artists. A knee jerk reaction when seeing this term may be to skip it all together. The problem with that is collective rights and collective rights management is essential to you getting compensated for your music. So what is it exactly? Can I manage it alone or does someone else do that for me? This participatory session will explain all there is to know about Collective Rights as well as how to get Collective Rights working for you. Please bring your laptop! Facilitator: Jory Nash Grantwriting: Making Believers out of Text Bristol B It’s a reality that we all have to face at some point if we work in the music industry in Ontario: At some point we’re going to be asking someone, anyone, for money. Some of us are better at it than others and have created an art form out of grantwriting. The rest of us are still struggling to find the perfect combination of selling ourselves in writing and maintaining a sense of creative mystery. Whether you’re a festival or a musician, we all have nightmares about hitting “send” on our latest grant application. Hopefully this panel will take some of the sting out of it. Facilitator: David Barnard 9:30am – 10:30am Wisdom of the Elders Plaza A Within the Folk Music Ontario family we are blessed to have artists that have been performing for most of their lives. With a lifetime of performing and creating comes a wisdom that we should all be so lucky to attain. This panel is a chance to sit and listen to some of our community’s greatest treasures as they share their life lessons with the rest of us. Panelists: Magoo (moderator), David Amram, Sadie Buck, Ian Tamblyn

World/Trad Music Round Table Windsor Salon Come out and join us for a lively roundtable discussion about Folk Music Ontario’s diverse Traditional and World music community. We’ll chat about our future, the challenges we face as artists and hopefully hear some great new ideas from our working artists. Panelists: Brad McEwen (moderator), Anita Katakkar, Mélisande, Tom Power 9:45am – 10:30am Effective Radio Tracking Carlton So you’ve sent your latest record off to the radio stations and now you can’t wait to hear it getting some airplay! Think your job ends at slapping a stamp on the envelope? Any musician with a strong radio presence will tell you that good Radio Tracking can be the key to pushing your record to the top of the college radio charts. This panel will cover just what Radio Tracking is, what’s involved and how to be maximize the job effectively. Facilitator: Kevin Sinclair Accounting for Musicians and SelfEmployed Music Workers Bristol B Accounting isn’t for everyone and most artists would prefer to write songs and live on stage than think about the mathematics and finances involved in being a musician. We’ve all faced the reality of just how important good accounting practices can be for working artists and this panel will cover the basics of practical accounting for musicians as well as those of us selfemployed in the industry. Facilitator: D. Jae Gold Ticketpro Youth Workshops Sloane Youth Lounge 9:30-10:00 – Drawing a Stage Plot 10:15-11:15 – Building a Team – Julian Taylor 11:15-12:30 – Songwriters Toolbox – James Keelaghan 10:00am – 8:00pm Silent Auction – Viewing and Bidding Lower Lobby Check out a wide selection of goods and services that have been generously donated for auction, and put in your (hopefully) winning bid! A partial list of the items up for auction can be found in this conference program.

10:30am – noon Exhibit Hall Sutton A Continental Breakfast Outside Sutton B Breakfast items will be available for delegates while quantities last. 12:00pm – 2:00pm Artists in Motion Showcase Plaza B Folk Music Canada Showcase Bristol A Toronto Blues Society Showcase Mayfair 12:00pm – 5:30pm Export Development Program Lounge (closed session) Carlyle Salon EDP Lounge 12:30pm – 5:30pm Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge Sloane Youth Lounge 2:00pm – 3:00pm Aboriginal Presenters Plaza A Music plays an important role in Aboriginal communities, keeping both their history and voices alive. Aboriginal presenters are instrumental in not only offering Aboriginal music at home, but in regularly finding outlets for Aboriginal performers across Ontario and nationally. This panel will offer some insight into the world of Aboriginal presenters and what they mean to both their communities and to the artists. Panelists: Jani Lauzon (moderator), Alan Greyeyes, Janis Monture, Greg Spence Good Sound Advice Carlton Just because you play on stage it doesn’t mean you’re an expert audio technician. Everyday more and more artists are purchasing small PAs and running their own sound in order to perform in smaller venues, save money etc. This is all well and good, but are your knob and fader techniques doing more harm than good with respect to winning over audiences? When feedback persists, does turning down the volume and moving a speaker take care of the problem or is it a Bandaid 52

fix? This panel will discuss some common mistakes, practices and secrets that will help those who run their own sound get a little better. Panelists: Mike Large (moderator), Christine Butchart, Dave Lang MusicOntario: Dividing Tasks to Multiply Success: Building Your Music Team Bristol B Tired of being your own one-man/ woman super team? Maybe it’s time to start putting together your own team of superheroes to help you! Who should that be? Are you looking to lighten your load or seriously outsource big pieces of your business? What can you afford? These are tough questions and our panel will discuss the pros and cons of getting help and what kind of help you should be looking for!” Panelists: Rosalyn Dennett (moderator), Tim Des Islets, Grant Paley, Joanne Setterington 2:30pm – 4:00pm Vance Gilbert’s Collision Course Plaza B Vance’s Collision Course Workshop offers you the opportunity to take an instructive, simultaneous look at your performance skills and your songwriting in an “open mike” stage setting. Vance believes that your performance and your songwriting are inseparably intertwined. Your whole presentation from adjusting the microphone, stage patter, eye contact, song arrangement, lyric tweak, and approach to the instrument - all will be reviewed, gently critiqued, and adjusted in real time by Vance in the supportive stage setting of other singer-songwriter students, one of who will be “next” to take the stage. It’s all entertaining and great fun. Facilitator: Vance Gilbert 2:30pm – 4:30pm Youth Mentor Showcase Mayfair 3:00pm – 4:30pm FMO Song Swap Campfire Main Lobby Come to the campfire and play another FMO member’s song. The only rule is that you don’t sing one of your own! Host: Eve Goldberg

3:00pm – 4:00pm Trailblazers 2: Beyond the Great Idea Plaza A Armed with passion and foolproof business plan, you have taken the plunge and set your unique idea into motion. But statistics show that 80% of businesses fail in the first 18 months. How do you sustain your vision and propel it forward into a successful business? Building on the success of Trailblazers 1 panel at FMO conference 2014, an inspiring panel of high achieving entrepreneurs with diverse expertise will discuss and exchange with delegates on surviving and thriving to beat the odds and stay in the black. Panelists: Lisa Patterson (moderator), Shauna de Cartier, Keely Kemp, Nicole Rochefort Building and Maintaining Effective Sponsor Partnerships Carlton Sponsorship shouldn’t be a dirty word. Working effectively with sponsors and building sustainable partnerships is essential to the health of festivals. We’ll hear from panelists who have successfully bridged the divide between “selling out” and effective partnerships, bearing equal benefits to both the sponsor and the festival. Panelists: Bill Love (moderator), Sara Leishman, Ana Miura, Marie Zimmerman Dare to Stream Bristol B So much is being said about music streaming in the media today but really how does it all work? How does an artist make money from streaming? Is it a waste of time or is it a huge opportunity? The panel will shed some light on the pros and cons and the future of streaming. Panelists: Dave Cool (moderator), Jon Bartlett, Bruce Landon, Julia Train 4:00pm – 6:00pm Exhibit Hall Sutton A 4:00pm – 5:30pm Marcato Speed Networking Sessions Sutton C Ready……set…….network!!! You’ll have ten minutes with FMO’s seasoned experts to grab as much info as you can.

*Mentor bios and sign-up sheets will be available in the Registration area from 1:00pm-3:00pm. 4:30pm – 5:30pm House Concert Presenters Round Table Bristol B Over the past year, several conversations have taken place amongst a core of Ontario house concert hosts, mostly specific to seeking support or advice. Come out to discuss best practices, challenges and successes in the world of presenting house concerts. 5:00pm – 6:00pm Friends of Bill W. Windsor Salon This is a safe, supportive twelve-step session for our delegates. 5:30pm – 6:00pm Ontario Step Dance Sutton B Start your evening off right with a lively step dance demonstration featuring Shane Cook & The Woodchippers. 6:00pm – 7:30pm Long & McQuade Keynote Address / SOCAN Reception Sutton B All conference delegates are invited to listen to keynote speaker Sadie Buck and to attend the reception that follows. 7:15pm – 10:45pm Official Showcase Bristol A 7:30pm – 10:30pm Official Showcase Plaza B

11:00pm – 3:00am Private Showcases Rooms 336 - 363 11:00pm on All-Night Jamming Lower Lobby

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 9:00am – 3:00pm Board Voting Lower Lobby Members are strongly encouraged to exercise their franchise by casting a ballot in the FMO board elections. 9:00am – 10:00pm Registration Lower Lobby This is the first stop and favourite meeting place for conference delegates. Pick up your badge and delegate bag, and say hi to the staff of Folk Music Ontario! 9:00am – 11:00pm Instrument Lockup Ascot/Kent Tired of lugging that stand-up bass around? Artists are welcome to check their instruments in for the evening. IMPORTANT: This room does NOT stay open all night, so be sure to pick up your instrument before closing time. Drop Boxes Regent If you want to make sure that ADs, radio DJs and other presenters hear your music, be sure to drop off a CD and one-pager in each of the drop boxes. 9:00am – noon Export Development Program Oneon-One Sessions (closed) Carlyle Salon EDP Lounge Export Development Program Oneon-One Sessions (closed) Balmoral Salon 9:30am – 10:30am Accessibility in the Folk Community Plaza A With regards to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) it is imperative that, as a community, we ensure we are ready to be fully compliant and completely accessible by the Ontario-wide 2025 deadline. Whether you are a festival or a venue or a working musician with a disability, this panel will help craft the discussion regarding accessibility within the folk community. Panelists: Pam Carter (moderator), Desiree D’Souza, Ellen Flanagan, Susan Wheeler

The Next Generation: Audience Development Carlton If a tree falls in a forest, does anybody hear? We could ask the same question about a festival without an audience. Audiences are fundamental to festivals, yet it can be easy to become complacent about your audience once your festival is up and running. As festivals grow and the communities around them age, it is imperative to begin developing the next generation of audience to ensure the long-term viability, health and stability of festivals. This participatory panel will hear from festivals that have successfully developed new audiences and audience members who’ve been through the trenches. Panelists: Jan Cody (moderator), Erin Benjamin, Jen McKerral, Jaspreet Sandhu Maintaining Health: When Life Takes You Out of the Game Bristol B As a musician, performing and creating is often your whole life. But what happens when life throws you a curve ball? Let’s say you get injured and can’t play anymore? As a community, how can we band together to help our fellow artists? Perhaps we need to get creative with our artistic futures when life takes us out of the game. We’ll also offer up some tips for staying healthy while living a lifestyle that can often make that seem impossible. Panelists: Brad McEwen (moderator), Darlene darlenYa, Sheila Hamilton, Raven Kanatakta The Kids are All Right Windsor Salon Often we aim our professional development panels at the newly established artists and up-andcomers in the hopes of teaching them something, but to be honest, many of us, including veterans, can learn a thing or two from the aforementioned demographic. In many cases they have a clearer grasp of the new music model and their drive to succeed pushes them to think outside the box. This panel will give these so called ‘newbies’ the chance to share their knowledge, experiences and lessons. Let’s hear their ideas for the future and how the industry is changing in their hands. Who knows? Maybe some of older folk might learn a thing or two... Panelists: Jill Zmud (moderator), Laura Bates, Tim Chaisson, Corinna Rose

10:00am – 8:00pm Silent Auction – Viewing and Bidding Lower Lobby Ticketpro Youth Workshops Sloane Youth Lounge 10:00-11:00 – Many Paths to Success – Rosina Kazi 11:00-12:00 – Worth Listening To – Self Confidence On and Off Stage – Amélie Lefebvre 10:30am – 12:00pm Joyful Songs Campfire Main Lobby Bring your instrument or just your voice to join in this celebration of songs of joy and good humour. Host: Glenn McFarlane Folk Music Ontario AGM and Breakfast Sutton B The AGM is the annual opportunity for FMO members to gather and hear about the activities of the past year, and look to the future together. The Board of Directors and Executive Director present reports, the audited financial statement and the results of the Board elections. This is also a public opportunity for members to present FMO business. Breakfast items will be available for delegates while quantities last. 12:00pm – 5:30pm Export Development Program Lounge (closed session) Carlyle Salon EDP Lounge Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge Sloane Youth Lounge 12:00pm – 2:00pm Manitoba Music Brunch Plaza B Spotlight Québec Showcase Bristol A 2:00pm – 4:00pm Organizational Development and Management (From Volunteer Run to Paid Staff) Carlton From Operations to Governance: Transitioning from an all-volunteer organization to a staff-driven corporation. The introduction of a paid executive director or artistic director into an all-volunteer organization brings challenges as well as benefits. Some of the jobs done by the board 54

and committees become redundant, creating role confusion and leaving volunteers wondering about their purpose and value. In this session, we will explore the issues arising from the division of roles and responsibilities and seek solutions to some of the problems created by the transition. Facilitator: Nathan Garber 2:00pm – 3:00pm Road Stories: Learning the Hard Way Plaza A Want to hear some tips about managing your life on the road as a touring musician? This panel will share road stories from folks who have spent years cruising the Canadian highways. Hear horror stories, health tips and highway how-to’s from those in the know! Panelists: Laura Spink (moderator), Sherman Downey, Darren Eedens, Carly Thomas Music Canada Live: What is a Music City? Bristol B A Music City is a community of any size with a vibrant music economy. Beginning with artists and musicians, Music Cities are home to a broad range of professionals who support artist entrepreneurs in their career development, and foster a live scene with an engaged and passionate audience, providing artists with a fertile ground for developing their craft. Join the panel as they discuss findings from Music Canada’s recent “The Mastering of Music City” report, and share strategies and approaches to building stronger, more vibrant music communities. Panelists: Erin Benjamin (moderator), Mark Garner, Mike Tanner Folk Music Canada: Digital Marketing for Export-Ready Artists Balmoral Salon This session will give you a hands-on approach to building the digital strategy and tools you need to bring your music to a national and international marketplace. From building a plan, to mastering your platforms, you will come away from this workshop with concrete tools to master digital marketing as a self-managed artist, or as a member of an artist’s support team. Panelists: Devon Leger, Kimberly Sinclair

2:30pm – 4:00pm Stingray Songs From the Heart Showcase Plaza B 2:30pm – 4:30pm Ticketpro Youth Showcase Mayfair 3:00pm – 4:00pm Music Managers Forum: Crossing Borders: Advocating for Easier Access to Other Markets Plaza A We’ve all heard stories about what a pain it can be to cross the border for a gig in the U.S. Why is something so simple such a complicated process?? Perhaps it’s time that we as a community start lobbying the powers that be to ease up on the red tape? This panel will talk about things you can do to make the crossing a bit easier and will also hopefully start a larger discussion about future plans we can initiate together as a music community. Panelists: Susan de Cartier (moderator), Aengus Finnan, Lisa Fiorilli, Eve Goldberg Form and Function: A Songwriting Workshop Bristol A By popular demand, this is your much anticipated songwriting workshop! Here we will cover some songwriting tips from some of our community’s strongest troubadours. Stuck on a troublesome lyric? Bring it along and get some feedback in this hands-on session. Panelists: James Keelaghan (moderator), Coco Love Alcorn, Ken Whiteley Women in Music Meet and Greet Bristol B This session will build on the phenomenal success of last year’s informal gathering to discuss the challenges facing women in music today. Facilitator: Candace Shaw

And what are the key international industry stakeholders looking for in an export-ready artist, beyond their artistic product? Come hear from the decision makers and experts. Walk away knowing what you need to put in place to take your career to an international level. Panelists: Cindy Cogbill (moderator), Ken Irwin, Steve Johnson, Jim Olsen, Liana White

7:15pm – 10:45pm Official Showcase Bristol A

4:00pm – 6:00pm Exhibit Hall Sutton A

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4:00pm – 5:30pm Northern Presenters Meet and Greet Sutton C Have you ever wondered what’s involved in touring throughout northern Ontario? Come and meet the people who run vibrant northern venues in Cobalt, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Fort Frances, Red Lake and even Moose Factory! Meeting of FMO Festival Board Chairs (closed session) Bristol B In this annual gathering, FMO member festival Board Chairs share best practices, challenges and successes in their organizations. 4:30pm – 5:30pm Friends of Bill W. Windsor Salon This is a safe, supportive twelve-step session for our delegates. 5:30pm – 7:00pm Borealis Reception Sutton B Open to all conference delegates, this reception celebrates and honours the Canadian Folk Music Awards.

7:30pm – 10:30pm Official Showcase Plaza B 11:00pm – 3:00am Private Showcases Rooms 336 - 363

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 9:00am – 1:00pm Instrument Lockup Ascot/Kent Tired of lugging that stand-up bass around? Artists are welcome to check their instruments in for the evening. IMPORTANT: Be sure to pick up your instrument before closing time! Drop Boxes Regent If you want to make sure that ADs, radio DJs and other presenters hear your music, be sure to drop off a CD and one-pager in each of the drop boxes. IMPORTANT: If you applied to have a drop box, come and get it! 9:30am – 11:00am Folk Music Ontario Awards Brunch Sutton B & C All are welcome to enjoy brunch (while quantities last) and honour the recipients of the 2015 Estelle Klein Award, Songs From the Heart prizes, Colleen Peterson Award, and Taylor Mitchell Bursary. Host: David Newland 10:00am – 11:30am Silent Auction – Payment and Pickup Lower lobby Bring your credit card or chequebook when you come to see if your bid was the winning one! All items must be picked up and taken by their winning bidders. Any items left at the conference will be mailed at the winners’ expense.

Folk Music Canada: Taking Care of (Export) Business Balmoral Salon Assuming your music is ready, what does your business need to support your career as a self-managed artist who wants to bring their music to a national and international marketplace? 55

10:30am – 11:30am Volunteer Recruitment, Development and Management Round Table Carlton Volunteers are the often unsung heroes of festivals. Without the resources that volunteers bring, festivals likely wouldn’t be able to get off the ground. This round table will discuss the roles that volunteers can play, from board members to ticket takers, and how to develop, manage and retain your volunteers. Facilitator: Eldon Morris

In this annual gathering, festival administrators share best practices, challenges and successes in their organizations.

In this annual gathering, FMO member festival ADs share best practices, challenges and successes in their organizations.

Ticketpro Youth Program Wrap-up (closed session) Sloane Youth Lounge

12:00pm – 1:30pm Gospel Sing-Along Main Lobby It’s the end of the weekend, and almost the end of the conference. Come and enjoy some gospel music as you say goodbye to friends old and new and hit the road for home. Host: Sam Turton

12:30pm – 1:30pm Meeting of FMO Festival ADs (closed session) Carlton

11:00am – 12:00pm Export Development Program Wrapup (closed session) Carlyle Salon EDP Lounge Estelle Klein Award Interview Sutton B & C Join Estelle Klein Award recipient Sadie Buck and interviewer Jani Lauzon as they chat together. 11:30am – 12:30pm Festival Administrators Round Table Carlton

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