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                     SELECTED MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS

     :: May, 2013 - The Song Sanctuary (Studio & School) is born
     :: Dec. 2012 -Featured in Jane Eamon's book The Songwriter's Voice:  
          Conversations with Contemporary Artists (Manor House)
     :: May, 2012 - Founder and Creative Director, Essentia Vocal Ensemble
     :: 2011 release of full-length album, "Come Bright December"
     :: 12-page feature piece published in Nov. 2011 issue of Ars Medica:
            A Journal
of   Medicine, the Arts, and Humanities
     :: Finalist: 2010  Mountain Stage NewSong Contest
     :: Featured on "The Woodshed Sessions" @ Roots Music Canada
     :: Folk Alley's "DJ Picks" - #3 in the Top 10 of 2010 (Acoustic Planet)
     :: what sings in the blood  #1 on the earshot! chart (Nov., 2010)
     :: CIUT  2010 Golden Quill Award for Songwriting
     :: Feature interview for CBC's "Tapestry"; edition titled "Art and Soul"
                      (Dec 26, 2010; LISTEN to podcast)
      :: REDWING nominee:  2010  Colleen Petersen Songwriting Award
      :: THE TREES chosen for 2010 Canadian Songwriter's Anthology
      :: A DEEPER WELL Haiti Benefit at Hugh's Room raises $4,000+ for MSF
      :: Shortlisted for the 2009 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award
      :: FIREFLY Instrumental chosen for Toronto Transit Commission video
      :: SONG OF THE YEAR  2008  Porcupine Award: Hummingbird
      :: 2008 - release of full-length album Wake the Nightingale
      :: 2007 - release of full-length album Avalanche Lily
      :: 2006 – Soundtrack for the successful U.S.- based play Chemo Brain
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