some stuff about me!i am a smart, sensitive, mother, sister, lover, friend and daughter...
i am musical, mixed race, dreadlocked, creative, spiritual, honest, loving, affectionate, and intense!!at the moment i am studying voice with Ali Garrison...in the past i have studied voice with counter-tenor Theodore Gentry, Liz Naylor and i owe much gratitude to my mentor Aminata Moseka/Abbey Lincolnlately, i’ve immersed myself in choral work resulting in work with choirs such as the Nathaniel Dett Chorale and Vespera!! I love them both so check them out!! it is something to be a soloist and band leader, but it is also important to understand how to support others in a unit...i am LOVING this process!!i have done some theatre work acting and vocal arranging for The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God written by the immensely talented playwright Djanet Sears and written a play myself which is currently being reworked...musically, i write and interpret songs in the jazz tradition...my concept of that anyway...i love to sing and make music that is inspired, free, experiential and in the spirit of the griot....i also love to play the piano just for me, though i have been know to play in public ;-) for me jazz is the synthesis of human experience through music made in the moment... an expression of heart, and soul, mind and spirit....i write articles on music at www.griotsarts.com, www.toonage.ca and swag magazine... i am also a radio broadcaster and have hosted and created programming for FLOW 93.5 FM (Epistrophe) and CKLN 88.1FM(Face The Music) and was a jazz columnist of Metro Morning on CBC 99.1 FM.i have appeared on recordings by pianists Rodney Kendrick and Ken Skinner...currently, i am writing for an independent release featuring several inspired original songs and editing a new play/performance piece through agencies like the Toronto Arts Council, and bcurrent....have a listen to the player for samples of recordings i have donein the past i have studied flute, piano, improvisation and voice with folks Jay Clayton, Art Levine, Doug Stewart, Don Naduriak, Marilyn Crispell, Rufus Reid, Steve Coleman and Kevin and Robin Eubanks, Theodore Gentry, Hugh Fraser, Sheila Jordan and the Banff Jazz Workshop and of course i have attending the workshops of the great pianist and teacher Barry Harrisin the past i have taught through the New School For Social Research in New York City... right now i teach workshops for an organization called arts for children...check them out at www.artsforchildren.org...i also teach privately so if your interested, contact me!
i have shared the stage with artists like Jane Bunnett, Bob Fenton, Archie Alleyne, Salome Bey, the great Jimmy Lovelace(he has a special place in my heart), Jackie Richardson, Yoron Isreals, Dwayne Burno, Hilario Duran, Tyler Mitchell, Michael Stuart and many more...i have played in clubs and festivals in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and New York City, and i am coming soon to your town!! Contact me!
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