Welcome…

to my virtual home. Please sit back, enjoy an original song or two (now on iTunes), and check out current shows and projects.

Upcoming events: Early in the New Year I’m looking forward to kicking off the next season of Kids of Note, as well as presenting a session for the Maria Montessori School, emceeing the Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers event, and several trips to Prince Albert to coach performers. I’ll be heading to Saltcoats and the Yorkton area for a few shows as well. After an exceptionally busy fall, I’ll also take some time off from performing to get caught up on my writing projects. Can’t wait!!

Magic 98.3 Feature: The night of November 25 I was pleased to be the guest “co-host” with Magician Landen Young from 6 pm until midnight. Throughout the evening I chatted with Landen, played a song (Can you believe he remembers how to sing Megamunch?) and promoted Kids of Note. Shockingly, Landen was a once a kid who came up and danced on stage with me when my band and I played the Ex many many moons ago. He and I are also alumni of the great Evan Hardy Collegiate… graduating a mere 21 years apart!!!! Thanks for doing such a great job of the interview, Landen!

Recent shows: Kids of Note (with The Notations) hit the stage on November 27 for their 7th Annual Christmas Concert, this time featuring mezzo-soprano Janice Paterson. It was perhaps their best show yet, with a packed house — a super-exuberant audience. The singers (and me!) were thrilled.

Sheldon Corbett and I had a wonderful time getting into the spirit of the season with The Old Elephant’s Christmas, hitting the road for 6 shows in Prince Albert, and then a couple in the Saskatoon area. SCN Television aired the show twice as well. It’s now available on DVD from McNally Robinson in Saskatoon.

Website update: Some of you may know that my earlier website was sabotaged and ruined by some horrible virus, created by some smartiepants tech geek. I want to thank my webguy, Derek Mah, for rebuilding my entire site on WordPress, which means it’s become super easy for me to update it. So I have pretty much finished a major overhaul.

Coaching: I continue to work as a live music performance coach, though things have slowed down a bit since becoming a mom again in May of 2010. Coaching highlights of 2010 included giving full-day workshops in both Winnipeg (for Manitoba Music) and Saskatoon (for SaskMusic). This past March (2011) I had a fabulous time at the Sask Country Music Awards where I gave a seminar on the Elements of Performance. I wish I could direct you to my coaching site, Nexstage, for more info, but, just like this site, it was hit by the demon-virus, and Derek is working on a complete rebuild of that site as well.

Kids of Note/The Notations: These are the integrated choirs, for children or young people with and without disabilities who love to sing, directed by myself and my sister, Diane Phillips. We’ve just launched a brand new website, KidsofNote.com. While Kids of Note is completely full for 2011-12, we are currently seeking more singers to join The Notations.