2023 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Music, Specialization in Electroacoustic Creative Practice from Concordia University, with Great Distinction
2019 - Bachelor of Arts, English major, Folklore minor, from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
CV
education
professional experience
2024 (current) - Lawnya Vawnya Inc, music, and arts organization - Programming Director
2020-2024 - Lawnya Vawnya Inc, music, and arts organization - Programming Coordinator
2023-2024 - Soundpony Audio - administrative assistant
2023 - Everyseeker, music and arts festival, sound technician
2021 - Blue Pinion Films – sound recordist, boom operator – The Cut of It
2021 - Fiber, Blue Pinion Films – sound recordist, boom operator – Isthisanology
2021 – The Canadian Electroacoustic Community, Intern and Archive Coordinator
2016-2019 - Memorial University School of Music - Student Assistant, sound engineer
2016-2019 - Girls Rock NL - Camp counsellor, guitar and bass teacher, band coach
presentations/delegation
2023 Global Toronto, delegate representing Lawnya Vawnya
2023 POP Symposium panelist
2022 Flourish Festival, delegate representing Lawnya Vawnya
2021 Pop Montreal, delegate representing Lawnya Vawnya
2021 Guest Speaker, Memorial University, Digital Feminisms, Feminist Futurism, March 27th, 2021 Instructor Kate Lahey, course, GNDR3005: Feminist Texts, Theories and Histories
2018/02/12 Intro to Home Recording workshop, St. John’s Women in Music
selected performances
ELECTRONIC performances
22/09/22 Visiones Sonores (online), Morelia, Mexico
22/08/19 Cambrige Festival (online), improvised electronics with Concordia Laptop Orchestra
21/08/19 Sound Symposium’s Night Music at the Ship Pub, improvised electronics with Finish Cabin
With KNITTING (guitar)
2024/11/07-15 East Coast USA Tour
2024/09/28 Montreal, QC, Pop Montreal
2024/08/02 Montreal, QC, support for Ovlov
2024/07/14 Montreal, QC, support for Truth Club
2023/09/03 Rouyn-Noranda, QC, FME
2023/05/13 Saint Terese, QC, Santa-Teresa Fest
2023/05/2-13 East Coast USA tour
2023/05/22-26 Boise, ID, Treefort Music Festival
2023/05/8-12 New York, NY, New Collosus
2023/02/10 Montreal, QC, Taverne Tour
2022/09/29 Montreal, QC, Pop Montreal showcase
2022/06/22-27 Calgary, AB, Sled Island, various festival performances
2022/06/16-20 Fredricton, NB, Flourish Festival
2022/06/09 St. John’s, NL, Lawnya Vawnya, support for Nap Eyes
With ALPEN GLOW/ AMERY(bass guitar, bass keys)
2024/08/31 - Rouyn-Noranda, QC, FME
2024/09/25 - Montreal, QC, Pop Montreal showcase
2022/10/01 Montreal, QC, Pop Montreal showcase
2022/06/08 St. John’s, NL, Lawnya Vawnya
With KELLY MC MICHAEL (bass guitar)
2022/09/19 Toronto, ON, Polaris Music Prize Gala
2022/05/5-6 Fredricton, NB, East Coast Music Awards show & showcase
2021/08/25 St. John’s, NL, Lawnya Vawnya festival performance
2019/05/24 St. John’s, NL, festival performance at Lawnya Vawnya and support for US Girls
With PROPERTY (guitar, vocals)
2021/08/26 St. John’s, NL festival performance at Lawnya Vawnya
2021/01/21 St. John’s, NL, Sound Symposium’s Night Music at the Ship Pub
2019/04/12 Guelph, ON, festival performance at Kazoo Fest
2019/04/25 Fredricton, NB, festival performance at Flourish Fest
2019/05/03 Charlottetown, PEI, various showcases, East Coast Music Awards
2019/09/26 Montreal, QC, festival performance at Pop Montreal
2018/05/23 St. John’s, NL, festival performance at Lawnya Vawnya and support for Alvvays
2018/06/14 Toronto, ON, NXNE Club Land Showcase at Rivoli
2018/06/16 Ottawa, ON, festival performance at Ottawa Explosion
2018/07/01 St. John’s NL, support for July Talk at Canada Day on George Street
2018/08/23 St. John’s, NL, festival performance at Out of Earshot Festival
2018/10/17-20 Halifax, NS, various festival performances, Halifax Pop Explosion
2018/04/24 St. John’s, NL, support for July Talk at Club One via Sonic Concerts
2017/05/13 St. John’s, NL, festival performance at Lawnya Vawnya and support for Dilly Dally
2017/08/12 St. John’s, NL, festival performance at Hold Fast Contemporary Arts Festival
2017/09/17 St. John;s, NL, festival performance Iceberg Alley
With JOHN (bass guitar)
2019/05/25 St. John’s, NL, festival performance at Lawnya Vawnya and support for Land of Talk
2018/03/24 St. John’s, NL, support for Willie Thrasher via Shed Island
film/theatre
2022 Concordia University - Rage, an adaption of the Oresteia for Theatre dir, Leslie Baker, Composer/Sound Designer
2021 Kerrin Lafuse – sound designer for La Veillé (2021)
2021 National Film Board of Canada – Composer for short film Nalujuk Night (2021)
2020 Sarah Gignac – Composer for short film Rage Monster (2020)
2019 Eye Figure Films – Composer for short film Always Going, Never Gone (2019)
*Nominated for Best Score at Women in Horror Film Festival, Marietta, Georgia, USA
courses & residencies
2023, Concordia Alumni Associations’s Art Volt Grant Writing Program
2023, Participant in the online course for Soundscape Composition as Context-Based Creation, hosted by Emeritus Professor Barry Truax, Simon Fraser University
2022, 07/25-29 - Artist in Residence, Mexican Centre for Music and Sonic Arts (CMMAS)
tours
2024 Knitting East Coast November USA Tour - 9 dates in the US, East Coast
2023 Knitting East Coast USA Tour - 10 dates in the US, East Coast
2023 Knitting West Coast USA Tour - 5 dates in the Pacific North West including a show at Treefort Music Festival
2022 Knitting, Spring Tour - 3 festivals accross canada - Lawnya Vawnya (St. John’s, NL) Flourish Festival (Fredricton, NB), Sled Island (Calgary, AB)
2019 Property, Fall Tour – 5 dates in Eastern Canada, showcase at Pop Montreal
2019 Property, Spring Tour – 12 dates in Eastern Canada, showcases at Kazoo! Fest (Guelph, ON), Flourish Fest (Fredricton, NB), and the East Coast Music Awards (Charlottetown, PEI).
2018 Property, Fall Tour – Four dates in Eastern Canada, showcases at Halifax Pop Explosion (Halifax, NS) and Music NL Week (Twillingate, NL)
2018 Property, Summer Tour – Thirteen dates in Eastern Canada including showcases at NXNE (Toronto, ON), and Ottawa Explosion (Ottawa, ON)
awards & grants
2023 - Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create Professional Development Grant Recipient
2022 The Thompson Award, Concordia University
2021/2022 Jack L Cummings Scholarship, Concordia University
2021 The Eslpeth McConnell Fine Arts Award, Concordia University
2021 AH and HB Austin Award in Electroaocustics, Concordia University
2019 Arts and Letters Award, Senior Devision in Poetry for Litany for Berry Pickers
2019 Jeroboam Poetry Prize in English 2018-19 at Memorial University
2019 Memorial University Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s List
2018 Memorial University Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s List
2015 University of King’s College, Bank of Montreal Entrance Scholarship
selected recordings
2024, Tim Baker, Full Rainbow of Light, Recording Engineer for electric guitar overdubs
2024, Scrapes, Great Shape, mastering engineer
2024, Amery, Continue as Amery, Production and Mixing on track 4, Bass guitar
2024, Kelly McMichael, After the Sting of It, bass
2024, Knitting, Some Kind of Heaven (LP), Overdub Engineer, Guitar, Synth
2024, Backxwash, Wakeup (Single), Recording Engineer
2024, Poolgirl, Is This It??? (demo), Recording Engineer
2024, Underwire, Not Available and Sadly Not Interested, Mastering Engineer
2024, Len O’Neill, Out of View (LP), Overdub Engineer
2023, John Moran, Tapes From Studio J, Mastering engineer
2023, Peter Lannon - Recording, mixing, and mastering All the Time We've Been Through EP
2023, Andy and the Danny’s - recording, mixing and mastering for single
2023, Knitting, FIX (2023) – guitar, mixing and mastering
2022, Knitting, THROWAWAY YEAR (2022) – guitar, mixing and mastering
2021, Property, THINK ELECTRIC! (2021) – songwriting, guitar, vocals, recording, mixing, production
2021, Kelly McMichael, WAVES (2021) – bass guitar
2019, Eastern Owl, QUAMA’SI (2019) -bass guitar
2019, John, HOMONYMS (2019) -bass guitar
2019, Property, How to be Human EP (2019) – songwriting, guitar, vocals, recording
2017, Property, Privacy (2017) – songwriting, guitar, and vocals
relevant
affiliations
Current Canadian Electroacoustic Community, member
2021-2023 Canadian Electroacoustic Community, Board Member At Large
2018-2019 Out of Earshot Festival – Founding organizer, technical director, programming
2017-2019 Lawnya Vawnya – Board member
2017-2018 Memorial University Jazz Band – Baritone Saxophone
2016-2019 St. John’s Women in Music (SWIM) – Workshop Coordinator and Facilitator
2015, 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival – Volunteer
2015-2016 CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax – Campus radio station volunteer
2015-2019 Quintessential Vocal Ensemble – Alto
2014-2015 Suncor Energy Strings Program –Violin teaching assistant
2013 -2015 Newfoundland Symphony Youth Orchestra –First violin, assistant concertmaster