Folk Prints Conference Program 2016 by Folk Music Ontario

CONFERENCE PROGRAM 2016

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015/16

DIRECTORS James Keelaghan....................................jkinfo@mac.com Jani Lauzon.....................................lauzon75@gmail.com Brad McEwen................................ mill_race@yahoo.com Max Merrifield.............................. nlfbdirector@gmail.com Katharine Partridge......... katharine.a.partridge@gmail.com Preetam Sengupta..................... preetam@lamavision.com Alex Sinclair.................................... pmsinc@interlog.com

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Rachel Barreca...........moxy.woman.creations@gmail.com Vice President Nicole Colbeck...................... nicole.littleacorn@gmail.com Treasurer Jan Cody..................................... janicecody@rogers.com Secretary Amie Therrien.......................amie@balsampiermusic.com

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

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

PAST PRESIDENTS Alex Sinclair Scott Merrifield Paul Mills Aengus Finnan Sam Baijal Doug McArthur

Office Manager Jennifer Ellis............................. jellis@folkmusicontario.ca Volunteer Coordinator Nathalie Wringe.....................register@folkmusicontario.ca Export Development Program Coordinator Carolyn Sutherland..................... edp@folkmusicontario.ca Youth Program Coordinator Treasa Levasseur.................... youth@folkmusicontario.ca

Warren Robinson Carolyn Bigley Bill Marshall Magoo Jim McMillan

PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Peter MacDonald Erin Benjamin

Art Beat Coordinator Jill Zmud.........................community@folkmusicontario.ca Bookkeeper.........................................................Lynn Rae

PAST ESTELLE KLEIN AWARD RECIPIENTS Sadie Buck Stan Rogers Harvey Glatt Richard Flohil Mike Stevens Ken Whiteley Arthur McGregor Sylvia Tyson Paul Mills The Friends of Fiddlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green Grit Laskin Ian Tamblyn Sharon, Lois & Bram Jackie Washington Bernie Finkelstein Estelle Klein

Phone: 1-866-292-6233 or 613-560-5997 Fax: 613-560-2001 www.folkmusicontario.ca Mailing address: 508-B Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1R 5P1 Please visit bit.ly/18LoEZK for ad rates, formats and sizes. Submissions and pictures welcome! We cannot believe guarantee inclusion of your submission in Folk Prints (but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll try!). Please send submissions in text format only. If you have pictures, call us before sending them. Printing and layout by Orion Printing

Cover photo courtesy of Michael Foster 2016 Estelle Klein Award recipient Anne Lederman

The views expressed in this magazine are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of Folk Music Ontario. Questions or comments regarding Folk Prints should be brought to the attention of Alka Sharma at asharma@folkmusicontario.ca. Articles and photos may not be reprinted without the express written permission of the author and/or photographer.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Director’s Message.....................................................................................................10 The President’s Message............................................................................................................15 Estelle Klein Award Recipient Anne Lederman...........................................................................20 Music is Powerful Medicine: Keynote Speaker Séan McCann...................................................24 Colleen Peterson Award..............................................................................................................28 2015/16 Board of Directors..........................................................................................................30 Panelist Photos and Bios.............................................................................................................31 2016 Silent Auction Items – Partial List........................................................................................36 The FMO Taylor Mitchell Bursary.................................................................................................37 Songs From the Heart Winners...................................................................................................40 Behind the Scenes: Official Showcase and Songs From the Heart Juries.................................42 Official Showcase and Songs From the Heart Jury Members....................................................43 Export Development Program.....................................................................................................49 Export Development Delegates...................................................................................................50 New Members..............................................................................................................................52 FMO Official and Alternate Showcase Artists..............................................................................53 Youth Program Participants and Mentors....................................................................................57 Delta Ottawa City Centre Floor Plans..........................................................................................59 Conference Schedule Grids........................................................................................................60 Conference Schedule of Events (text).........................................................................................66 Volunteers....................................................................................................................................75 Annual Report Section.................................................................................................................84

About FMO...........................................................................................................................85

Year in Review.......................................................................................................................86

President’s Annual Report....................................................................................................87

Executive Director’s Annual Report......................................................................................88

Audited Financial Statements...............................................................................................89

Draft 2015 Minutes................................................................................................................95

On behalf of Members of Ottawa City Council, it is my distinct pleasure to extend a warm welcome to all those participating in the 30th Annual Conference of Folk Music Ontario (FMO), taking place at the Delta Ottawa City Centre, in the heart of our nation’s capital, from October 20th to 23rd 2016.

J’ai l’immense plaisir de souhaiter la bienvenue, au nom des membres du Conseil municipal d’Ottawa, à tous les participants au 30e Congrès annuel de Folk Music Ontario (FMO), qui a lieu à l’hôtel Delta Ottawa City Centre, en plein cœur de notre capitale nationale, du 20 au 23 octobre 2016.

In addition, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate FMO in recognition of the celebration of its 30th anniversary conference.

Je profite de l’occasion pour féliciter le FMO pour ce congrès qui marque son 30e anniversaire. Je suis ravi d’apporter mon appui moral au FMO qui fournit aux animateurs et aux artistes des festivals folk et roots en Ontario un cadre précieux où ils peuvent faire du réseautage et en apprendre davantage sur les dernières initiatives et tendances dans le domaine de la musique folk.

I am delighted to offer my moral support to FMO for providing a valuable forum for presenters and music artists of live folk and roots festivals in Ontario to network, and learn more about the latest developments and trends in the folk music industry. As Head of Council, I want to acknowledge FMO, the Department of Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Media Development Corporation, FACTOR and SOCAN Foundation for dedicating efforts, expertise and resources to the successful organization of this provincewide meeting.

En tant que chef du Conseil, je tiens à remercier le FMO, Patrimoine canadien, le Conseil des arts de l’Ontario, la Société de développement de l’industrie des médias de l’Ontario, la fondation FACTOR et la Fondation SOCAN pour les efforts, le savoir-faire et les ressources qu’ils ont consacrés à l’organisation réussie de cette rencontre d’envergure provinciale.

As Mayor of the host city, I invite visitors to explore the revitalized Lansdowne park, its heritage pavilions, and new TD Place, home of the Ottawa REDBLACKS CFL team, and Ottawa Fury FC North American Soccer League team.

À titre de maire de la ville hôte, j’invite les visiteurs à explorer le parc Lansdowne, qui a récemment fait peau neuve, ses édifices patrimoniaux, de même que la nouvelle Place TD, domicile du ROUGE et NOIR d’Ottawa, équipe de la Ligue canadienne de football, et du Fury FC d’Ottawa, équipe de la Ligue nord-américaine de soccer.

Canada celebrates its 150th birthday in 2017 and the grandest festivities will be unfolding in Ottawa. I hope that you will return to join us in our nation’s capital for the sesquicentennial anniversary.

Le Canada fêtera son 150e anniversaire en 2017 et les festivités les plus impressionnantes se dérouleront à Ottawa. J’espère que vous serez de retour dans notre capitale nationale pour participer aux célébrations.

Allow me to convey my best wishes to the participants for a very rewarding gathering, and to the visitors for a most enjoyable stay in Ottawa.

Je souhaite aux participants d’avoir une réunion très enrichissante, et aux visiteurs, de passer un agréable séjour à Ottawa.

Sincerely,

Meilleures salutations.

Jim Watson, Mayor/Maire

October, 2016 I am delighted to welcome all of you to Ottawa for Folk Music Ontario’s Annual Conference, and the opportunity to celebrate FMO’s 30th Anniversary! I greatly appreciate how music enriches our lives, and the pivotal role that Folk Music Ontario plays in supporting the growth and development of the folk music community and industry. I also encourage you take in Ottawa’s music scene while you are here. We have a rich music history, and we have several venues throughout the downtown core which showcase our wonderful and talented musicians. I want to thank Folk Music Ontario for the exceptional job they have done with this year’s conference, and for continuing to promote arts and culture. Best wishes for an enriching conference.

Catherine McKenney Councillor, Somerset Ward

Executive director’s MESSAGE by Alka Sharma

I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people. HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY to Folk Music Ontario! We have reached a milestone year with lots of history in these past many years. Beginning as a group that gathered to share information and resources and to network, eight festivals started the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF), and the organization has grown considerably. The name of the organization changed in 2013 to Folk Music Ontario (FMO) in order to become more inclusive of all of our members, which include festivals, organizations and individuals. Welcome to the conference this year! This year in particular, as we move into 2017 to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday, FMO is featuring a panel entitled Indigenous Audience Development, moderated by Alan Greyeyes of Aboriginal Music Week and

Manitoba Music. Alan will also be hosting an Indigenous Showcase featuring artists Shy-Anne Hovorka, William Prince, Dawn Pritchard, Nick Sherman, Leonard Sumner and Quantum Tangle. As well, be sure to check out the dance performance by Kina Nimiwag. All times are in the Conference Program Guide. It is important to recognize the people that have come before us, but also to remember that FMO is committed to diversity in all of its facets. We are holding this year’s conference in Ottawa at the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel, which many of you might remember as the Crowne Plaza from when the conference was last held here in 2010. The hotel has changed a lot, as has the association. Ottawa was chosen to host the 30th anniversary conference as the Folk Music Ontario office is located in the heart of the city. FMO will be back in Toronto in 2017 and 2018 at the Hilton Airport Hotel. The dates have changed as well. In 2017, the conference takes place from September 28 to October 1. In 2018, it will run September 27 to 30. The earlier dates should accommodate both English Folk Expo and WOMEX, which many of you attend and which take place in October, and typically coincided with the FMO Conference. Every year the Board of Directors seems to exceed my expectations as they continue to work tirelessly on all the 10

committees and working groups 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 thank the Board Members that you see during the conference. The Conference Working Group – Brad McEwen, James Keelaghan, Katharine Partridge, 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 about the conference. Nathalie Wringe is our new volunteer coordinator. She comes through the Ontario government’s Job Creation Partnership (JCP) program. I will take this opportunity to thank all of our hardworking volunteers! Nathalie has been a tremendous asset in organizing the volunteers and will be extremely helpful in guiding them over the days of the conference. This year, the Export Development Program has been coordinated by Carolyn Sutherland. She has done an amazing job, inviting some of the best North American and international presenters to meet with artists that have been matched through the program. Folk Music Canada has gone on to start its own

end of November 30 - December 3 in Toronto. Once again, Jill Zmud is coordinating Art Beat and Treasa Levasseur is in charge of the Youth Program. They both have done a fabulous job! We are really excited about our thriving community outreach program, and the Youth Program continues to get many young people involved with Folk Music Ontario. We hope that you enjoy this year’s conference! And if you are still in town on Sunday, October 23, be sure to come to FMO’s birthday celebration party. Details can be found at the registration area. *** Je voudrais commencer par reconnaître que la terre sur laquelle nous sommes réunis est le territoire traditionnel non cédé du peuple Algonquin Anishnaabeg. JOYEUX 30E ANNIVERSAIRE à Musique folk de l’Ontario! Nous avons atteint une année charnière, avec beaucoup d’histoires qui ont rempli ces nombreuses dernières années. Ayant commencé comme un groupe qui s’est réuni pour partager des informations et des ressources, et faire du réseautage, huit festivals ont marqué le début du Conseil des festivals folk de l’Ontario (CFFO), et l’organisation s’est considérablement agrandie. Le nom de l’organisation a changé en 2013 pour devenir Musique folk de l’Ontario (MFO) afin de mieux inclure tous nos membres, qui comprennent

des festivals, des organisations et des individus. Bienvenue à la conférence de cette année! En particulier cette année, alors que nous nous préparons à entamer l’année 2017 pour célébrer le 150e anniversaire du Canada, MFO met en vedette un panel intitulé Indigenous Audience Development, animé par Alan Greyeyes de La semaine de la musique autochtone et La musique du Manitoba. Alan sera également l’hôte d’un spectacle autochtone présentant les artistes Shy-Anne Hovorka, William Prince, Dawn Pritchard, Nick Sherman, Leonard Sumner et Quantum Tangle. En plus ce cela, n’oubliez pas le spectacle de danse de Kina Nimiwag. Tous les horaires sont dans le Guide du programme de la conférence. Il est important de reconnaître les gens qui nous ont précédés, mais aussi de se rappeler que MFO s’engage à représenter la diversité sous toutes ses facettes. Nous tenons la conférence de cette année à Ottawa, à l’hôtel Delta Ottawa City Centre, dont beaucoup d’entre vous se souviennent en tant que Crowne Plaza, lorsque la conférence s’est tenue ici en 2010. L’hôtel a beaucoup changé, tout comme l’association. Ottawa a été choisie pour accueillir la conférence du 30e anniversaire, car les bureaux de Musique Folk de l’Ontario sont situés au cœur de la ville. MFO sera de retour à Toronto en 2017 et 2018, à l’hôtel Hilton Airport. Les dates ont aussi changé. En 2017, la conférence se déroulera du 28 11

septembre au 1er octobre. En 2018, elle se déroulera du 27 au 30 septembre. Les dates plus avancées vont respecter à la fois celles de English Folk Expo et de WOMEX, en octobre, où beaucoup d’entre vont, et qui coïncidaient toujours avec la conférence de MFO. Chaque année, le conseil d’administration semble dépasser mes attentes, car tous ses membres continuent de travailler sans relâche, dans tous les comités et groupes de travail de l’organisation. Ils forment un groupe très dévoué de bénévoles qui méritent d’être félicités pour tout ce qu’ils apportent à Musique Folk de l’Ontario. Veuillez, s’il vous plaît, remercier les membres du Conseil que vous rencontrerez durant la conférence. Le Groupe de travail de la Conférence - Brad McEwen, James Keelaghan, Katharine Partridge, le personnel de MFO et Copperworks Consulting Inc. - a fait preuve de diligence en mettant sur pied la conférence de cette année, avec d’extraordinaires groupes d’experts et d’ateliers, et quatre jours pleins d’activités excitantes. Jennifer Ellis, directrice du bureau de MFO, a extraordinairement géré l’ensemble de vos questions, demandes et préoccupations concernant la conférence. Nathalie Wringe est notre nouvelle coordonnatrice de bénévoles. Elle nous vient par l’intermédiaire du programme Partenariat pour la création d’emplois de l’Ontario (PCEO). Je profite de cette occasion pour remercier tous

nos bénévoles qui travaillent très dur! Nathalie s’est avérée être un atout considérable dans l’organisation des bénévoles et elle les guidera diligemment durant toute la conférence. Cette année, le Programme d’aide à l’exportation a été coordonné par Carolyn Sutherland. Elle a fait un travail incroyable, en invitant certains des meilleurs présentateurs nord-américains et internationaux à rencontrer les artistes, qui ont été appariés grâce au programme. Musique folk Canada lance maintenant sa propre opportunité de réseautage, FolkNorth, durant le week-end du 30 novembre au 3 décembre, à Toronto. Encore une fois, Jill Zmud coordonne Art Beat et Treasa Levasseur est en charge

du Programme des jeunes. Elles ont toutes deux fait un travail fabuleux! Nous sommes vraiment ravis de notre programme de sensibilisation communautaire, en plein essor, et le Programme des jeunes intéresse toujours autant de nombreux jeunes qui viennent s’impliquer dans Musique folk de l’Ontario. Nous espérons que la conférence de cette année vous sera des plus intéressantes!

Et si vous êtes encore en ville, le dimanche 23 octobre, ne manquez pas l’occasion de venir à la fête qui célébrera l’anniversaire de MFO. Vous trouverez tous les renseignements dont vous avez besoin à la zone d’accueil. Tous mes remerciements aux membres et aux délégués. Je vous souhaite de pleinement profiter de la conférence et de la musique!

FMO Presents Indigenous Showcase Saturday, October 22 – Capitale

2:30-2:45pm 2:50-3:05pm 3:10-3:25pm 3:30-3:45pm 3:50-4:05pm 4:10-4:25pm

Dawn Pritchard Leonard Sumner Nick Sherman Quantum Tangle Shy-Anne Hovorka William Prince

“BACK TO DIRT” COMING JANUARY 2017

Production by award-winning producer Murray Pulver (Doc Walker, The Bros. Landreth)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 11:40 pm —Room 406 MANITOBA MUSIC 12:40 am — Room 420 FLATLANDERS

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 1:00 pm — Capitale MANITOBA MUSIC OFFICIAL SHOWCASE 9:15 pm — PANORAMA 11:00 pm — Room 420 FLATLANDERS 1:00 am — Room 406 MANITOBA MUSIC

The president’s message

Happy birthday, Folk Music Ontario! You’re thirty years old! This is a time to celebrate. We have accomplished so much, not only this year but also over the past thirty years of this organization’s existence. What started out as a meeting of the artistic and executive directors of some of Ontario’s folk festivals (remember, our name used to be the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals) has evolved and blossomed into a robust community of artists and volunteers and managers and agents and radio DJs and promoters and festival staff members and board members and so much more! This fulsome community is most fully evident at this, our annual conference weekend. We are all here to make a living from the music and art that inspires us, and our goal is to make our industry and community stronger for the benefit of all. This is an event where stories and songs and business cards get swapped, where you can share wisdom over a

shared beverage, and where differences and disagreements are discussed, too. You might even sleep a little bit. All of what we do at our annual conference is a celebration of folk music in all of its iterations. Whether you’re here for the first or 30th time, there is something for you (and, if there isn’t, we want to hear about it). We are working towards welcoming more people and folk music into our community, strengthening our organization through greater diversity. The Board of Directors and staff are extremely proud of our endeavours towards a more equitable and inclusive space thus far. Being thirty (30!) years old means that we’re growing up, though that doesn’t mean that there won’t be more growing pains along the way. If I have learned anything during my time on your Board of Directors, however, it is that the adverse times are the times that also make us stronger and smarter. This is certainly true of the group of people I’ve worked with over the past three years. Please take some time over this weekend to thank the people who have made all of this happen. There’s Alka Sharma, our smart, strong, and calm Executive Director and her right-hand woman, Jennifer Ellis. The FMO organization just wouldn’t run without these two. Thank your Board of Directors (who have governed and worked hard all year) and the Conference Working Group (who put 15

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the program together) and Treasa Levasseur (our Youth Program goddess) and Jill Zmud (who keeps Art Beat alive), Nathalie Wringe (who scheduled and oversees the volunteers) and the Copperworks staff (who make sure the logistics flow properly). All of these people have done more work than you can possible imagine to make this – and everything we do for you – actually come to fruition. So, go and make the most of your conference experience. I suggest you partake in one or more of the following activities: • Say hello to someone you’ve never met before. • Go hear our Long & McQuade Keynote Address from Séan McCann on Friday. • Help out a ‘first-timer’. • Learn from an ‘old-timer’. • Heck! Flip that around and learn from a ‘first-timer’ and help out an ‘old-timer’. • VOTE in our board elections! Your voice needs to be heard. The voting booth is open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Results announced at our AGM. • Speaking of our AGM: attend it and be an active part of YOUR Folk Music Ontario. • Listen to as much music as you possibly can. • Shake a volunteer’s hand and say ‘thanks’. • Talk to a staff member or a Board member; they are here to help and answer questions. • Don’t hesitate to take some time to be quiet and recharge. There’s no shame

in this, and the introverted amongst us need it. • Surrender to the fact that you won’t get to see and hear and do everything at the conference. You will still get to see and hear and do a LOT! • Learn, learn, learn, learn, and learn some more. • Love a little, too. Actually, love a lot. Share the love. Be filled with the love. • HIRE somebody! • Visit our FMO Marketplace. • Place a bid on an item or two at our Silent Auction. • Attend our Awards Brunch on Sunday where you will hear about and from our Estelle Klein Award, Songs From the Heart Award, and Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award winners. • Did I mention that you should listen to lots and lots of music? • Have fun! • Celebrate Folk Music Ontario! Here’s to our first thirty years and to many more years of good work and good community in the future! *** Joyeux anniversaire, Musique folk de l’Ontario! Vous avez trente ans! Il faut maintenant célébrer cela. Nous avons accompli tant de choses, non seulement cette année, mais aussi au cours des trente dernières années d’existence de cette organisation. Ce qui a débuté comme une réunion des directeurs généraux et artistiques de certains des festivals de musique folk de l’Ontario (rappelez-vous, notre nom était le Conseil des festivals folk de l’Ontario) a évolué et s’est épanoui

en une solide communauté d’artistes et de bénévoles, de gestionnaires et d’agents, de DJs de radio et de promoteurs, ainsi que de membres du personnel et du Conseil de festivals, et bien plus encore! Cette communauté pleine d’élan est si apparente, ici même, à notre conférence annuelle de cette fin de semaine. Nous sommes tous ici pour vivre de la musique et de l’art qui nous inspire, et notre objectif est de donner encore plus de force à notre industrie et à notre communauté, et ce, au bénéfice de tous. Cet événement est l’endroit où des histoires, des chansons et des cartes de visite sont échangées, où vous pouvez partager vos connaissances autour d’une boisson, et vous pouvez aussi discuter de vos points de vue différents et de vos divergences. Il est aussi possible que vous dormiez un peu. Tout ce que nous faisons à notre conférence annuelle est une célébration de la musique folk dans toutes ses versions. Que vous soyez ici pour la première ou la trentième fois, il y a quelque chose pour vous (et sinon, nous voulons en être au courant). Notre travail consiste à accueillir plus de monde et de musique folk au sein de notre communauté, et de renforcer notre organisation grâce à une plus grande diversité. Le conseil d’administration et le personnel sont extrêmement fiers de nos efforts qui jusqu’ici visent à créer un espace plus équitable et plus inclusif. Avoir trente (30!) ans signifie que nous sommes en train de grandir, bien que cela ne veuille pas dire qu’il n’y aura pas de douleurs de croissance, tout au long de 16

la route. S’il y a une chose que j’ai cependant apprise lorsque je siégeais au conseil d’administration, c’est que les moments négatifs sont également ceux qui nous rendent plus forts et plus astucieux. Cela s’applique vraiment au groupe de personnes avec lesquelles j’ai travaillé au cours des trois dernières années. Durant cette fin de semaine, je vous prie de prendre le temps de remercier les personnes qui ont fait en sorte que tout cela se produise. Je parle d’Alka Sharma, notre extraordinaire directrice générale, forte et calme à la fois, et de son bras droit, Jennifer Ellis. L’organisation qu’est MFO ne fonctionnerait simplement pas sans ces deux femmes. Remerciez votre conseil d’administration (qui a gouverné et travaillé dur toute l’année) et le Groupe de travail sur la conférence (qui a mis au point le programme) et Treasa Levasseur (notre déesse du Programme des jeunes) et Jill Zmud (qui garde Art Beat en vie), Nathalie Wringe (qui a planifié et supervisé les bénévoles) et le personnel de Copperworks (qui veille à ce que toute la logistique soit en place et fonctionne bien). Toutes ces personnes ont fait beaucoup plus de travail que tout ce que vous pouvez imaginer pour que cet évènement - et tout ce que nous faisons pour vous se concrétise. Alors, tirez le meilleur parti de votre expérience de conférence. Je vous suggère de prendre part à l’une ou plusieurs des activités suivantes: • Dites bonjour à quelqu’un que vous n’avez jamais rencontré auparavant.

• Allez entendre notre discours d’ouverture Long & McQuade, présenté par Séan McCann, vendredi. • Aidez un « novice ». • Apprenez d’un « vétéran ». • Flûte! Après tout! Faites le contraire, apprenez d’un « novice » et aidez un « vétéran ». • VOTEZ lors des élections de notre conseil d’administration! Votre voix doit être entendue. Le bureau de vote est ouvert jeudi, vendredi et samedi. Les résultats seront annoncés lors de notre assemblée générale annuelle. • Au sujet de notre AGM : assistez-y et soyez actif dans VOTRE Musique folk de l’Ontario. • Écoutez autant de musique que possible. • Serrez la main d’un

volontaire et dites-lui « merci ». • Parlez à un membre du personnel ou du Conseil; ils sont là pour vous aider et répondre à vos questions. • N’hésitez pas à prendre un peu de temps pour être tranquille et vous recharger. Il n’y a pas de honte à cela, et les introvertis parmi nous en ont besoin. • Réalisez le fait que vous ne serez pas capable de tout voir, tout entendre et tout faire à la conférence. Vous aurez tout de même la chance de voir, d’entendre et de faire beaucoup de choses! • Apprenez, apprenez, apprenez, apprenez, et apprenez encore plus de choses. • Aimez un peu, aussi. En fait, aimez beaucoup. Partagez cet amour. Soyez remplis

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d’amour. • Embauchez quelqu’un! • Visitez notre « marché » MFO. • Placez une enchère sur un objet ou deux à notre encan silencieux. • Assistez au Brunch de remise de prix de dimanche, où vous entendrez, et entendrez parler de, nos lauréats du Prix Estelle Klein, du Prix Chansons du fond du coeur, et du Prix Colleen Peterson pour les auteurs-compositeurs. • Ai-je mentionné que vous devriez écouter énormément de musique? • Amusez-vous! • Célébrez Musique folk de l’Ontario! À nos trente premières années et à de nombreuses années de bon travail et de bonne communauté, à l’avenir!

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To all the members, organizers, and attendees of Folk Music Ontario: To all members, organizers, and attendees of Folkcommunity Music Ontario: Onthe behalf of the entire staff, Board, and extended of Folk Alliance International, congratulations on 30 years of incredible work supporting the growth and On development behalf of the entire Board, and extended community of Folk Alliance of folkstaff, music. International, congratulations on 30 years of incredible work supporting the growth and development of folk music.exist as an organization, diligently working to preserve, promote, It’s one thing to simply and present folk music; however, it is a momentous achievement to actually thrive, It’s one thing to lead simply as an And organization, diligently working toshowcase, preserve, network, promote,and evolve, and forexist 30 years. lead you have, by providing andprofessional present folk development music; however, it is a momentous achievement to actually thrive, opportunities for countless artists and organizations across a evolve, lead 30 years. And lead you the have, by providing showcase, network, and wideand range offor levels and interests within Canadian folk music scene. professional development opportunities for countless artists and organizations across a wideFor range of levels andthat interests Canadian folk music an organization startedwithin as anthe informal “council” of folkscene. festival directors who gathered to connect, discuss, learn, commiserate, and celebrate, you’ve had a For remarkable an organization started That as angrowth informal “council”included of folk festival who the storythat of growth. ultimately a namedirectors change from gathered to Council connect,ofdiscuss, learn, commiserate, celebrate, you’ve had in a order to Ontario Folk Festivals to the current and title of Folk Music Ontario remarkable story growth. growth ultimately included involved a name change from the reflect the full of breadth of That people and roles who became and invested. Ontario Council of Folk Festivals to the current title of Folk Music Ontario in order to reflect full breadth of people who involved and Thisthe growth had many handsand androles people tobecame be congratulated and invested. thanked… This growththe had many hands and people to be congratulated and thanked… founding members who dreamed up the initial gathering, the many board members who have served as mindful stewards, the the founding members who up the initial gathering, past-Presidents who dreamed fostered the organization’s governance, the the many board members who have served as mindful stewards, many past staff members who have contributed to FMO’s foundation, the and past-Presidents who the organization’s the thousands of fostered people who have attended governance, over the years. the many past staff members who have contributed to FMO’s foundation, and the thousands ofand people whogo have over the Deepest congratulations thanks out attended to Alka Sharma foryears. her current leadership, Peter Macdonald for his years of service, and Erin Benjamin, whose tenacity and Deepest congratulations thanks go out to Alkatable Sharma currentOntario leadership, passion took the ideaand of OCFF from a kitchen officeforinher Northern to a fully Peter Macdonald for his years service, and Erin Benjamin, whose tenacity and staffed headquarters in the of nation’s capital. passion took the idea of OCFF from a kitchen table office in Northern Ontario to a fully staffed headquarters in the nation’s Personally, I am very proud to becapital. a lifetime member and past-President of FMO, an organization I continue to respect very much, particularly due to the proactive efforts to Personally, am organization very proud toand be to a lifetime member and past-President FMO, an diversifyIthe encourage community inclusivity andofaccess, which is organization I continue respect after-all the heart of to folk music.very much, particularly due to the proactive efforts to diversify the organization and to encourage community inclusivity and access, which is after-all the heart of folk music. and inspired by your past 30 years. Here’s to many more! We have all been supported We Sincerely, have all been supported and inspired by your past 30 years. Here’s to many more! Sincerely,

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ESTELLE KLEIN AWARD RECIPIENT ANNE LEDERMAN by Alex Sinclair

OK, so let’s get this clear right at the start – the Estelle Klein Award is not a lifetime achievement award. Take a look at the list of previous winners and notice how many of them are still working full tilt; this is not a laurel that anyone rests on. Anne Lederman was selected by the board because she “has made significant contributions to Ontario’s folk music community.” That’s the criterion, and she meets it in spades – and she’ll continue to do so for a long time to come. She’s a performer – a really good one – and has been since the early days with Muddy York, on through The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, LOKA, Eh?!, her own band Fiddlesong, and Lederman/ Bell, and in her current work as sideperson to Njacko Backo and others. She has recorded

with countless artists. She invents events – World Fiddle Day Toronto, the High Park Fiddle Walks – and whole organizations like Worlds of Music Toronto. She teaches. Anne has performed at festivals, concerts, dances and schools throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe, and was the first Canadian to perform at the Viljandi Traditional Music Festival in Estonia. Known especially for her work with the Aboriginal fiddle traditions of her home province, Manitoba, her recordings have helped make this music known to the world. She works extensively with theatre, composing and performing for The Blyth Festival, and Roseneath Theatre. Her own play, Spirit of the Narrows, about discovering the world of First Nations and Métis fiddling, was named the “Best of 2015” by Hamilton’s Arts paper, View. Anne has mentored generations of young fiddlers with her original teaching series: Tamarack’er Down: A Guide to Celtic-Canadian Fiddling Through Rhythm (currently taught at both York University and the Royal Conservato-

ry of Music) and is the founding Artistic Director of both Worlds of Music Toronto and of World Fiddle Day Toronto. Well, there’s more, but that should be enough. And if there is a common thread running through her work, it is an intense love of folk music, and a desire to create opportunities for other people to come together to share that music. A small example of that is that she teaches her fiddle students not only how to play tunes, but more importantly how to accompany tunes. If you study with Anne, you’ll learn how to join in long before you can play all those intricate notes and ornamentations. Because joining in is perhaps the most important thing about folk music. The circle – be it song circle, session circle, workshop circle, dance circle – is the shape that to me best exemplifies the nature of the folk community. It’s the place where tradition, culture, creativity, are learned and passed along. Anne can usually be found in one of those circles, contributing the heartbeat that keeps our music, and our community, alive and vital. Room 420 Manitoba Songwriters

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thank you to our members In honour of our 30th birthday this year, Folk Music Ontario would like to thank all of our individual and organizational members, and especially our festival members, who were the reason we got started in the first place!

Arboretum Music Festival

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Mariposa Folk Festival

Peterborough Folk Festival

Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival

Music is Powerful Medicine by Darin Addison

Great Big Sea founding member Séan McCann began singing in a church folk choir at the age of 13 because he had a crush on one of the girls in the choir. It wasn’t until the age of 23 that he bought his first guitar, a Takamine EN10 that he has affectionately nicknamed ‘Old Brown’. “I got tired of listening to guitar players tell me what key I had to sing. He’s been a great friend and has helped me through some really hard times,” he says about that guitar. McCann has had his share of highs and lows. One of the greatest highs was signing a major label recording deal in 1995 with Great Big Sea. “I think getting signed to a major label way back, when they could still have a real effect on your career, was a huge leap forward for us. We were all focused on the same goal, being big; and we were able to use our partnership with Warner Bros to great advantage. We sold over 2 million CDs.” Séan announced his de-

parture from Great Big Sea in 2013 following a 20th anniversary tour, but he saw the writing on the wall long before then. “About 15 years in, our focus fractured and we lost our way as a cohesive unit. You know you’re in trouble when your label asks you for a greatest hits boxset and their best promotional idea is national tour of Costco. We still had a great live following, but we found ourselves more and more in casinos, because that’s where the money was. The music business was in denial, and so were we.” Many musicians have compared being a member of a band to a marriage as you can spend more time with your bandmates than with your spouse if you are constantly touring. Going your separate ways can be painful, but it can also be therapeutic, according to McCann: “Great Big Sea had a very specific mandate and we limited ourselves to a very short script. Our set list barely changed in 15 years. Today I am free to sing whatever I want and I am able say a whole lot more. I feel refreshed and invigorated, like I’ve been given a second chance.” As with many marriage breakups, there are assets that have accumulated and a divorce that ensues. “Myself and Alan (Doyle) are moving in very different directions. Our priorities have changed and it is a good thing that 24

we are no longer in conflict. Sometimes divorce is the best resolution. At first the fans – our kids – blamed me for the split, but now they understand that I left for very good reasons. Our daily rider consisted of 1 bottle single malt scotch, 4 bottles of wine, and 48 beer. It was definitely not a good place for a recovering alcoholic to work.” Séan’s battle with alcohol began long before he joined Great Big Sea and even before he was playing in bars. At the age of 15, Séan was sexually abused by his parish priest. “He poured me my first drink and set me on a very negative and self-destructive path for over 30 years. I hated myself for what happened and used alcohol as an anesthetic to numb my pain. I was living in denial.” McCann stopped using alcohol and drugs on November 9, 2011 and has been sober ever since. Séan now lives in the Ottawa area with his wife Andrea and their two sons Keegan and Finnegan. “I quit drinking for them because they deserve a husband and a father, and because they love me.” He also talks about his guitar being a great support through his healing process. “I lost a lot of friends when I quit drinking and I felt very isolated and alone. I picked up ‘Old Brown’ and poured all my pain into him and songs began to come out; songs that said more than ‘Let’s have

another drink;’ songs that enabled me to face my past and ultimately move forward. Music is powerful medicine.” These songs have resulted in two solo releases since his departure from Great Big Sea. Help Your Self (2014) tackles his demons of alcoholism and abuse head on to eventually overcome them. You Know I Love You (2016) reflects Séan’s journey to find peace, love and happiness. Both albums are produced by his good friend and fellow musician Joel Plaskett. In addition to performing solo at concerts and festivals across Canada, Séan also works as a motivational speaker sharing his story and songs with the hope that he can help others who are strug-

gling with their own demons, whatever they might be. “My past is no longer my prison. I am not a victim. I am a survivor.” Séan MCann will be delivering FMO’s ninth annual keynote address, generously sponsored by Long & McQuade, at the 2016 conference on Friday, October 21 at 6:00pm. The keynote address will be preceded by an Indigenous Dance Performance at 5:30pm, and followed by the SOCAN Reception.

Past keynote speakers 2015 – Donna Walker-Kuhne – Audience development expert 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

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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 Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Songs From the Heart competition jury. The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is pleased to announce Abigail Lapell as the recipient of the 2016 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for her song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jordanâ&#x20AC;?. Congratulations, Abigail!

Abigail Lapell

Abigail Lapell is a folk-noir singer-songwriter based in Toronto. A fluid lyricist and multi-instrumentalist, Lapell draws freely from folk-roots, indie and punk-rock traditions. Her story-songs are unapologetic and unguarded, carried by the sound of her wintry voice, piano, harmonica and fingerstyle guitar. Likened to such greats as Will Oldham and Gillian Welch, Lapellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance is passionate and sentimental without being maudlin. Lapell has toured throughout North America, Europe and the U.K., with performances at festivals like North By Northeast, Pop Montreal, Sappy Fest, In the Dead of Winter and Winterfolk. Among others, she has shared stages with tUne-yArdS, First Aid Kit, Jenn Grant, the Duhks, and the Strumbellas. Lapell will release her sophomore album, Hide Nor Hair, in January, 2017 through Coax Records/Outside. Abigail will be performing her winning song at the Stingray Songs From the Heart showcase on Friday, October 21, 2:30-4:30pm in Chaudiere.

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Board of Directors Jani Lauzon

Rachel Barreca (President)

Jani Lauzon is a multidisciplinary artist of Métis background, with two JUNO-nominated solo albums, Blue Voice/New Voice and Thirst. Her 3rd release, Mixed Blessings, was nominated for Best Traditional Female Album at the 2007 CAMA awards and featured in the NAC/urbanink co-production of Copper Thunderbird. She has lent her voice to countless film/theatre soundtracks, and is also an accomplished traditional flutist.

Rachel is a community builder and educator with a passion for transformative learning through the arts. She has twenty-plus years of experience in the world of music as a performer, producer, promoter, academic, volunteer, broadcaster, and administrator, and completes her term as President on FMO’s Board of Directors at this conference.

Nicole Colbec (Vice President)

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

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.

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.

Katharine Partridge

Kathy attended her first folk festival on Toronto Island in a long-ago life. She became actively involved in the folk community in 2003 as a founder of Shelter Valley Folk Festival, a role that circled her back to her first profession as a stage manager for Canadian theatres. She now leads a Toronto-based consultancy advising international clients on sustainability issues. This is her seventh year on FMO’s Board.

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.

Max Merrifield

Max Merrifield is the Executive Director of Northern Lights Festival Boréal, one of Canada’s original music and arts festivals. Merrifield is also a hip-hop and spoken word artist by the name of Silvertongue, as well as a show promoter with Cage Call Underground Hip-Hop. He is a lover of diversity and innovation as well as tradition in music and art.

Alex Sinclair (Past President)

Alex Sinclair has performed for many years with the folk group Tamarack, touring extensively throughout Canada, the USA, and the UK, and releasing 14 CDs and three television specials. He also has four solo albums. He was also an occasional songwriter for CBC Radio for a dozen years, writing some 300 songs of political satire for various programmes.

Preetam Sengupta

Preetam runs a company called Letting Artists Make Art (LAMA), dedicated to helping (predominantly folkroots) 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.

Brad McEwen

Brad McEwen is the founder of the Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music which has been continuously held since 1993. In 2016, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal. He has been on the FMO Board, the Conference Working Group, and the Festival Retreat committee for the last several years. Brad researches and performs traditional music from both the British Isles and Canada.

James Keelaghan

James Keelaghan is a JUNO and Canadian Folk Music Award winning singer-songwriter who comes from Calgary originally. In addition to touring on three continents and occasional broadcast shifts, James is also the Artistic Director of the venerable Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival in Owen Sound. He currently lives in Perth, Ontario. 30

panelists Alan Greyeyes

Barrie Martin

Alan Greyeyes is the Aboriginal Music Development Manager for Manitoba Music. Alan chairs the Aboriginal category for the JUNO Awards and is a member of MuchFACT’s music committee. In 2009, he launched Aboriginal Music Week in Winnipeg to develop Aboriginal youth as an audience for live music.

Barrie Martin is the President of the Haliburton County Folk Society, which recently won Not-for-Profit Organization of the Year from the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the steering and symposium planning committees for Supporting Performing Artists in Rural Communities (SPARC). He owns Yours Outdoors, a company that specializes in experiential tourism.

Alex Sinclair

Bill Garrett

Bill Garrett is one of the founders of Borealis Records. Well-known both as an artist and for his production work, he was also host, producer and manager at CBC Radio for 18 years. He has produced more than 65 folk, blues and jazz recordings, performs regularly with partner and wife Sue Lothrop, and with co-owner Grit Laskin, oversees the operations of Borealis Records as Managing Partner.

Amanda Power

In her current role with Unison Benevolent Fund as Event Manager, Amanda brings over fifteen years of experience and extensive knowledge of event management, sponsorship, marketing, promotions, and industry relations to the organization. Previous career highlights include positions with the CCMA, Gibson Guitar, CARAS/The JUNO Awards, World Vision Canada, and Canadian Music Week.

Bob LeDrew

Bob LeDrew does what he can for music, whether it’s making it with a ukulele or a guitar or supporting it by putting on house concerts, creating shows in the Ottawa area, co-hosting CKCU’s Friday Special Blend, or working with organizations like the Ottawa Folk Festival, CFMAs, or FMO. Find out more: www.felixrufusmusic.ca

Amelia Curran

Juno and ECMA award winning artist Amelia Curran has been working hard to break down barriers and get the conversation started on mental health and wellbeing. Join us at the conference as Amelia shares her story and ideas for how to address mental health issues within the music industry and learn about services that are available to support our community.

Brad McEwen

Amy Terrill

Amy Terrill is the lead author of The Mastering of a Music City, a globally acclaimed study that identifies the key elements and benefits of a music city along with effective strategies to build the sector at the local level. Amy oversees Music Canada’s government and stakeholder relations portfolio and research and communications, helping cities and regions chart a course toward developing a music strategy.

Brigid Wilkinson

By day, Brigid is a small town lawyer in the Northeastern community of Temiskaming Shores. By night, weekend, and early morning, she sits on the boards of Classic Theatre Cobalt and Temiskaming Festival of Music, hosts house concerts and haunts the local open mic scene for anyone who will listen.

Angela Kozak

Byron Pascoe

Angela Kozak joined FACTOR in 2010, and previously worked as a music writer for Chart and Shameless. She moved to South Africa immediately after graduating from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Journalism and spent a year working at a graphic design firm and cage-diving with great whites. She is a proud supporter of the Fauna Foundation in Montreal.

At Edwards PC, Creative Law, Byron provides legal services to music, film, TV, new media, gaming and other creative clients. He works with musicians and music companies, including to assist with drafting and reviewing agreements, including record label, publishing, distribution, producer, remixer, band and management agreements. Byron lives in Ottawa, and works with musicians across Ontario.

Ariel Rogers

Ariel is well-known for her involvement in many aspects of the entertainment industry. She has successfully managed Fogarty’s Cove Music since the untimely death of her husband, Stan Rogers. An actor, vocalist and costume designer, she has won numerous awards for her work in community theatre and recognition as a volunteer in several local organizations.

Charlie Sohmer

Charlie has twenty-six years’ experience as tax accountant, and has prepared thousands of tax returns. About half of his clients are musicians or related to the music business, i.e., record companies, recording studios, voice coaches, music clubs, sound engineers, etc. He is seriously addicted to playing his banjo as often as possible. 31

Cole Alvis

Erin Benjamin

Cory Crossman

Eve Goldberg

Cole is proud of their Métis-Irish heritage from the Turtle Mountains in Manitobah. An acclaimed actor, theatre creator and artistic leader, their creative process is infused with rigour, inclusivity and community building. Cole is the leader of the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance, Artistic Producer of the queer theatre company lemonTree creations and was an Associate Festival Director for the 2015 Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

The first-ever ED of Music Canada Live, Erin brings a strong vision for the live music sector that focuses on relationship building, networking, outreach and strategic advocacy. Previously CAPACOA’s ED for 6.5 years, and FMO’s first ED for 8 years, Erin also had a decade-long career as a touring and recording singer-songwriter. She is currently the co-Chair of the MTCS Ontario Live Music Working Group and a Vice-Chair of the Ottawa 2017 JUNO host committee.

As Music Industry Development Officer for the City of London (Ontario), Cory is responsible for the growth and development of London’s Music Sector. Cory works to foster, unite, engage and enliven the music sector through the City of London’s Culture Office.

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.

Darin J. Addison

Gerri Trimble

Darin J. Addison has over 20 years of music industry experience in artist management, booking, publicity, promotion and campus radio. He worked as Production and Marketing Coordinator at London’s Aeolian Hall before taking over as Artistic Director for London Ontario’s Home County Music & Art Festival in 2013.

Gerri Trimble is a Program Officer with the Music Section of the Canada Council for the Arts with more than twenty years of experience in grant delivery and community development. Her current responsibilities include recording and concert production as well as Indigenous music initiatives.

Greg Thomas

David Barnard

Greg Thomas is the Network Coordinator for Supporting Performing Arts in Rural Communities (SPARC). Greg has worked in the performing arts within rural communities in the UK and Canada. SPARC has been developing a grassroots network of rural creators, producers, presenters and animateurs in Ontario over the past several years.

Senior Program Advisor, Canada Arts Presentation Fund, Department of Canadian Heritage. Agent of change, transformative designer, arts advocate, s%#t disturber: these are some of the other titles bestowed upon David. Radio host and producer, facilitator, event planner, and programmer are some of the other things he’s done over the years. Being a great papa is his biggest job at the moment.

Grit Laskin

Since 1971, William “Grit” Laskin has been a builder of performance level steel-string, flamenco and classical guitars. A founding partner of 20-year old Borealis Records and cofounder of the CFMAs, Grit has recorded 9 albums, and published one novel and three books of non-fiction. He was the 2010 Estelle Klein Award recipient and is a Member of the Order of Canada.

Denise Sheedy

Denise Sheedy and Eaglewood Folk Festival are joined at the hip. A loyal patron, she has attended for 19 years, leading as President and Chair for the past six years; guiding and sustaining the organization through changes and challenges.

Heather Gibson

Heather Gibson was appointed the Executive Producer, NAC Presents and Variety at the National Arts Centre in September 2016. Prior to this role she worked in the music industry in Halifax for over 15 years as a manager, agent, and venue owner, and founded In the Dead of Winter Music Festival.

Doris Folkens

Doris holds a degree in Physiotherapy from Queen’s University. She has worked as a physiotherapist for 12 years in various clinical settings in Ontario and British Columbia. In her spare time, she dabbles in songwriting, and recently completed Certificate in Singer/Songwriter from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Combining her musical and medical skills, she has a special interest in musician’s health issues.

James Keelaghan

Ellen LeBlanc Flanagan

Ellen LeBlanc Flanagan is a registered Occupational Therapist. Her work focuses on identifying and addressing physical, cognitive, and social barriers. Ellen draws on her passion for inclusivity and accessibility, particularly for people with disabilities, as well as from her own lived experience.

Jan Cody

Jan’s work takes her across the country and includes events and festivals as well as hiring performers. She is a current FMO board member and brings her experience including management of non profit organizations and her own business to the session.

Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt (IVA)

Jani Lauzon

Iva is an Inuit throat-singer, poet, writer and collaborator from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. She released her debut album Ice, Lines & Sealskin in 2015. Iva is also a throat-singing teacher, and coordinates workshops that encourage youth to create, collaborate and build skills and confidence through music, art and identity.

Kerrene Tilson

Kerrene Tilson is the driving force behind the Café in the Woods, a popular roots music venue strategically located on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario. The café’s appreciative audiences are legendary among performers while Kerrene’s North Channel home has provided a welcoming warm nest for songbirds touring across the country.

Jennifer Threndyle

Jennifer works with persons with disabilities and employers in employment programing and return to work services. She has placed clients in employment from WSIB, CPP-D, ODSP and insurance companies. Since 2005, Jennifer has worked with employers from across the province on complying with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and non-occupational return to work programs complying with the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Kim Moss

Kim Moss is the co-founder and President of Kamp Operations, an Ottawa based festival and event support company. Since its conception in 2012, it has evolved from a primary focus on volunteer coordination, to a licensed Ontario security agency, first aid service provider, and now boasts the development of a season long safety team aimed at developing safer spaces within events.

Jeremy Fisher

Jeremy Fisher is a singer/songwriter based in Ottawa, ON. He has released six albums to date, four are published by Sony/ATV and two are self-published. He’s had several songs placed in TV and film and his latest record, The Lemon Squeeze was nominated for a JUNO in 2015.

Kira-Lynn Ferderber

Kira-Lynn Ferderber is the lead on #ProjectSoundCheck, an initiative to prevent and better respond to sexual violence at music festivals, providing non-violent, anti-racist bystander intervention education to staff and volunteers, funded by Crime Prevention Ottawa. Kira-Lynn is a rapper and feminist activist who delivers workshops on music, culture, and identity.

Joanna Chapman-Smith

Joanna Chapman-Smith spent a decade touring as an award-winning singer-songwriter, facing the challenges of constant professional voice use. Today she is one of the most knowledgeable teachers in the country on vocal health and function, having studied with Dr. Ingo R. Titze, Dr. Kittie Verdolini and Jeanette LoVetri among other world leaders in Vocology. She teaches privately in Toronto.

Kuljit Sodhi

Kuljit Sodhi has been part of the Canadian folk music and other music scenes for the last 20 years while being part of the world music group Galitcha. During those years he has toured many countries appreciating folk music. He also sits on many arts judging panels across Canada.

Joe Bartok

Joe is a music business accountant and business manager, and the founder of This is the Deal Inc., a Torontobased business management firm that specializes in all forms of entertainment. Joe also spent over six years in finance and accounting roles at several prominent independent and major Canadian record labels, and is a part-time instructor of music-business accounting courses.

Laura Spink

Laura Spink is a vocalist/percussionist in the Torontobased duo, The Young Novelists. The band has toured Canada, the United States, and Europe, and they won a Canadian Folk Music Award for New/Emerging Artist of the Year with their latest album ‘made us strangers’. Laura is also the proud mom of an amazing (almost) 6-year-old son.

Jory Nash

Jory Nash is an award-winning singer songwriter who blends elements of folk, jazz, blues and soul. He has released eight CDs and begins work on his ninth in Fall 2016.

Lesley Marie Boileau

Lesley Marie Boileau- Hippies, hobos, hobbits, ukuleles and bees… let’s not forget the bees, all things that make Lesley smile. What else makes her smile? Great songwriting, thought filled music, and kind people. As AD of Shelter Valley Folk Festival, Lesley smiles a lot.

Katharine Partridge

Leslie Benson

Leslie Benson was one of the founding members of the Shelter Valley Folk Festival in 2004. She served as site manager for the first three years, then bookkeeper and finally treasurer until 2015. When SVFF incorporated as a federal charity, Leslie served continuously on the Board until she retired from that position in 2015.

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Paul Mills

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) and a Past President of the OCFF (now FMO). “Good things happen when you dress your best.”

Paul Mills, a musician, musical arranger and record producer/engineer, has been part of the Canadian folk music scene and recording industry for close to fifty years. He has produced over two hundred albums working with artists such as Stan Rogers, Sharon, Lois and Bram, and Ron Hynes. He operates his own recording studio called The Millstream.

Malcolm Byard

Malcolm is a sailor, a biker, and a father of two teenage boys. A 30+ year veteran of the Canadian film and television industry, currently a full-time Professor of Broadcast and Film at Centennial College in Toronto. Malcolm has volunteered at festivals across Canada and currently sits as Chair of the Peterborough Folk Festival.

Peter Zwarich

Marie Zimmerman

Rachel Barreca

Peter has been helping to present River & Sky since 2009. Outdoor life, natural building and live music are his passions. He lives in Sudbury in a little log house with his supportive family. He is a firm believer that festivals help make the world a better place.

For the past 12 years, Marie Zimmerman has worked for several different festivals—as Artistic Director, planner and publicist, emergency plan architect, volunteer coordinator, treasurer, and MC. She is one of the founding members of the Guelph Fab 5, a collective of local arts festivals. Currently, she is the Executive Director of the Hillside Festival.

Max Merrifield

Randi Fratkin

Max Merrifield is a board member of FMO and is Executive Director of Sudbury, Ontario’s Northern Lights Festival Boréal. He is also a musician, dabbling in hip-hop, spoken word, and beyond, under the moniker ‘Silvertongue’. He dislikes writing bios about himself but understands the necessity.

Randi Fratkin first volunteered at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1990. She has been the artistic director of The Mariposa Folk Festival, Winterfolk, and Kingfest, is a former board member of FMO and a former vice president of Folk Alliance International, and remains active in several aspects of the folk and roots music scene.

Melody McKiver

Rolf Klausener

Melody McKiver is an emerging Anishinaabe musician and media artist from Obishikokaang Lac Seul First Nation and Scottish/Lithuanian origins. They have performed internationally as a solo and collaborative violist and composer. Melody lives in Treaty #3 territories in Sioux Lookout and is currently employed as the Field Coordinator for the Indigenous Reporters Program by Journalists for Human Rights.

Rolf Klausener is the founding creative director of Arboretum Festival, and is perhaps best known as the singer-songwriter of The Acorn. His music has also been featured in major motion picture films including Crazy, Stupid, Love and Jeff, Who Lives At Home. He is a founding board member of the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC), and a member of the 2017 Juno host committee.

Michael Wrycraft

Samir Baijal

For 26 years Wrycraft has designed over 650 albums for the international folk, roots, and blues world. He has five JUNO nominations, one JUNO award and numerous American and regional awards. His first album design for Bruce Cockburn spent a year on exhibit in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. He’s a concert presenter, a popular emcee, and host of the weekly online radio shows “From Cover to Cover” and “Radio Wrycraft.”

Samir Baijal has been the Artistic Director at the Hillside Festival since 1998, and has been programming entertainment and special events at the University of Guelph for over 30 years. His favourite pastime is attending concerts.

Scott May

Scott May is self-proclaimed musicologist with a major in obscure trivia. Scott’s alter-ego DJ Phonebooth has been spinning tunes since 1982. He has a lifelong passion in all genres of music from acid jazz to zydeco. He also enjoys cooking and fine spirits, and can often be found haunting local establishments in the search for the perfect Sazerac.

Pam Carter

Pam Carter is the current President of the Mariposa Folk Foundation, which provides oversight setting policy and strategic direction for its activities. Pam has also been the festival organizing chair for the last eight years, charged with the responsibility of planning, coordinating and implementing all of the activities related to the successful operation of the Mariposa Folk Festival.

Scott Merrifield

Paul Loewenberg

Scott helped found Sudbury’s Northern Lights Festival Boréal in 1972 and was its Artistic Director for 14 years. A pioneer in Canadian house concerts since 1992, he has presented more than 100 house concerts in Sudbury, featuring artists from across Canada as well as the US , the UK, and Australia.

The AD for Northern Lights Festival Boréal since the last century, Paul is moving on to another position within the festival after 17 years. He is also the booker/ manager for the medium-sized full time music venue, The Townehouse Tavern. Paul is a jack of all trades with a habitual Politics problem, and a lover of all music.

Si Kahn

The Kids are Alright

Si Kahn has worked for almost 50 years as a professional civil rights, labor and community organizer and musician. Si is one of three cofounders of Musicians United To Protect Bristol Bay, the international campaign to stop the proposed Pebble Mine and to protect permanently the people, jobs, communities, Native languages, cultures, traditions, and wild sockeye salmon of Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bristol Bay.

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Sonny Ochs

Sonny Ochs started out as a DJ on WFMU in New Jersey in the early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s, joining the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Network and Hudson River Sloop Singers shortly thereafter. She was a DJ on WRPI in Troy, NY for 18 years and recently switched to WIOX, a local radio station closer to home. Sonny has produced Phil Ochs Song Nights for 31 years. She has been active on many levels with NERFA since its inception.

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Tony Turner

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Tony Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life-affirming, articulate songs are as diverse as this country. From Circle of Song, his muchloved anthem of unity recently published in Rise Again, to his award-winning sing-along Harperman, Turner has proven he can channel the mood of the times and the ties that bind.

by e-mail (jellis@folkmusicontario.ca) or by snail mail to:

Trina Mather-Simard

Trina is the President and General Manager of Aboriginal Experiences in Golden Lake, ON. Trina established her business to provide genuine Aboriginal experiences to locals as well as visitors in Ottawa, seeking to inform and educate travellers in exciting and entertaining tours while solidifying the strong connection between the First Nations people and the rest of the world.

Folk Music Ontario 508-B Gladstone Avenue Ottawa, ON K1R 5P1 Be sure to include your name, postal address, phone number, e-mail address and website, as well as any business contact information. Thanks for helping us keep our records straight!

Vance Gilbert

With ten critically acclaimed albums, Vance Gilbert 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. Vance is now on tour with his brand new CD, â&#x20AC;&#x153;BaD Dog Buffetâ&#x20AC;?.

SILENT AUCTION Folk Music Ontario’s annual Silent Auction - one of FMO’s main fundraising activities - will once again be held at this year’s conference. Donors and volunteers have carefully put together an intriguing collection of items that in many ways are “one of a kind”. We hope you’ll support FMO and our donors, and keep track of our growing list of items as we post them online at www.folkmusicontario.ca, under 2016 Silent Auction. Items listed below were confirmed at time of printing with full details about each posted online at www. folkmusicontario.ca (under 2016 Silent Auction) and at the auction tables. The FMO Silent Auction will open at 10:00am Friday, October 21 and close Saturday, October 22 at 8:00pm. Rare Instrument

Collector’s Martin S-0 Ukulele (soprano) with hard travel case

Rare Instrument

1990 Takamine Acoustic Guitar with hard travel case

Long & McQuade

Epiphone Dove Pro Electric Acoustic Guitar in Violin Burst

SOCAN Awards

Two Tickets for this fabulous night of music plus official swag bag

Babes4Breasts

The ultimate CD collection

Mariposa Folk Festival

Two Weekend Passes to the festival plus official CDs

Women’s Blues Revue

Two Tickets to this annual favourite event

Ottawa Chamberfest

Two Passes to Ottawa’s major classical music fest

Northern Lights Festival Boréal

Two Weekend Passes, t-shirts and official CDs

Jane Harbury Publicity

The latest CD Collection

Stony Plain Records

The latest CD Collection

Batch

Sustainability through preserving: techniques and secrets from Ontario-based author’s recent book, *plus* your own exclusive Skype tutorial

Borealis

The latest CD Collection

Colour Up

A Judith Laskin-designed and pieced quilt that combines the artistry of magical colour design and master quilting techniques

Tune Up Your Ride

One of our best bicycle shops offers their “gold” tune up

Refresh Your Body

Rejuvenate with the latest techniques at this spectacular SPA

FMO Membership

Become a Lifetime Member with your winning bid

Folk Music Ontario

One Conference Registration for 2017

Master Songwriter Session

Learn and share in your exclusive session with one of our best songwriters

Revolution Recording Studios

10 hrs of production time in Studio C (with an assistant engineer)

Bandzoogle

One Year Membership

Folk Alliance International

One FAI Full Registration for 2017 (member or non member)

Canadian Music Week One

One Music Summit Conference Registration 2017

THE FMO TAYLOR MITCHELL BURSARY

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 Mitchell Bursary in 2013.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recipient of the FMO Taylor Mitchell Bursary is singer-songwriter John Muirhead of Norval, ON. John and the other youth performers will be performing in the Ticketpro Youth Showcase on Saturday, October 22, 2:30-4:30pm in the Chaudiere room of the Delta Ottawa City Centre. Youth Program participants and alumni will also be performing in their own private showcase room on Friday and Saturday night in Room 404. If you are interested in contributing to the FMO Taylor Mitchell Bursary fund, please contact the Folk Music Ontario office at 1-866-2926233.

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BEYOnd THE PalE Brand nEW alBuM For nearly 18 years Toronto’s Beyond The Pale has been making its distinctive brand of boundary-busting Eurofolk fusion. Watch for their new release in early 2017!

Download or purchase Borealis recordings from our website. Also available from iTunes ® and Amazon. www.borealisrecords.com 1-877-530-4288 toll-free / 416-530-4288

stingray Rising Stars Program Stingray Musique est fier de contribuer au développement de la musique émergente canadienne grâce au programme Prix Étoiles Stingray. L’objectif de ce programme est de soutenir les artistes d’ici, dans tous les genres musicaux, et de contribuer à l’avancement de leurs carrières en leur offrant de la visibilité, des bourses et une diffusion potentielle sur les chaînes Stingray Musique. Depuis sa création en 2000, le programme Prix Étoiles Stingray a récompensé le talent de plus de 1000 artistes.

Stingray Music is proud to support emerging Canadian music talent through its Stingray Rising Stars program. The objective of this program is to contribute to the careers of up-and-coming musicians in all genres through showcase opportunities, bursaries and potential airplay on Stingray Music channels. Since its introduction in 2000, over 1,000 artists have directly benefited from the Rising Stars Program. Stingray Music is available in over 10.5 million households across Canada. It offers 100 music channels in a variety of genres curated by experts music programmers around the world.

Stingray Musique est disponible dans plus de 10.5 millions de foyers au Canada. Le service offre 100 chaînes dans une variété de styles musicaux, programmées par des experts du monde entier.

No ads. Just great music.

Sans publicité. Que de la bonne musique.

music.stingray.com Congratulations to the winners, Mathieu Péloquin Senior Vice-President Marketing and Communications – Stingray Music

SONGS FROM THE HEART WINNERS 2016 Stingray Rising Star – English Kaïa Kater-Hurst – Paradise Fell Kaïa’s old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, flatfooting moves, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in the US and the UK. Kaïa has garnered critical acclaim from outlets such as Rolling Stone, CBC Music, and The Roots Music Report. 2016 Stingray Rising Star – French Mike Ford – Je reviendrai Mike Ford is a CFMA- and JUNO-nominated troubadour whose bilingual rabblerousing repertoire has been welcomed by Folk Fests all over North America. He really wishes he could play flamenco guitar. He is also co-leader of the greatest British Invasion band that never existed, The Cocksure Lads.

Sub-category winners Children’s Humorous Instrumental Multicultural Political

Tim Machin – The Booger Song Shawna Caspi – Devil’s Rolling Pin No entries in 2016 Angela Saini & Brian Donkers – Here I Go Again Kaïa Kater-Hurst – Rising Down

CHEERS TO 30 YEARS FMO!

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BEHIND THE SCENES

Official Showcase and Songs From the Heart Juries by Jennifer Ellis

Every year, Folk Music Ontario calls on members of the folk community to help with its various competitions. We rely on them to choose the right mix of artists who will perform in FMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official showcases and to select the recipients of the Stingray Songs From the Heart overall awards and the sub-category prizes. These jury members generously donate their time and expertise. FMO appreciates their hard work! The official showcase jury typically consists of three people, who may be professional musicians, presenters (e.g. artistic directors, folk venue programmers, house concert hosts, etc.), record producers, or related industry professionals. At least one jury member must be bilingual, and the jury always includes at least one woman and one man. The members of the jury change from year to year, and they work together to narrow down the long list of applicants to 36 official showcase artists and approximately 10 alternates. The jury listens to songs submitted by every applicant. It does its best to select artists from across Canada, often also including American and international artists. The jury also strives to select a variety of genres, with solo artists, duos, and larger groups all included, and female and

male artists/groups equally represented. Cultural diversity among the selections is strongly encouraged, and both emerging and established artists are selected. Those who have officially showcased at the conference in the past three years are only considered if the configuration of the group/music has changed significantly. The staff of Folk Music Ontario contributes to the jury process strictly in an administrative capacity. Official and alternate showcase artist selections are made only by the jury itself. All jury proceedings are confidential, and no feedback to individual applicants is available. The jury meets for two days in late spring at the Folk Music Ontario office, and all applicants are notified as soon as possible thereafter. The jury for the Stingray Songs From the Heart songwriting competition is convened after the official showcase selections have been made and published. It consists of three established songwriters, including at least one woman and one man. All of the English-language songs submitted to the competition are divided into three groups. Each juror is sent one of the groups of songs and lyrics, with the songwritersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names removed. The juror listens to the songs 42

several times, selecting the twelve best songs from the group. The juror sends this list back to FMO. This concludes the first round of the jury process. FMO staff compiles the three lists of twelve songs into one large group of 36 songs. These songs with their lyrics are sent to the jurors, so that each juror is now considering the entire group of 36 songs. Jurors again choose their top twelve songs from this second round, and this time, must rank the songs in order from 1 to 12. Jurors all send their ranked lists in to FMO. This concludes the second round. FMO staff compiles a final list of songs, tallying the rankings to determine one overall English-language winning song, and several runnersup. Any French language songs and all songs that applicants have asked to have considered in one of the sub-categories (childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, humorous, instrumental, multicultural, and political) are grouped accordingly. One juror (either a member of the SFTH English-language jury or someone else) considers each group of songs, and chooses one winner from the group. The entire Songs From the Heart jury process takes approximately 3-5 weeks, and winners are notified in midto late-August.

official showcase jury Ana Miura Happily working in the arts for more than ten years, Ana Miura’s background includes touring as a folk musician, and working with Ottawa’s Folk Festival, Bluesfest, and Chamberfest. As founder of Babes4Breasts and Director of Miura Arts & Event Consulting, her clients include Folk Alliance International and Blue Grace Music.

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 career within numerous local and national organizations, working as a presenter, artistic director, volunteer manager and executive director. Versatile and engaged, she now heads the team at the Association des professionnels de la chanson et de la musique (APCM).

YAO Francophone artist-entrepreneur Yao, is an award-winning singer and performing artist, based in Ottawa. He is also the executive director of Intello-Productions Inc, as well as a current board member for the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC) and the Association des Professionnels de la Chanson et de la Musique (APCM).

songs from the heart jury Andrew Vincent Andrew is a writer, researcher, musician and communications professional based in Ottawa, Ontario. He is a co-owner of Spruce Creative Inc., an Ottawa marketing and communications firm. He is also acting as the Executive Director of the newly formed not-for-profit Ottawa Music Industry Coalition.

Jill Zmud Jill Zmud is a soulful prairie transplant living in Ottawa. Her last album, Small Matters of Life and Death, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award and was CKCU-FM’s #1 album of 2014. This year, she’s checked off two items on her musical wish-list: performing at Blue Skies and the Calgary Folk Club.

Mehdi Cayenne Candid, explosive, intense, raw: Mehdi Cayenne’s universe oscillates between frenzy and serenity. His songwriting is astute, fantastical and poignant. Existing somewhere between chanson and post-punk, with a pop sensibility and without any gratuitous ornamentation, the music is radically unique. Mehdi is more and more sought out in Canada as well as in France, performing opening acts for well-known artists in both countries.

Tom Stewart Best known as singer of the band Furnaceface, Slo’ Tom has established himself as a popular country songwriter. In both 2013 and 2014 the Ottawa Citizen listed his songs in the “Top 10 Songs of the Year”, and described him as having “engaging humour and a knack for seemingly effortless melody making.” His fourth album, “Down in a Government Town” is available as of October 2016.

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eXPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

As part of its mandate to foster and develop Ontario’s folk music industry, Folk Music Ontario is once again presenting the Export Development Program at the 2016 FMO 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 performing at the conference, particularly artists who are considered export-ready. Export delegates also network with Ontario festivals and other members of

the Ontario folk community, but their focus is ultimately on these artists. 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 inviteonly activities, Export Delegates also participate in panels and take in showcase performances throughout the weekend. We are very pleased this year to welcome 29 delegates from across Canada and the United States, as well as from Europe. The Export Development Program is managed by Carolyn Sutherland with Folk Music Ontario.

Celebrating years of partnership

Happy 30th Birthday, FMO!

2016 Export Development Delegates Dave Carmichael Program Director, Deep Roots Music Festival Montreal, QC @DeepRootsM

Amy Reitnouer Executive and Creative Director, The Bluegrass Situation Los Angeles, CA @thebgsituation Anya Siglin Program Director / Talent Buyer, The Ark Ann Arbor, MI

Dawn Beaton Artistic Director, Celtic Colours International Festival Sydney, NS

Ben Anderson President, Prescott Park Arts Festival Portsmouth, NH @PrescottPark

Denis Charette President / Director - Porquis Rock ‘n’ Blues Festival, Porquis Recreation Association Iroquois Falls, ON

Bob Hunka Music Career Consultant, HunkArts Los Angeles, CA

Heather Gardner Head of Music Supervision & Licensing, Vapor RMW Toronto, ON @vapor_rmw

Brigid Wilkinson Board Member, Programming Committee, Classic Theatre Cobalt Haileybury, ON

Heather Gibson Executive Producer NAC Presents, National Arts Centre Ottawa, ON

Caitlin Biggins Committee Member, Atikokan Entertainment Series Atikokan, ON

Helene Studholme President, Kirkland Lake Arts Council Kirkland Lake, ON

Carol Wood Programmer, Sioux Hudson Entertainment Series Sioux Lookout, ON

Jennifer Campbell Executive Director, Small Halls Inc./Festival of Small Halls Charlottetown, PE @SmallHalls

Chris Dearlove General Manager, National Arts Centre, Canada Scene Ottawa, ON @CanadaScene

Jennifer Roe Director of Operations, Kansas City Folk Festival/Folk Alliance International Kansas City, MO @folkalliance

Cody Partridge Music Supervisor, Superground Sonic Branding Co. Toronto, ON @CodyPartyPants

Josée Latendresse Directrice Générale / Directrice Artistique, Lanaudière: Mémoire et Racines Joliette, QC

Jim Gillespie Executive Director / Artistic Director, Blissfest Music Organization Petoskey, MI @Blissfest

Randy Follett Manager, Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre Medicine Hat, AB @Esplanade

Karen Proeme Agent, Karen Proeme Productions Netherlands, Europe

Sam Baijal Artistic Director, Hillside Festival Guelph, ON @hillsidefest

Kerry Clarke Artistic Director, Calgary Folk Music Festival Calgary, AB @calgaryfolkfest

Sandra Butel Artistic Director & CEO, Regina Folk Festival Regina, SK @reginafolkfest

Linda Tanaka Artistic Managing Director, Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society Vancouver, BC @VanFolkFest

Tim Osmond Artistic Director, Home Routes Winnipeg, MB @homeroutes

Lisa Schwartz Festival Director, Philadelphia Folk Festival Philadelphia, PA @folksongsociety

These programs are made possible with the support of:

FMO MEMBERS Don’t forget to cast your ballot in the Board of Directors election! Thursday and Friday – 9:00am-10:00pm / Saturday – 9:00am-3:00pm

NEW MEMBERS Folk Music Ontario welcomes the following new members who joined us since the last issue of Folk Prints: New Ontario Individual Members Chanelle Albert, Verner Jen Arima, Toronto Gareth Auden-Hole, Ottawa Anne Bergevin, Fonthill Real Bergevin, Fonthill Sydney Bergevin, Fonthill Anita Cazzola, Guelph Joe Clark, Toronto Alana Cline, Toronto Leigh Cline, Toronto Jonathan Danyliw, Sudbury Therese Dineen, Toronto Caroline Downman, Ancaster Pete Eastmure, Toronto Josh Fewings, Fraserville Lloyd Frost, Ottawa Matt Gerber, Toronto Kate Hall, Minden Steafan Hannigan, Baltimore Paul Hogeterp, Hamilton Peter Klaassen, Ottawa Darrelle London, Toronto Jamieson Mackay, Ottawa

Ali McCormick, Ompah Lisa Marie Naponse, Atikameksheng-Naughton First Nation Tim Nast, Ottawa Ivan Ndikuriyo, Ottawa Terrence O’Brien, Ottawa Lisa Olafson, Toronto Sarah Porter, Ottawa Russell Sprout, Toronto Catriona Sturton, Ottawa Elly Tose, Thunder Bay Josh Turnbull, Toronto Winona Wilde, Bridgenorth Mary Wilkinson, Sutton Jason Wilson, Stouffville New Ontario Organizational Members Mavens Music, Toronto Moonfruits, Ottawa New Festival Members Arboretum Music Festival, Ottawa

New Out-of-Province Individual Members Nadine Altounji, Montreal, QC Noémie Azoulay, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC Doug Cox, Cumberland, BC Jean-Philippe Demers-Lelotte, Montreal, QC Bobby Dove, Montreal, QC Carolyn Fe Trinidad, Montreal, QC Jean-François Gélinas, Montreal, QC Genna Giacobassi, Whitehall, MI Susie Giang, Portland, OR Mark Lourie, Scarborough, ME Logan Mckillop, Winnipeg, MB Cheryl Prashker, Philadelphia, PA Layla Shea, Victoria, BC Scott Shea, Victoria, BC Kieran West, Winnipeg, MB Updated: September 28, 2016

FMO OFFICIAL showcase artists

Hannah Shira Naiman Aerialists

Aerialists meld their ferociously creative harmonic sensibilities, and deep love for folk traditions, into a post-rock coloured sound called “prog-trad”. Hailing from Canada, the US, and Scotland, the quintet creates captivating contemporary folk music on fiddle, harp, guitar, bass, and drums.

DoVira

Annabelle Chvostek

DoVira [do-VEE-ruh] is a Canadian group that fuses Ukrainian and Eastern European folk music with jazz, rock, experimental, and other musical influences from around the world. DoVira is set to release their first full-length album this year, featuring a variety of Canadian world music artists.

Annabelle Chvostek has co-written songs with Bruce Cockburn, and was once a member of The Wailin’ Jennys. Her albums have been nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards, and a Juno. Annabelle’s release “Be the Media” is a driving exploration that fuses punk and the poetic Canadian songwriter tradition.

Hannah Shira Naiman’s banjodriven songs, “could easily be taken as being traditional, such is her mastery of the genre.” (J. Atkins, fRoots Magazine) Her songs combine decades of influence from her musical upbringing, with her own explorations into the themes and imagery of traditional American folk music.

Harrow Fair AHI

Brampton-born songwriter and independent recording artist AHI has travelled 50,000 miles, armed with an acoustic guitar, and a voice described as “gravel on silk”. With his passionate Indie Soul sound, AHI’s undeniable gift continues to turn heads and capture hearts across Canada, and around the world.

Ellis Paul

Christine Tassan et les Imposteures

Launched from Boston’s open-mic scene, Ellis Paul has 15 BMAs, 19 albums, 2 books, and plays 150+ shows/year. Recognized internationally from songs in Hollywood films, and known as arguably the hardest-working troubadour, Ellis’ work ethic and songwriting have propelled him to the top of the American folk music world.

Christine Tassan et les Imposteures invite us all to join them and share some bubbles! Tireless explorers of the Gypsy jazz world, the four-woman band confirms their originality, and offers a show sparkling with invigorating ingredients: subtle harmonies, modern inflections, and playful shams.

Harrow Fair is Miranda Mulholland and Andrew Penner: one part stomping songs that echo early country and rock and roll, the other gritty ballads that sound sweet and haunted. This duo’s evocative and rapidly expanding collection of songs are utterly foreign, oddly familiar, and deeply gratifying.

IVA Amanda Rheaume

Juno-nominated and CFMA-winning Amanda Rheaume is a Métis singer-songwriter based in Ottawa. Her latest album ‘Holding Patterns’, produced by Jim Bryson, hit number 10 on National Folk/Roots chart two weeks after its release. Amanda tours annually in Canada, Europe, and UK. “Conjuring thoughts of a swaggering Sheryl Crow.” FolkRadio UK

Dione Taylor

Fraser Anderson

Dione Taylor is a soulful and powerful Canadian female singer/songwriter, who released her ‘Prairie Blues’ CD, “Born Free”, in November 2015. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for Oscar Peterson’s “Hymn to Freedom,” which she performed alongside Oliver Jones at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala.

Fraser Anderson is a Scottish troubadour blessed with a voice that is, as Bob Harris said, “truly beautiful.” His brand new album, “Under the Cover of Lightness”, is a ‘deep and audacious’ piece of work, and one that’s set to surprise and enchant audiences around the globe.

Canadian Inuit throat-singer and poet, Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt (IVA) takes you on a journey through the Arctic, with melodic interpretations of the land, sea, wind and birds. She blends throatsinging and song with Celtic-influenced folk.

FMO OFFICIAL showcase artists

Jocelyne Baribeau

Bold yet vulnerable, as if wearing but a pair of rubber boots and a mischievous smile, Jocelyne presents her songs as a reflection of herself, a veritable cocktail of sugar and salt. Her folk-country bilingual album has garnered nominations at the CFMAs, WCMAs and Le Gala Country in Quebec.

Kaïa Kater

Kaïa’s old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, flatfooting moves, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in the US and the UK. Kaïa has garnered critical acclaim from outlets such as Rolling Stone, CBC Music, and The Roots Music Report.

Jory Nash is a four-time CFMA nominee, and multiple awardwinning singer-songwriter, who blends elements of folk, jazz, blues, soul and pop. He is an engaging performer, a prodigious composer, and a long time contributor to Ontario’s folk music community. He has recorded 8 CDs, and tours regularly across the US & Canada.

Kayla Luky has a unique home base of Grandview, Manitoba, a small farming community nestled between two prairie mountain ranges. This location gives her sound charm and absolute authenticity, delivering well-crafted songs soaked in alcohol, dirt, and sorrow, honouring the roots of real country music.

The Julian Taylor Band is modern rhythm and blues, a band that strives to re-contextualize “soul music,” not as another genre that can be put into a box defined by racial precedent or sound requirements, but as a medium that truly speaks to the soul.

MAZ

Oh Susanna

Mike McKenna Jr.

Old Man Grant

With 13 nominations under its belt, MAZ has made its mark with its incredible energy and unique blend of traditional Québécois music and electric jazz. Inspired by the legend of the Chasse-Galerie, the band’s compositions are an invitation to look at modern times through the lens of tradition.

Les Tireux d’Roches Julian Taylor Band

Moonfruits

Lynne Hanson & The Good Intentions are known for their hard-living style of music, mixing gritty ballads with driving blues-tinged guitar. Long praised for her raw confessional writing, Lynne’s songs are faded and worn through in spots, with a bit of honestly-acquired dirt ground into the seams.

Kayla Luky Jory Nash

Lynne Hanson & The Good Intentions

Since 1998, all around the world (Canada, Europe, China), Les Tireux d’Roches have been cultural ambassadors, and are revered wherever they perform. Hailing from a region overflowing with creativity, this colourful crew has developed a unique and off the wall folk/trad style.

Mike is a soulful and often haunting balladeer, with a unique grit and power in his voice, a folky rhythm to his guitar playing, and an authenticity of his stories that has captivates listeners in his native Maritimes, and around the North American folk community.

Dotted with percussion instruments, and draped in maroon and gold, Moonfruits’ live shows are childhood imaginings set ablaze by romance. Escorted by a banjo, a piano, a parlour guitar, and sometimes nothing at all, Moonfruits’ soaring harmonies tell stories of coming undone and of knitting together.

Suzie Ungerleider began performing as Oh Susanna in the mid1990s, crafting a persona that matched the timeless qualities of her music, sounds that drew from the deep well of early 20th century folk, country and blues, yet rooted in her finely-honed storytelling skills.

Old Man Grant is a multi-instrumental trio from Ottawa, Ontario. Blending bluegrass, folk, and blues influences, their music is characterized by expressive rhythmic playing, and soaring threepart harmony. From thunderous roars to the quietest whispers, their honest and emotional storytelling never fails to capture their listeners’ attention.

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Pretty Archie

Pretty Archie is known for entertaining, high energy, foot stomping shows. The band’s honest, funloving and at times heartbreaking music finds common ground in the blurred genres of country, folk, bluegrass and Americana. Their third album will be released in Fall 2016.

Ptarmigan

Inviting myth, metaphor, and a world of sound as influence, Ptarmigan sculpts sonic landscapes of soaring proportions. With a sound that ebbs and flows between folk, indie-rock, and jazz, the band conjures new and familiar worlds, giving voice to the everyday made fantastical.

Raine Hamilton String Trio

Raine is resonant, acoustic folk, with other-worldly edge, and a lyrical presence that cuts deep. Prism-clear vocals and strings, writing for violin and voice, guitar and voice, and joined by cello and upright bass. Expect arrangements that push and pull, that move as they console.

The Unseen Strangers

The Barrel Boys

Established in 2012, The Barrel Boys are a 5-piece string band from Toronto. They’re all about tight harmonies and killer picking, and their huge repertoire is all classics and hard-hitting originals. All five players are also singers and writers, so they have an incredible diversity of sound and style.

Newgrass ambassadors The Unseen Strangers favour innovation over convention. For their newest album, “Stranger Places”, the band challenged the limits of what they are capable of, exploring the gamut of what can be done with strings. The result is a collection of stunning songs featuring inimitable instrumental performances.

Twin Bandit

Singer/songwriters Jamie Elliott and Hannah Walker formed the roots folk duo Twin Bandit in 2013. Based in Vancouver, BC, the two began writing songs together and playing locally, winning over audiences with their crystalline harmonies and wistful Americana sound.

Willie Stratton

The Bombadils

Canadian Maritimer Luke Fraser, and prairie girl Sarah Frank (aka Mr. & Mrs. Bombadil) bring high spirits, lonely songs, festive fiddle tunes, sea shanties, and plenty of open E strings. Accompanied by cello vixen / honourary-Canadian from Long Island, NY, Kaitlyn Raitz!

Tio Chorinho

Tio Chorinho is the only ensemble in Canada dedicated to performing Brazilian choro music. Exciting, soulful, and virtuosic, choro is an infectious popular style blending European and Afro-Brazilian influences. Featuring some of Toronto’s leading folk, world, and jazz musicians, Tio Chorinho released its debut CD in Summer 2016.

WIllie has been making quite a racket in his hometown of Halifax, with the help of an incredibly talented swing orchestra, he creates some of the best country jazz that you can shake, rattle, and roll to - all into a single microphone, the old way.

Winona Wilde

The Confabulation

The Confabulation is David Woodhead’s rambunctious and everevolving brainchild, combining key players and playful ideas into a unit with a tight core but flexible attitude. His musical history includes over 200 recording projects, working closely with groundbreaking artists from Perth County Conspiracy through Stan Rogers and Oliver Schroer.

Turkwaz

Turkwaz is an eclectic vocal quartet, drawing its repertoire from a love affair with songs from the Middle East and the Balkans. Their arrangements are respectful of the traditions the members have studied and immersed themselves in, yet at the same time reflect the current time and place. 55

Winner of the 2015 BC Musician Magazine songwriting award, and full-time roaddog, Winona Wilde has been slinging her boisterous country-folk Canadiana all over Canada, the US & Europe since 2013. With two albums under her belt, this gal will make you laugh and cry with strange and sturdy tunes.

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Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and two-time CFMA nominee Benjamin Dakota Rogers is writing honest folk music borne as much from ancient myths and fables as life’s experiences. He is creating a sound full of reflective emotion, and his energetic live performance is delivered with a unique voice, guitar, and explosive fiddle.

Harpdog Brown & The Travelin’ Blues Show

Harpdog Brown has been playing Blues for more than 35 years. After putting his career on pause for some years to raise his son, he is now back, winning two consecutive Maple Blues Awards, and looking to tour extensively. Harpdog Brown’s show delivers pure, authentic, and early electric Blues to a modern world.

Hidden Roots Collective

Slocan Ramblers

Justin Lacroix

Slow Leaves

Suzie Vinnick

The Slocan Ramblers are Canada’s roots band to watch. Rooted in tradition and fearlessly creative, The Slocans have quickly become a leading light of Canada’s music scene, built on their reputation for energetic live shows, impeccable musicianship, and their ability to convert anyone within earshot into a fan.

With swirling harmonies as tall as the pines of their hometown, Hidden Roots Collective creates an immersive listening experience. Touching on stories of love and self-discovery, their debut album Come Up, Honey celebrates four storylines intertwined through songs rooted in familiar blues, and airy folk sensibilities.

Suzie Vinnick takes the stage from footlights to rafters and owns it. She belts out blues and croons ballads with equal deftness. Her guitar work is both effortlessly commanding and tasteful, and her powerful presence leaves a lasting impression. “This lady is a force of nature with a six-string guitar.” Mike Agranoff.

William Prince

William Prince is a storytelling singer/songwriter from Peguis First Nation, who sidesteps clichés, and creates emotionally-charged experiences that linger in memories. His rich baritone vocals and acoustic melodies offer warmth and hope so that we might forgive life’s shortcomings, as he relates them through his songs.

Slow Leaves is Winnipeg’s Grant Davidson. His sincere poetic lyrics, lilting melodies, and effortless singing, call to mind an old country-folk record newly discovered in your parent’s attic. Despite selfdescribing as a forger of wisdom, Slow Leaves remains decidedly a songwriter rich in heart and Canadian humility.

Justin Lacroix offers up a smooth blend of folk, rock, and blues as he shares his stories of love and loss, good times, and life on the road. Joined by bandmate and childhood friend, Joël Perreault on the guitar, Justin delivers a live show that is authentic and uplifting.

Stingray Songs From the Heart Showcase Friday, October 21 – Chaudiere

Meaghan Blanchard

2:30-2:50pm 3:00-3:10pm 3:20-3:30pm 3:40-3:50pm 4:00-4:10pm 4:20-4:30pm

ECMA winner Meaghan Blanchard is an old soul who has toured across Canada, US & UK. She is a gifted guitarist, with her own blend of claw hammer/finger picking style, a crystal pure voice, and a unique ability to write and tell stories through charming character driven songs.

Kaïa Kater-Hurst Angela Saini Noosa Al-Sarraj Mike Ford Tim Machin Abigail Lapell

YOUTH Program participants

Anita Cazzola

Anita Cazzola’s vocally driven folkrock music explores the ephemeral and cyclical qualities of nature, musings about human behaviour, and complicated expectations of home. Anita and sister Liv are the front women in The Lifers, a sixpiece collective based in Guelph/Toronto. They released their debut album “Out and In” in February 2016, and this summer took the stages of Hillside and Summerfolk festivals.

John Muirhead (Taylor Mitchell Bursary recipient)

Melina Hanke

Melina Hanke is a 17-year old singer/songwriter from Barrie, Ontario. She has won numerous awards and competitions and has performed across Ontario, in Nashville and Los Angeles. In August she recorded her debut album in L.A. and will return this month to shoot a music video.

John Muirhead is a London, ON based acoustic-rock storyteller. Inspired by the songwriting greats (Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen), John strives to serve the song and his audience. John recently released his debut EP, Yesterday’s Smile, and is currently travelling across the province of Ontario sharing his passion for music and words.

Missy Bauman

Missy Bauman is an alternative folk artist--mixing dreamy psychedelic pop with her small town charm. Missy was one of the youngest winners in Hamilton Music Award history to win “Best New Artist” and has shared stages with musical greats Feist, the Arkells, Bahamas, Kathleen Edwards and Gordon Lightfoot.

YOUTH MENTORS Alysha Brilla

Brandon Girouard

Originaire de Kapuskasing, dans le nord de l’Ontario, ce multi-intrumentaliste, auteur-compositeur-interprète n’a qu’une chose en tête, faire entendre la voix qu’il garde en lui depuis très longtemps. Âgé de 20 ans, Brandon a un talent musical et un timbre de voix d’une maturité surprenante. Brandon s’est mérité plusieurs prix et reconnaissances notamment à titre d’artiste solo, en s’accompagnant à la guitare.

Indo-Tanzanian Canadian and twice JUNO-nominated artist, producer and community organizer Alysha Brilla just released her third album, “Human”. Alysha’s new music draws on the influences of her unique background; blending Indian & East African sounds with a contemporary aesthetic. Brilla is an arts educator, frequently conducting music and social justice workshops in elementary schools across Canada and internationally.

Cécile Doo-Kingué

Award-winning guitarist-singer-songwriter Cécile Doo-Kingué is considered one of Canada’s finest guitarists. The native New Yorker come Montrealer has opened for, shared a stage and/or recorded with Montreal Jubilation Choir, John Prine, Blind Boys of Alabama, and Tricia Foster amongst many, and has released four albums to critical acclaim.

Christa Couture

Christa Couture has toured, recorded and made ends meet in music for 10 years. “A remarkable chanteuse singing superb material,” (Roots Music Canada), she is a singer-songwriter known for sharp-shooting wit and heart-on-sleeve intensity. April 2016 saw the release of her fourth LP “Long Time Leaving” with Black Hen Music.

Graydon James

Graydon James is approximately one-half of the folk-roots duo The Young Novelists. They have released two albums, and toured Canada, the States, and Europe. In 2015 he won the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award. He is also a dad, a writer, and a former tap dancer.

Lynn Miles

Lynn Miles is the winner of the Canadian Folk Music Award for 2013 “Solo Artist of The Year” for her CD “Downpour” and 2011’s “English Songwriter of the Year”, as well as the 2002 Juno award for Roots and Traditional Solo Album of the Year. She produced Lynne Hanson’s albums “River Of Sand” and “Seven Deadly Spins”. Lynn is also an instructor in Carleton University’s popular music program.

CONFERENCE BASICS

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Upper Lobby International Ballroom A International Ballroom B International Ballroom C Pinnacle

FMO Presents Official Showcases (8PM-11PM)

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Panorama

FMO Presents Official Showcases (8:15PM-11:15PM)

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Penthouse Foyer

Ticketpro Youth Mentor Showcase (11:30PM-1:30AM)

Square Dance!

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FMO Welcome Reception

Capitale Chaudiere Richelieu Laurentian

EDP Pitch Training

Bytowne Joliet Frontenac Confederation

York Youth Hub

Ticketpro Youth Program Meet and Greet Supper

Seigniory

Instrument Lockup (7PM - 11PM)

Cartier

Drop Boxes (7PM - 11PM) ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated October 5, 2016***

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016 Rooms Lower Lobby

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FMO Marketplace Breakfast (8:30AM - 10:30AM) EDP One-on-One Sessions

Export Development Program Lounge

Pinnacle (Penthouse Level)

Panorama (Penthouse Level)

Penthouse Foyer Capitale

Toronto Blues Society Showcase

Chaudiere

Ottawa Chamberfest Showcase

Richelieu

MFM Northern Ontario Music Showcase

Laurentian Bytowne Joliet

Crowd Pleasing: Developing your Audience On Top of the Soapbox: Utilizing Folk Advocacy The Taxman

Frontenac FACTOR One-on-One Sessions (pre-registration required)

Confederation

York Youth Hub

Ticketpro Youth Workshops

Seigniory

Instrument Lockup (9AM - 11PM)

Cartier

Drop Boxes (9AM - 11PM) ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated October 5, 2016***

Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge

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11:00PM - 2:00AM

All-Night Jamming

FMO Marketplace Long & McQuade Keynote Address / SOCAN Reception

Indigenous Dance Performance

Northern Presenters Meet and Greet FMO Presents Official Showcases (7:30PM-10:30PM) FMO Presents Official Showcases (7:45PM-10:45PM)

FMO Board Presents: What is Folk Music?

It’s Mental with Amelia Curran

Stingray Songs From the Heart Showcase Vance Gilbert’s Collision Course Into the Great Wide Open: Presenting in Rural Communities

The Future of the Small Festival

Publishing: Collective Rights, The Gift that Can Royalties and You Keep on Giving Indigenous Audience Development

Music Cities Town Hall

MusicOntario Panel

Traditional Folk Music Round Table

Friends of Bill W.

FACTOR One-on-One Sessions (pre-registration required) Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge

Ticketpro Youth Program One-on-Ones (closed session)

Ticketpro Youth Workshops

Instrument Lockup (9AM - 11PM) Drop Boxes (9AM - 11PM) ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated October 5, 2016***

PRIVATE SHOWCASES ON MUSIC FLOOR (ROOMS 401-424) 11PM - 3AM

Export Development Program Lounge

CONFERENCE BASICS

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For Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Louis: Celebrating Life In Music

Upper Lobby International Ballroom A International Ballroom B International Ballroom C Pinnacle (Penthouse Level)

Breakfast (9:30AM - 11:30AM)

FMO Annual General Meeting

EDP One-on-One Sessions

Export Development Program Lounge

Live Sound for Women

Panorama (Penthouse Level)

Penthouse Foyer Capitale

Manitoba Music Brunch

Chaudiere

Folk Music Canada Showcase

Richelieu

MusicOntario Showcase

Laurentian Bytowne Joliet

Adventure Canada Showcase

Frontenac Confederation

York Youth Hub Seigniory Cartier

Ticketpro Youth Workshops

Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge

Instrument Lockup (9AM - 11PM) Drop Boxes (9AM - 11PM) ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated October 5, 2016***

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FMO Marketplace

Borealis Reception

FMO Presents Official Showcases (7:30PM-10:30PM) FMO Presents Official Showcases (7:45PM-10:45PM)

FMO Presents Indigenous Showcase

Ticketpro Youth Showcase Your Body is a Wonderland This Grant is Your Grant

Does Size Really Matter? Promoting Small Venues

Wisdom of the Elders (2:15PM-3:30PM)

Women in Music Networking Event

Granting Access: Accessibility Issues for Festivals

Lock it Down: Mastering Health and Safety Issues for Festivals

Unison Benevolent Fund Info Session

Come and Meet with the OAC

Meeting of FMO Festival Board Chairs (closed session)

Friends of Bill W.

Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge Instrument Lockup (9AM - 11PM) Drop Boxes (9AM - 11PM) ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated October 5, 2016***

PRIVATE SHOWCASES ON MUSIC FLOOR (ROOMS 401-424) 11PM - 3AM

Export Development Program Lounge

CONFERENCE BASICS

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2016 Rooms Lower Lobby

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Silent Auction Payment and Pick-up

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Gospel Sing-Along

Upper Lobby International Ballroom A International Ballroom B

FMO Awards Brunch (9:15AM-11:00AM)

Estelle Klein Award Interview

International Ballroom C Pinnacle (Penthouse Level)

Panorama (Penthouse Level)

Penthouse Foyer Capitale Chaudiere Richelieu Laurentian Bytowne Joliet

EDP Wrap-up

Frontenac Confederation

Festival Administrators Round Table

Meeting of FMO Festival ADs (closed session)

York Youth Hub Seigniory Cartier

Ticketpro Youth Program Wrap-up Instrument Lockup (9AM-1PM) Drop Boxes (9AM-1PM) ***Folk Music Ontario Conference Schedule - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Updated October 5, 2016***

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schedule of events THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 3:00pm – 4:30pm EDP Pitch Training (closed session) Laurentian 4:30pm – 10:00pm Registration and FMO 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. 6:00pm – 7:30pm FMO Welcome Reception Penthouse Foyer Come and meet all of the other delegates who have arrived for the conference weekend! Host Steve Poltz. 6:30pm-8:30pm Ticketpro Youth Program Meet and Greet Supper (closed session) York Youth Hub 7:00pm – 11:00pm Instrument Lockup Seigniory 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 Cartier 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. 8:00pm – 11:00pm FMO Presents Official Showcases Pinnacle (Penthouse level) 8:15pm – 11:15pm FMO Presents Official Showcases Panorama (Penthouse level) 11:30pm – 1:30am Ticketpro Youth Mentor Showcase Pinnacle (Penthouse level)

11:30pm – 1:30am Square Dance! Panorama (Penthouse level) Swing your partner, promenade, dosi-do…everyone knows the lingo, but have you ever actually been to a square dance? Champion caller Hannah Shira Naiman will be on hand to lead you through the fun and easy steps that will have you up and dancing in no time! 11:00pm on All-Night Jamming Lower Lobby FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 8:30am – 10:30am Breakfast International Ballroom B Breakfast items will be available for delegates while quantities last. 9:00am – 11:00pm Instrument Lockup Seigniory 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 Cartier 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 – 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 – noon Export Development Program One-on-One Sessions (closed) International Ballroom C

9:30am – 2:00pm Ticketpro Youth Workshops York Youth Hub 9:30-10:30 – Gigs and Grants – Christa Couture 10:45-11:45 – Arrangement – Graydon James 1:00-2:15 – Songwriting – Lynn Miles 9:30am – 11:00am FMO Marketplace International Ballroom A 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 – 11:30am Crowd Pleasing: Developing Your Audience Laurentian When you’re running an annual music festival, you have to perform a recurring balancing act between keeping your loyal repeat attendees happy and staying interesting to the up-and-coming audiences. How can you achieve this balance? How can you ensure that as your most loyal festival-lovers “age out” you have a strong crop of new and excited guests following in their footsteps? This panel will cover tips from festivals who have either successfully morphed with their audiences or found a way to be all things to all people. Panelists: James Keelaghan (moderator), Darin J. Addison, Lesley Marie Boileau, Marie Zimmerman On Top of the Soapbox: Utilizing Folk Advocacy Bytowne More and more often we are seeing artists use their public platform as a means to champion an environmental or social cause -- sometimes with amazing and unexpected results. Do you have a cause or issue that is dear to your heart? Do you want to find a way to use your public voice as an advocate? This panel will share some successful strategies used by

other artists and organizations to help further a cause. Folk advocacy can be an incredibly strong tool when wielded correctly! Panelists: Katharine Partridge (moderator), IVA (Kathleen Merritt), Magoo, Si Kahn, Tony Turner The Taxman Joliet Your car, your gas, your computer, your new guitar pedal -- did you know that you could be claiming those on your taxes as eligible expenses as a working musician? This session will cover some tips and tricks from an industry insider that will help you make sense of your mound of receipts and your endless “can I?” and “can’t I?” questions. Panelists: Jan Cody (moderator), Byron Pascoe, Charlie Sohmer, Joe Bartok 12:00pm – 4:00pm Export Development Program Lounge (closed session) International Ballroom C 12:00pm – 2:00pm Toronto Blues Society Showcase Capitale Ottawa Chamberfest Showcase Chaudiere MFM Northern Showcase Richelieu

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2:00pm – 5:00pm FACTOR One-on-One Sessions (preregistration required) Confederation 2:00pm – 4:30pm Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge York Youth Hub 2:30pm – 4:30pm Stingray Songs From the Heart Showcase Chaudiere 2:30pm – 4:00pm Vance Gilbert’s Collision Course Richelieu A great song does not by itself get heard. It needs to be performed so that a producer, publisher, record exec, and most importantly your audience can be part of its full impact. It’s a “collision course” Vance offers, where performance and songwriting are

inextricably intertwined entities. Here’s your chance to pick up and hone some skills that will make your song and its presentation shine. Everything from keeping time, arrangement of the song, what key, “getting the guitar out of the way”, the cliché police, posture, vocal stuff, even how to approach the stage and plug in the guitar will be examined live on the mic as Vance “gets underneath the hood” in a safe and supportive “open mic-ish” atmosphere. Facilitator: Vance Gilbert 2:30pm – 3:30pm FMO Board Presents: What is Folk Music? Capitale Folk Music Ontario is proud to announce this new thread into its conference programming! Each year, past and present FMO board members will debate a “hot topic” in front of a live conference audience. This inaugural panel will discuss the definition of folk music. Come and see FMO board members duke it out over what constitutes folk music in this modern era. Is it still the traditional folk of our past or do we have to expand it to include the big rock acts touting a social message? What is folk music to you??? Panelists: Alex Sinclair (moderator), Brad McEwen, Jani Lauzon, Kuljit Sodhi, Rachel Barreca Into the Great Wide Open: Presenting in Rural Communities Laurentian So you have a tiny festival up north, or a small venue on an island -- how can you best get the word out for your event? How can you maximize attendance when your audience pool is so small to begin with? This panel will cover some ideas and strategies used by some of our most successful small presenters and venues. Panelists: Scott Merrifield (moderator), Barrie Martin, Brigid Wilkinson, Greg Thomas, Kerrene Tilson Publishing: The Gift that can Keep on Giving Bytowne You can make money many different ways in the music industry but the biggest revenue potential lies in your music, or more specifically your 67

publishing. But how does it work? How do you get your music working for you? Do you self-publish or do you seek out a music publisher? Copyrights, licenses, contracts…there is just so much to understand but everyone who knows anything about music would agree you need to understand publishing and how it works. Join us for a session with Jeremy Fisher for a guided discussion on how he made it work for him. Panelists: Bob LeDrew (moderator), Jeremy Fisher, ??? Indigenous Audience Development Joliet Can festivals rely on their existing tools when developing Indigenous audiences? This panel will explore the challenges faced by Indigenous presenters working with Indigenous audiences along with the differences noticed by Indigenous artists working in both worlds. Best practices for engaging Elders and marketing to Indigenous communities will also be discussed. Panelists: Alan Greyeyes (moderator), Cole Alvis, Melody McKiver, Trina Mather-Simard MusicOntario Panel Frontenac 3:00pm – 4:30pm FMO Song Swap Campfire Lower 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 3:30pm – 6:00pm FMO Marketplace International Ballroom A 3:30pm – 4:30pm It’s Mental with Amelia Curran Capitale Amelia Curran, who copes with depression and anxiety, heard stories of many of her peers waiting years for diagnosis and treatment and decided that wasn’t good enough. She will be speaking about her own experiences with mental health issues and the campaign, It’s Mental, that she started to bring awareness to the issue. Facilitator: Amelia Curran

The Future of the Small Festival Laurentian It seems lately we keep seeing the same stories of big flashy festivals moving into an area and overshadowing the “little guys” that have been up and running for years. And these big festivals aren’t just moving in, they’re selling out! What does this mean for the small festival? Is there still a space for small festivals, especially when it seems like the bigger ones are what the new festival audiences seem to be craving? How can the small festival compete with a huge juggernaut and should it even have to? Is there a way the two can peacefully co-exist? Panelists: Rachel Barreca (moderator), Denise Sheedy, Malcolm Byard, Peter Zwarich, Samir Baijal Collective Rights, Royalties and You Bytowne Artists royalties don’t just start and end with SOCAN. Writers and performers on recordings (as well as recording rights owners) should also be members of other tariff collecting rights agencies such as MROC, Connect Music, Re: Sound, Sound Exchange, etc. Come learn what each agency does and how that may add to your bottom line. Please bring a laptop and we will walk you through the sign-up process for some of these organizations. We will also check to see if specific artists in the audience already have money waiting in escrow via member portal searches, and on the SOCAN website to see if artists have any unclaimed concert royalty money due to them, along with how to easily fill out the proper form to ensure quick payment. Facilitator: Jory Nash Music Cities Town Hall Joliet “Music City” conversations are happening at conferences as a regular course of events. But now, how do we move from inspiration to action? What levers do we want to push? What can each of us do as music leaders in our community? Who are the right allies? What opposition might we anticipate? Join global Music City expert Amy Terrill, as she leads a town hall discussion to find answers to these questions. The discussion will feature experienced music city advocates and activists Rolf Klausener, Creative Director of Arboretum Festival in Ottawa; Cory Crossman, Music Industry Development Officer of the London Music Office; and

Heather Gibson, the newly appointed Executive Producer of NAC Presents. Come prepared for a lively dialogue and the likelihood that you will leave with a personal action plan. Panelists: Amy Terrill (moderator), Cory Crossman, Heather Gibson, Rolf Klausener Traditional Folk Music Round Table Frontenac Come out and join us for a lively roundtable discussion about Folk Music Ontario’s diverse Traditional community. We’ll chat about our future, the challenges we face as artists and hopefully hear some great new ideas from our working artists. 4:00pm – 5:30pm Northern Presenters Meet and Greet International Ballroom C Have you ever wondered what’s involved in touring throughout northern Ontario? Come and meet the people who run vibrant northern venues in Atikokan, Cobalt, Iroquois Falls, Kirkland Lake, and Sioux Lookout. 4:30pm – 6:00pm MMF Managers’ Huddle Suite 1819 Presented by Music Managers Forum Canada, Folk Music Ontario, MROC, and FACTOR, in association with MusicOntario: The MMF Managers’ Huddle is a creative series stimulating conversation on ideas in music management. Join Jake Gold (The Management Trust) as he discusses issues relevant to all music managers and self-managed artists. Snacks and drinks will be served. This is a free event, but space is limited. RSVP early to avoid disappointment: info@ musicmanagersforum.ca 4:30pm – 6:00pm Ticketpro Youth Program One-onOnes York Youth Hub 5:00pm – 6:00pm Friends of Bill W. Bytowne This is a safe, supportive twelve-step session for our delegates. 5:30pm – 6:00pm Indigenous Dance Performance International Ballroom B The Kina Nimiwag collective is a diverse First Nations group of young adults who provide a highly interactive dance 68

collaboration, combining traditional Anishinabe drum-song, dancing and electronic dance music. 6:00pm – 7:30pm Long & McQuade Keynote Address / SOCAN Reception International Ballroom B All conference delegates are invited to listen to keynote speaker Séan McCann and to attend the reception that follows. Ticketpro Youth Workshops 6:00-7:30 - The Power of Self Confidence/The Importance of Identity - Alysha Brilla York Youth Hub 7:30pm – 10:30pm FMO Presents Official Showcases Pinnacle (Penthouse level) 7:45pm – 10:45pm FMO Presents Official Showcases Panorama (Penthouse level) 11:00pm – 3:00am Private Showcases Rooms 401 – 424 11:00pm on All-Night Jamming Lower Lobby SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 9:00am – 11:00pm Instrument Lockup Seigniory 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 Cartier 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 – 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 – 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 – noon Export Development Program One-on-One Sessions (closed) International Ballroom C 9:30am – 11:30am Breakfast International Ballroom B Breakfast items will be available for delegates while quantities last. 10:00am – 8:00pm Silent Auction – Viewing and Bidding Lower Lobby 10:00am – 11:30am Live Sound for Women (pre-registration required) Pinnacle (Penthouse level) Learn the fundamentals of live sound in this quick crash course! Maxime will run through the basics - how to set up a sound board, basic mixing, terminology, common issues and how to fix them. If you’ve been interested in learning live sound, now’s your chance! Space is limited; please register in advance. This workshop is limited to those who identify as women. Facilitator: Maxime Brunet 10:30am – noon For Mo’ and Louis: Celebrating Life in Music Lower Lobby Our community lost two beloved members this past spring: Louis Meyers, former ED of Folk Alliance International, and veteran volunteer and OCFF/FMO conference delegate Mo’ Kauffey. Join this campfire to share songs of remembrance and celebration. Hosts: Leah Morise and Cheryl Prashker FMO Annual General Meeting International Ballroom 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. 11:00am - noon Ticketpro Youth Workshops York Youth Hub 11:00-12:00 – Active Listening – Cécile Doo-Kingué 12:00pm – 6:00pm Ticketpro Youth Program Lounge York Youth Hub 12:00pm – 4:00pm Export Development Program Lounge (closed session) International Ballroom C 12:00pm – 2:00pm Manitoba Music Brunch Capitale Folk Music Canada Showcase Chaudiere MusicOntario Showcase Richelieu Adventure Canada Showcase Joliet 2:30pm – 4:30pm FMO Presents Indigenous Showcase Capitale Ticketpro Youth Showcase Chaudiere 2:15pm - 3:30pm Wisdom of the Elders Bytowne This panel brings together some of Folk Music Ontario’s most experienced voices to share some of their best advice with our music community. Listen to life lessons, business tips, road stories and inspirational messages from the people who have been travelling this folk road longer than some of us have been alive. Panelists: Grit Laskin and Sonny Ochs (co-moderators), Ariel Rogers, Bill Garrett, Paul Mills

2:30pm – 3:30pm This Grant is Your Grant Laurentian Grant writing is a skill that, like songwriting or producing a festival, takes time and practice to master. Join Angela Kozak (FACTOR), David Barnard (Canadian Heritage), Eve Goldberg (Sweet Patootie Music) and Gerri Trimble (Canada Council for the Arts) as they share their insights into crafting an application that will best represent why you’re applying for support, how it will be used, and what will result from it. Panelists: David Barnard (moderator), Angela Kozak, Eve Goldberg, Gerri Trimble Granting Access: Accessibility Issues for Festivals Joliet Part of the joy of attending a folk festival is often its setting -- if it’s close to nature, even better! But what can this mean to your festival guests with mobility issues? How can you make your festival as accessible and enjoyable for ALL your guests? Does your event currently meet the needs of those with disabilities? Find out how you can bring your event to another level of enjoyment for everyone in attendance. Panelists: Jennifer Threndyle (moderator), Leslie Benson, Michael Wrycraft, Susan Wheeler-Hall Unison Benevolent Fund Info Session Frontenac The Unison Benevolent Fund is an assistance program designed to provide discreet relief to music industry professionals in times of crisis. Through voluntary and confidential support services, eligible Canadian music makers are able to access qualified professionals who can provide counselling and other resources to support individuals and their immediate family members dealing with health, legal, relationships or work-related concerns. Unison does not charge any fees for membership or to access to any assistance program. Drop in to find out what Unison can do for you. Facilitator: Amanda Power

3:30pm – 6:00pm FMO Marketplace International Ballroom A 3:30pm – 4:30pm Your Body is a Wonderland Richelieu As a performer, your voice and your body are both just as important as your instrument. So many musicians strive to maintain their guitars and tune their pianos but ignore the physical toll their craft takes on their own bodies. This panel will cover strategies to keep your voice healthy as well as discuss the ergonomic issues involved in playing an instrument for a living. Find out how much more you could be doing to protect your most valuable commodity. Panelists: Laura Spink (moderator), Doris Folkens, Joanna Chapman-Smith, Suzie Vinnick Does Size Really Matter? Promoting Small Venues Laurentian It can be argued that small venues are the lifeblood of live music in Canada. We certainly enjoy the big festivals and events that take place across the country, but even more, we love the intimate halls, clubs and spaces that inhabit Canada’s musical landscape. Their needs are very different than those of larger presenters and what we hope to explore in this panel is the relationship and challenges between small venues and artists and the lines between their live music presenting and other business activities. Panelists: Randi Fratkin (moderator), Erin Benjamin, Paul Loewenberg, Scott May

Kim Moss, Kira-Lynn Ferderber, Pam Carter Come and Meet with the OAC Frontenac Representatives of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) will be on hand to answer your questions about its new online grant application, Nova. 4:30pm – 5:30pm Meeting of FMO Festival Board Chairs (closed session) Joliet In this annual gathering, FMO member festival Board Chairs share best practices, challenges and successes in their organizations. Friends of Bill W. Confederation This is a safe, supportive twelve-step session for our delegates. 5:30pm – 7:00pm Borealis Reception International Ballroom B Open to all conference delegates, this reception celebrates and honours Roddy Campbell, editor of Penguin Eggs Magazine. 7:30pm – 10:30pm FMO Presents Official Showcases Pinnacle (Penthouse level) 7:45pm – 10:45pm FMO Presents Official Showcases Panorama (Penthouse level) 11:00pm – 3:00am Private Showcases Rooms 401 – 424

Women in Music Networking Event Bytowne For the third year in a row, women are invited to discuss the challenges facing women in music today. Facilitator: Candace Shaw

11:00pm on All-Night Jamming Lower Lobby

Lock it Down: Mastering Health and Safety Issues for Festivals Joliet There are a lot of moving parts involved in getting a festival off the ground and keeping it running as safely as possible once it’s underway. Are you doing all you can to make sure your event is as safe as possible? Are your staff knowledgeable about the best safety practices and how to best meet all requirements? Come out and hear how to keep your event free from harm. Panelists: Max Merrifield (moderator),

9:00am – 1:00pm Instrument Lockup Seigniory 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!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

Drop Boxes Cartier If you want to make sure that ADs, radio DJs and other presenters hear your music, be sure to drop off a CD and 70

one-pager in each of the drop boxes. IMPORTANT: If you applied to have a drop box, come and get it! 9:15am – 11:00am Folk Music Ontario Awards Brunch International Ballroom B & C Delegates are welcome to enjoy brunch and honour the recipients of the 2016 Estelle Klein Award, Songs From the Heart prizes, Colleen Peterson Award, and Taylor Mitchell Bursary. Host: Alan Neal 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. 10:00am – 11:00am Export Development Program Wrapup (closed session) Joliet Festival Administrators Round Table Confederation In this annual gathering, festival administrators share best practices, challenges and successes in their organizations. 11:00am – noon Estelle Klein Award Interview International Ballroom B & C Join Estelle Klein Award recipient Anne Lederman and interviewer Alan Neal as they chat together. Meeting of FMO Festival ADs (closed session) Confederation In this annual gathering, FMO member festival ADs share best practices, challenges and successes in their organizations. 11:30am – 12:30pm Ticketpro Youth Program Wrap-up (closed session) York Youth Hub 12:00pm – 1:30pm Gospel Sing-Along Lower 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: Suzie Vinnick

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Friday, October 21, 2016 2:30 – 3:30 PM: MusicOntario Presents: Artist Management panel with Music Managers Forum Canada 5:00 – 7:00 PM: Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC) Reception, in association with MusicOntario (Room T)

Saturday, October 22, 2016 12:00 – 2:00 PM: MO SHOWCASES: 12:00: Abigail Lapell 12:25: Lynne Hanson 12:50: Oh Susanna 01:15: Murder Murder 01:40: Amanda Rheaume 3:30 – 5:30 pm: MusicOntario Reception, in association with OMIC (Suite 1819)

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! The Board and staff of Folk Music Ontario would like to thank the many volunteers who give their time and efforts to make sure the conference runs smoothly. We couldn’t do it without you - thanks! Gillian Alexander Kelly Ambrose Jamie Anderson Juan Arce Matthew Armitage Lynn Armstrong Don Bird Jennifer BruceWoltemade Steven Buchko Elivia Cazzola Gilles Cote Mary-Anne Davis Rob Davis Jen Dewar Kathleen Dorner Fran Doy Pat Dunne Pete Eastmure Ali Eisenhammer Gary Eisenhammer Christophe Elie Melanie Elliott Ian Feenstra Martine Fortin Camilo Gallon Richard Garvey

Jeff Gleeson Carol Goodman Kate Greenland Linda Grenier Annette Groves Kate Hall Félix Hallée-Théoret Janette HamiltonSilcoff Steafan Hannigan Bonnie Harnden Piper Hayes Gina Horswood Frank Iacobucci Marlise Iredale Sandy Irvin Guillaume Jabbour Tim Jackson Kathryn Jean Emma Julien Gisèle Kashul Jillian Kerr Kathy Krywicki Maeva Leblanc Amanda Lowe Eric Lunn Tim Machin

Victor Maltby Bill Marshall Patricia McCaw Ali McCormick Terrie Meehan William Meloche Bev Mills Catherine Myers Sonny Ochs Annie Orvis Krishna Patel Kate Paulson Ragnar Paulson Braden Phelan Ravi Philar Rosamond Pile Jane Pope Gaurav Prabhakar Gauri Prabhakar Geetanjali Prabhakar Andrew Queen Katharine Ray Carson Ritcey-Thorpe Remy Rodden Dawson Rogers Debbie Rogers

Paul Rogers Penny Rose Jen Scriven-Jonk Lyne Shackleton Brian Silcoff Don Smith Réal St-Amand Nicole Stoddart Sandy Stubbert Gautam Subra Joel Szabo David Tilston Saskia Tomkins Karen Treleaven Scott Trivers Casey Van Sytske van der Veen Gary Waterfield Joelle Westman Kate Whitley Annie Whitty Elayne Windsor Tony Wohlfarth Campbell Woods Peter Woods Doug Yonson Olga Zuyderhoff

ARTSCAN CIRCLE SHOWCASE ROOM #415 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

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David Gillis, Jason Fowler & Doug Cox

Christophe Elie Teal & Joyce David Newland Nick Sherman Greenbank Michah Erenberg

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

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Brazilian Choro Music

Official FMO showcase: Sat Oct 22, 7:30pm Pinnacle Room Private Showcases: Friday and Saturday, 11pm-3am Carioca Suite - Rm. 421 Alternating sets w/ Flavia Nascimento WWW.TIOCHORINHO.COM

Hayesland Carly Dow The Lifers

Steafan Hannigan & Saskia Tomkins

Old Time Honey Campbell Woods Bonnie Couchie Binaeshee-Quae

ArtsCan Circle thanks these artists for raising support through their showcase to support our Arts Education programmes in remote northern communities. visit www.artscancircle.ca

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Welcome To Ottawa... Folk Lives Here! Ottawa's vibrant folk music scene consists of numerous organizations, annual events and media channels. Here are some of them...

Ottawa Grassroots Festival

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Folkzone

A completely volunteer-run organization dedicated to cultivating community at the local level through concerts, participatory activities and a highlyinclusive annual festival. 6th annual Ottawa Grassroots Festival: April 20-23, 2017 Southminster United Church Producer: Bob Nesbitt www.ottawagrassrootsfestival.com

93.1 FM and www.ckcufm.com Ottawa's alternative media channel for over 40 years. Over 120 shows per week created by the community, for the community. All programs are archived for a year at www.ckcufm.com/schedule

Led by Mark Delorme and Chris White, Folkzone produces high-quality festivals, concerts and events that celebrate artists and generate revenue for the arts community. Website: www.folkzone.ca Contact: Chris White, chris@folkzone.ca ----Sat. Dec. 10 Ă? Garnet Rogers @ Southminster United Church

Writer's Bloc Ottawa's long-running songwriters' support group, meeting on the 2nd Sunday afternoon of each month upstairs at the Carleton Tavern Information: Greg Kelly, www.gregkellysongs.ca

Spirit of Rasputin's Arts Society Creating excellent folk experiences all over town throughout the year. www.rasputins.ca

Canadian Spaces on CKCU with Chris White and more than 50 co-hosts! Canada's longest-running folk music radio show, founded by Chopper McKinnon in 1980. Saturdays 10 to noon Eastern on CKCU FM 93.1 and www.ckcufm.com Past shows at www.ckcufm.com/schedule

Gil's Hootenanny Great Canadian Song-Along Free annual event featuring 30-40 songwriters performing songs written on prescribed themes. Celebrating Year 25 in 2017! Information: Tony Turner, www.tonyturner.ca

Join the 8th annual May Day sing-along of songs of hope and protest in memory of Gil Levine on May 1, 2017 www.gilshootenanny.ca

Created by Arthur McGregor. Look for the bronze maple leaf-shaped sidewalk plaques in the Bank and Sunnyside area.

An annual event in which Ottawaarea songwriters learn and perform one another's songs. Founded in 2004 by Missy Burgess, www.missyburgess.com

Girls to the Front National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) 180 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa www.ncra.ca

Canada's only university degree program with a singer-songwriter stream!

CHUO Chrysalis

Canadian Folk Walk of Fame

Carleton University School of Music

A concert series featuring female singer-songwriters, organized by Julie Corrigan, held on the 3rd Monday of each month at Irene's Pub, www.juliecorrigan.com

Broadcasting on 89.1 FM and www.chuo.fm A great community radio station!

NAC Presents The National Arts Centre's all-Canadian concert series. www.nac.ca

Folk Music Ontario Head office: 508 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa Thanks, FMO, for all that you do!

Harperman The music video that went viral for freedom of expression, brought to you by Folk Alliance International "Spirit of Folk Award" recipient Tony Turner... with support from Gil's Hootenanny... the Ottawa folk music community... and many impassioned "Harperman" singers all across Canada! Go to www.harperman.ca to see Steve Beattie's entertaining cross-country video summary, "Singing Out Harperman: A Nation In Unison" + HamiltonSeen's in-depth ethical analysis, "Harperman: A Dissident Serenade".

Thank You! Many thanks to the sowers of the seeds, including Chopper McKinnon, Arthur McGregor, Terry Penner, Wendy Moore, Ottawa Folklore Centre, Helen Verger, Dean Verger, Ruth Stewart-Verger, Rasputin's Folk CafĹ˝, Acoustic Waves concert series, Bytown Live Entertainment Association, Le Hibou, The Festival for the Folks... and, of course, all of the amazing musicians from this area who have shared their talents with the world.

ONTARIO’S MUSIC IS ENJOYED AROUND THE WORLD OMDC congratulates Folk Music Ontario on their 30th Anniversary and proudly provides support through the Ontario Music Fund. Be part of it.

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ANNUAL REPORT 2016

ABOUT FMO Vision

A thriving, inclusive folk music community with local and international impact

Purpose

Supporting the growth and development of the folk music community and industry

Strategies

Embed Inclusivity and Diversity: By everyone in everything, every day 1. Increase & Diversify Revenue: Strengthen existing and develop new and innovative revenue streams 2. Expand Member Value: Deliver services year-round targeted to evolving member needs 3. Maximize Collaboration: Create collaborative opportunities to achieve our vision 4. Be the Advocate: Raise the profile of FMO and champion folk music

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 memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

YEAR IN REVIEW Here are some highlights of the activities achieved in the past year through the work of FMO staff, committees and the Board of Directors. Embed Inclusivity and Diversity  Published FMO’s Equality Statement (http://www.folkmusicontario.ca/about-folk-musicontario/equalitystatement/). Implementation of related policies, practices and communications is ongoing.  Completed planning to include Indigenous Showcase and introduce gender neutral washrooms at the 2016 conference Increase & Diversify Revenue  Organized 30th Anniversary Conference fundraising concert featuring Amelia Curran, scheduled for October 19  Secured Long & McQuade as conference keynote sponsor for second year running Expand Member Value  Increased paid performance opportunities for 10 member artists at Union Summer in Toronto  Sponsored official showcase, presenting six Ontario artists at Folk Alliance in February  Presented third annual Festival Retreat in May, attended by 17 participants from 11 Ontario festival members, with workshops on fundraising, grant-writing, volunteer-to-staff transition, and others.  Created an annual report to communicate work done by staff, committees, and the Board Maximize Collaboration  Partnered with MEGAPHONO in Ottawa to present two showcases  Collaborated with APCM for FMO’s singer/songwriter workshop in Sudbury in March  Sponsored and presented New/Emerging Artist Award at Canadian Folk Music Awards in November 2015 Be the Advocate  Provided comments to Ontario Ministry of Tourism Culture and Sport on the province’s new draft Cultural Strategy  Executive director Alka Sharma elected to Folk Alliance International Board of Directors and appointed to the Industry Advisory Board of the Ontario Music Development Corporation and continues to sit on the Live Music Working Group of the Province of Ontario  Promoted FMO member interests at East Coast Music Awards, Canadian Music Week, CAPACOA Networks Meeting, as well as nine member festivals PLEASE NOTE: This activity report covers an activity year of November 1 2015 to October 31 2016 to align with the election cycle of new board members. The FMO fiscal year, and related financial statements published in the annual report, runs April 1 to March 31.

PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT A summer full of festivals with thousands and thousand of happy audience members, hundreds of employed musicians, and countless tired festival ADs, EDs, boards, staff, and volunteers now lay behind us. So, too, does a year’s worth of FMO work from your Board of Directors and staff. This annual report reflects our operational year, not our fiscal year, and represents a full year’s worth of activities and programming. The 2016 fiscal year did not end in a surplus as we had hoped, however, the year’s deficit was kept to a minimum. We are going into the conference more stable than we have for a few years now, thanks to our Executive Director’s responsible spending and saving AND her excellent (and successful) grant-writing skills, as well as the diligent work of the Board’s finance committee. The ongoing need for more and diverse revenue streams has become one of our top priorities as an organization. On our five-year plan towards financial stability, we are still going in the right direction. The good news is that we now have some breathing space to move forward in more creative, meaningful ways that will help us create more value for our members, sponsors, and funders, and to meet our mission, vision, and strategic goals. This, in turn, will be what takes us towards the next phase of this organization's life and make us relevant in the 21st century landscape of folk, roots, and acoustic music. We are working hard towards living up to our vision, purpose, and strategic goals and keep them in mind with everything we do. I encourage you to quickly review them from time to time. They can be found in the conference program and on our web site. The Strategic Planning Committee has its eye towards the creation of a set of value statements for FMO. They are also developing a process for regular audits of the Strategic Plan and a pathway towards the creation of the next plan four years from now. The Communications committee is working on a way to share accomplishments and updates with you, our members. The first iteration of our annual ‘report card’ is in this conference program and will get e-mailed out to members after the conference as well. Let us know what you think about it. The Nominations committee has put together a strong slate of candidates to fill the empty spots on our Board of Directors. Please encourage every member in good standing you know to vote! The Ontario government is developing a new provincial culture strategy and an official response was sent in from FMO. The Advocacy Committee is drafting objectives and goals for its work over the next few years. It has also prepared letters to go out to key arts organizations and government agencies to make clear our desire to influence programs, laws, policies, practices, and attitudes of the music industry and governments at all levels. I want to thank all of you for the opportunity to lead this board of talented, smart, and passionate people. I care deeply about our community and industry and I am so honoured to have had three great years on the FMO board. I have learned so much and consider myself lucky to have been given this opportunity to contribute. Thank you. Merci beaucoup. Chi miigwech. Rachel Barreca President 87

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Public funding from our government partners has been stable for this year. We are particularly grateful for the ongoing operational funding provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Ontario Arts Council. We are still trying to bring in more private funding through sponsorships and to sign companies and organizations to multi-year sponsorship deals. Earned revenues have been up for this year and we are grateful for the support from the Ontario Media Development Corporation for the Ontario Music Fund, FACTOR funding and from all of our sponsors. Folk Music Ontario is in its third of a five-year plan addressing FMO’s original deficit of approximately $104,000. The third year did not meet projections with revenues falling short. The deficit is now at $65,000. As of the beginning of the conference, year-four has strong conference registrations along with new revenue achievement and the cautious expectation of further deficit reduction at year end. The Board of Directors has been diligent and amazing in providing support to FMO. Unfortunately, Rachel Barreca, Nicole Colbeck, Brad McEwen and Jerry Switzer have all completed their terms as Board members and will not be re-running to sit on the Board. I would like to thank Rachel for her dedication to the Board as this past year’s President. She is a busy woman and she still found time to guide the organization. Nicole has been outstanding as the Vice President and the Chair of the Nominations Committee. She worked hard at making sure FMO has the right people in place to run for the Board. Brad served two terms and has provided tremendous support by sitting on the Conference Working Group and the Festival Members Retreat committee. Jerry has also served two terms on the Board and has been helpful with any legal matters and advice for the Board. Thank you all for all of your hard work! Amie Therrien has also completed her term on the Board, but she is re-running. Please make sure that you research the candidates that are running for the FMO Board of Directors and vote! They are all dedicated and willing to move FMO forward as an organization. Over this past summer, the FMO staff attended several member festivals, including: RBC Bluesfest in Ottawa, Northern Lights Festival Boréal in Sudbury, Hillside Festival in Guelph, Blue Skies Music Festival in Clarendon, Live from the Rock Folk and Blues Festival in Red Rock, Arboretum Festival in Ottawa, Shelter Valley Folk Festival in Grafton and CityFolk in Ottawa. It has been great to be able to attend our member festivals. I will continue to attend other conferences and events in order to promote Folk Music Ontario. FMO has once again partnered with APCM (Association des professionnels de la chanson et de la musique) to have one of their youth members, Brandon Girouard, join our Youth Program at the FMO Conference The Taylor Mitchell Bursary, which started in 2010, goes a long way to help a young musician to accomplish their dreams and further their career by attending the conference. I would like congratulate John Muirhead on being this year’s recipient of the FMO Taylor Mitchell Bursary. Folk Music Ontario has come a long way and we hope that you will have a great time at this year’s conference. We are also looking forward to continuing to reduce our deficit in the upcoming year. Alka Sharma Executive Director

Board Primer for Understanding Audited Financial Statements

Equity

Liabilities

Assets

 Our accumulated net worth

 Any debts or obligations we must fulfill in the future

 How much we owe

 How much people owe us (receivables)

 What things we own of significant value (buildings, equipment etc)

 How much money we have (cash in bank, GICs etc)

Key information on a balance sheet:

It answers the question: as of March 31, 2015, how much is the organization worth and how much does it owe? Do we owe more than we are worth? Therefore, financial activity after March 31st is not included with these statements.

This offers a snapshot of our financial position at a specific point in time, in this case, March 31, 2015, as that represented Folk Music Ontario's "end of year".

1. Statement of Financial Position (aka Balance Sheet)

What do these statements really mean?

At the end of each fiscal year, a designated accountant (called "auditor") reviews all of Folk Music Ontario’s financial activities. They make sure that the statements prepared by Folk Music Ontario management reflect the true picture of the finances of the organization. As well, the auditor performs a few "random" checks of various transactions. At the end of the audit process, the accountant issues financial statements that they, by virtue of their professional designation, assure are accurate.

Introduction

(or All I needed to know about fiduciary responsibility I learned from Folk Music Ontario)

MINUTES OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Folk Music Ontario Westin Bristol Place, Mississauga, ON Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:30am to 12:00pm EST 1.

Adoption of the Agenda The President, Alex Sinclair assumed the chair and the Secretary, Amie Therrien acted as the Secretary of the meeting. The meeting was called to order at 10:07 am ET. Alex Sinclair declared that quorum was met. MOTION: Moved by David Newland and seconded by Jennifer Ives that the agenda be accepted. Motion Carried.

Approval of 2014 AGM Minutes Minutes of the October 18, 2014 AGM of Folk Music Ontario were distributed via paper copy to members during the meeting and were approved as distributed. MOTION: Moved by Dan Greenwood and seconded by Coco Love Alcorn that the 2014 AGM Minutes be approved. Motion Carried.

President's Report The President's Report was presented in the printed 2015 conference program distributed to all conference delegates as well as verbally presented by Alex Sinclair. The verbal presentation included: • The FMO Equality Statement recently approved by the Board • That the financial status of FMO is continuing to improve • That FMO has a broad slate of events year round including the annual conference, festivals retreat, songwriters events, youth mentorship program, art beat, export development program, pan am games/union summer, showcases in ottawa • Thank you to board members whose terms are expiring: Scott Merrifield, Shawna Caspi who are not returning and Kathy Partridge and Jan Cody who are running again

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MOTION: Moved by Hal Brolund and seconded by Grit Laskin that the President's Report be accepted. Motion Carried. 4.

Executive Director's Report The Executive Director's Report was presented in the printed 2015 conference program distributed to all conference delegates as well as verbally presented by Alka Sharma, FMO Executive Director. The verbal presentation included: • Conference registrations comparable to last year at 740 delegates • Current membership numbers: 305 individuals, 36 Ontario organizations, 14 Non-Ontario organizations , 28 festivals • Festival Retreat: 16 festivals 25 attendees • New and upcoming events include Ontario Scene by NAC, Union Summer, Megaphono, APCM – songwriters event and another one in Sudbury MOTION: Moved by Bill Garrett and seconded by Bob LeDrew that the Executive Director's Report be accepted. Motion Carried.

Treasurer's Report and Audited Financial Statements The Treasurer's Report was presented verbally by Jan Cody and the audited financial statements were included in the printed 2015 conference program and sent by earlier email to all members. The verbal report included: • A five year deficit reduction plan began after a $107,000 deficit was recorded in 2013, which was reduced to $86,000 in 2014, and to $57,000 in 2015. • Thank you to our admin and ED efforts for continued cost savings while also delivering and to increasing high quality programming and for increasing revenue through funder support • Please note year over year comparison of 2015 to 2014 within this year's report, shows a full 12 months for 2015 against a partial 9 month year for 2014 explaining almost all year over year differences. The year end change was confirmed to members the previous year, to ensure revenues and expenses will now be recorded in the year that activity takes place. • Looking forward with a Revenue Generation committee now formed, the focus is new revenue to achieve the 5 year deficit plan MOTION: Moved by Eve Goldberg and seconded by Dave Newland that the Audited Financial Statements be accepted. Motion Carried.

Appointment of Auditors for Fiscal year Ending March 31, 2016 MOTION: Moved by Malcolm Byer and seconded by Kenneth Bruce MacGregor that David Burke Auditing Firm be appointed as the auditors for fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. Motion Carried.

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Strategic Planning Committee Report Kathy Partridge, chair of the FMO Strategic Planning Committee verbally presented the 2015-2020 FMO Strategic Plan supported by the report projected on a screen. ACTION ITEM: Amie Therrien and Kathy Partridge to work with staff to craft a message to let members know how they can help including joining committees as well as helping with FMO events in their local area.

New Business No new business was presented.

Adjournment to Awards Brunch Alex Sinclair declared the meeting adjourned on Oct 17, 2015 @ 11:36am to be called back to order at the Awards Brunch.

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Election of Directors Meeting was called back to order by Alex Sinclair on Oct 18, 2015 @ 10:40am. Shawna Caspi, Chair of the FMO Nominating Committee announced that the Board members elected by the membership were: • Jan Cody (returning) • Andy Frank • Max Merrifield • Kathy Partridge (returning) MOTION: Moved by Nicole Colbeck and seconded by David Warren that the election results be accepted. Motion Carried. MOTION: Moved by Hal Brolund and seconded by David Warren that the ballots be destroyed. Motion Carried.

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Adjournment Alex Sinclair declared the meeting adjourned on Oct 18, 2015 at 10:43 am. The next regular meeting will be held during the 2016 Annual Conference and AGM.

Amie Therrien, Secretary FOLK MUSIC ONTARIO

Date of Approval

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