I am a music therapist accredited through the Canadian Association for Music Therapy and a member of the Music Therapy Association of Ontario. After two years in Canadian Studies from Mount Allison University and three years of a BFA in Integrated Music at Concordia University, I went on to take my training in music therapy at Capilano College in North Vancouver. I have worked with seniors in long term care and retirement, with children and adults with autism and developmental delays, with children, teens and adults with mental health issues, and children and teens learning disabilities. I also practice reiki and other energy modalities under the name Deep Soul Energetics. For more information see www.deepsoulenergetics.com
A singer and songwriter, I perform regularly in the Ottawa area and have been heard and enjoyed across the country from down home in Nova Scotia through to Vancouver singing both as a solo artist and in nationally acclaimed choirs such as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, The Cantata Singers of Ottawa, The Halifax Camerata Singers, The Vivaldi Chamber Choir. I founded and conducted the InChoiring Minds, a Vancouver based community choir. Currently I sing with Seventeen Voyces, an Ottawa based chamber choir under the direction of Kevin Reeves.
I have been involved with four recordings: with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Charles Dutois singing the Faure Requeum (chorus); my solo recording Just a Nibble; with the Vancouver/Roberts Creek based Maritime folk band Straight From the Kitchen; and as a vocalist in the recording of Wind Song:Haida Dawn by the Vancouver based Gang of Seven.
I have also appeared in a number of theatrical productions: most recently in The Wizard of Oz as “the Wicked Witch of the West”, along with my dog who was “totoly cute” as “Toto” and in Oh, you kids! or Two Days to Marry as “Miss Pink”, both in Perth, Ontario in 2008.