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Stina August

About Me

Buy my CD! :-)
Stína studied music in Iceland as a child and moved on to classical singing following graduation from the University of Iceland with a degree in engineering. After finishing three levels out of eight at the Singing Academy of Reykjavik, she moved to London and studied popular music at Vocaltech. Relocating to Montreal, she took part in various musicals including 'West Side Story' and 'A Chorus Line', and studied voice with Sylvie Peron. In September 2004, Stína was accepted to Concordia University's music program and is currently a third year student majoring in jazz voice under the direction of Madeleine Theriault. She has taken classes with Jeri Brown, sings with a big band at the university under the direction of Dave Turner and studies improvisation with Charles Ellison. She has also met with and taken classes with Sheila Jordan, Vic Vogel, Johanne Desforges. Stína was recently selected as an outstanding singer by four judges at a Vocal Summit held for vocalists in Montreal, hosted by Jeri Brown.
Stina has also been busy working as a vocalist around Montreal and elsewhere, currently with two regular gigs and having toured the province with singer Francesca Gagnon, who is known as the original voice of Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria. She has worked as a voice actor for various projects and is becoming quite popular as a live performer, due to her energetic performances and extraordinary stage presence.
Stina’s repertoire is very versitile, including music from different countries and cultures like Iceland and Sweden. She also draws inspiration from her travels around the world and multicultural background. She is fluent in Icelandic, Swedish and English and speaks moderate German, French and Danish.
Recently Stina had the chance to record with such great musicians as David Braid, Reg Schwager, Mark Murphy, Ben Riley and Kelly Jefferson. Her CD will be available this summer so stay tuned...

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Member Since: 17/06/2005
Band Website: http://www.stinaaugust.com
Band Members: Stina Agust
Band members vary from project to project.
On the Toronto Sessions:
Saxophone: Kelly Jefferson
Piano: David Braid
Guitar: Reg Schwager
Bass: Marc Rogers
Drums: Ben Riley

Influences: all the sounds of the world
and crazy ninjas
Sounds Like: me
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

New direction...alternative pop

    Ok. For those who are interested I'm working on my second solo album right now and I've been working on it since April this year. The style of music on this new album isn't jazz...i...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:57:00 GMT

7 song jazz CD out!!!

Finally my CD is available!You can purchase my CD online using the Buy Now button and you can either get it in the mail or download it from a link I'll forward to you. :-)It's a limited edition, get i...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:32:00 GMT

New Song...Toronto Sessions

Finally a sneak peek into my upcoming CD.  Recorded in Canterbury Sound (where Molly Johnson recorded her latest album), Toronto January 2007 with great, great, great musicians.  David Braid...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:32:00 GMT

I'm changing my name!!!

From now on it's going to be Stina August...with a "u". The reason being that I want to be pronounced like the month. :-)My father's name is Ágúst, that means August in Icelandic and my birthday is in...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:20:00 GMT

New pictures...new look!

I haven't posted anything here in a loooooong time...I've been busy playing with my quartet this summer and recently did some recordings which I will post here when they're all mixed and ready (don't ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:10:00 GMT

NEW DEMO SOON!

yay, i found people to play with this summer. great!also, in my last improv class of the year i got to sing with vic vogel on piano and gary schwartz on guitar...it was the highlight of the year! vic ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:43:00 GMT

Working on my improv...

I'm working on some great stuff for my improv class these days.  Songs like:Lester Left Town - Wayne ShorterOld folks - Willard Robinson/Dedette LeeCrazy He Calls Me - Carl Sigman/Bob RussellIn a...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:02:00 GMT

Ok, so I'm lazy...so what!

School has been busy and I still haven't made a new demo... Last weekend I was in New York City with Francesca Gagnon and her group...we performed 4 showcases at the APAP conference at the Hilton in ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:24:00 GMT

This is just the beginning...

I haven't put a lot of stuff here yet so stay posted for new info, songs, pictures etc.  I plan on recording more songs as soon as possible, a couple of jazz standards probably and maybe a little...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:39:00 GMT

Happy Independence Day Iceland!

Hæ hó jibbí jei! This is my first entry on my new myspace website.  Yay!
Posted by on Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:55:00 GMT