PROGRAMS
Tusarnaarniq Sivumut Association is proud to support the following groups and projects:
- Nasivvik Music Club, Pond Inlet, NU
- Current Fiddle Workshops in Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet, Qikiqtarjuaq, and Hall Beach (since Spring 2016)
- Guitar Workshops, Pond Inlet, NU
What are we working on now?
2016 Fall Fiddle Workshop - October 2-24, 2016 (tentative dates)
Greg Simm and Kim de Laforest are heading to Nunavut this fall and will be visiting five communities. We're looking forward to returning to each one of them - Pond Inlet, Pangnirtung, Qikiqtarjuaq, Iqaluit and Hall Beach. Stay tuned for details!
- Nasivvik Music Club, Pond Inlet, NU
- Current Fiddle Workshops in Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet, Qikiqtarjuaq, and Hall Beach (since Spring 2016)
- Guitar Workshops, Pond Inlet, NU
What are we working on now?
2016 Fall Fiddle Workshop - October 2-24, 2016 (tentative dates)
Greg Simm and Kim de Laforest are heading to Nunavut this fall and will be visiting five communities. We're looking forward to returning to each one of them - Pond Inlet, Pangnirtung, Qikiqtarjuaq, Iqaluit and Hall Beach. Stay tuned for details!
Who are our Fiddle Workshop Instructors that travel to Nunavut?
GREG SIMM Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring/Fall 2010, Spring/Fall 2011, Spring/Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring/Fall 2014, Spring/Fall 2015, Spring/Fall 2016
Greg has been a prominent figure on the East Coast music scene for over thirty-five years. Beginning with performing for country-dances when he was fifteen years old, he has been in constant demand as an instrumentalist, arranger, teacher and producer ever since. He is a product of the Windsor Regional High School band under the direction of Brian Johnston.
In 1987 he performed in his first theatrical production “Hank Williams-The Show He Never Gave” at Ship’s Company Theatre in Parrsboro, NS. This began a twenty-five year professional relationship with the company with duties that included musician, musical director, sound-scape composer and board member. His music has been heard in fifteen main stage productions at SCT. In partnership with then Artistic Producer Pamela Halstead, he founded the Ship’s Company Theatre Fiddle Camp in 2006 and the popular autumn Main Stage Concert Event the same year.
Teaching and presenting music workshops has taken Greg across the country many times from Coast to Coast to Coast. Most notable is his ongoing relationship with the Tusarnaarniq Sivumut Association that he co-founded with Lunenburg County educator Julie Lohnes. The organization is dedicated to provide ongoing musical education for Inuit youth in some of the most remote communities in Canada. Since 2007, he has been presenting workshops on around Baffin Island and he is also a board member of the organization.
As a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, tuba, bouzouki, and keyboards), Greg has been heard in a variety of live performances and recording sessions over the years. He has appeared with and/or recorded with artists as diverse as Grammy Award winner Denny Doherty (lead singer of the Mamas and Papas), Lennie Gallant, Kendra MacGillivray, Richard Wood, John Gracie, Teresa Ennis, Alistair Macdonald, Kelli Trottier, Brian Vardigans, Finnan Haddie and children’s entertainers Donna And Andy. For over twenty-five years, he has worked with Master Fiddler Gordon Stobbe on a variety of musical projects across the country. His current group “Prairie Sea” features longtime musical friend Jim Bell on Hammered Dulcimer and Saskatoon based violinist Kim de Laforest. Their debut CD “Prairie Sea” was nominated for a 2013 Music Nova Scotia Award in the “Traditional Folk” category. Greg has been recognized four times as a finalist for Music Nova Scotia’s “Educator Of The Year” for his work across the country and as a private instructor in Nova Scotia.
www.gregsimm.com
Greg has been a prominent figure on the East Coast music scene for over thirty-five years. Beginning with performing for country-dances when he was fifteen years old, he has been in constant demand as an instrumentalist, arranger, teacher and producer ever since. He is a product of the Windsor Regional High School band under the direction of Brian Johnston.
In 1987 he performed in his first theatrical production “Hank Williams-The Show He Never Gave” at Ship’s Company Theatre in Parrsboro, NS. This began a twenty-five year professional relationship with the company with duties that included musician, musical director, sound-scape composer and board member. His music has been heard in fifteen main stage productions at SCT. In partnership with then Artistic Producer Pamela Halstead, he founded the Ship’s Company Theatre Fiddle Camp in 2006 and the popular autumn Main Stage Concert Event the same year.
Teaching and presenting music workshops has taken Greg across the country many times from Coast to Coast to Coast. Most notable is his ongoing relationship with the Tusarnaarniq Sivumut Association that he co-founded with Lunenburg County educator Julie Lohnes. The organization is dedicated to provide ongoing musical education for Inuit youth in some of the most remote communities in Canada. Since 2007, he has been presenting workshops on around Baffin Island and he is also a board member of the organization.
As a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, tuba, bouzouki, and keyboards), Greg has been heard in a variety of live performances and recording sessions over the years. He has appeared with and/or recorded with artists as diverse as Grammy Award winner Denny Doherty (lead singer of the Mamas and Papas), Lennie Gallant, Kendra MacGillivray, Richard Wood, John Gracie, Teresa Ennis, Alistair Macdonald, Kelli Trottier, Brian Vardigans, Finnan Haddie and children’s entertainers Donna And Andy. For over twenty-five years, he has worked with Master Fiddler Gordon Stobbe on a variety of musical projects across the country. His current group “Prairie Sea” features longtime musical friend Jim Bell on Hammered Dulcimer and Saskatoon based violinist Kim de Laforest. Their debut CD “Prairie Sea” was nominated for a 2013 Music Nova Scotia Award in the “Traditional Folk” category. Greg has been recognized four times as a finalist for Music Nova Scotia’s “Educator Of The Year” for his work across the country and as a private instructor in Nova Scotia.
www.gregsimm.com
KIM DE LAFOREST Spring 2014, Spring/Fall 2015, Spring/Fall 2016
Kim de Laforest is a fiddle, violin, and viola performer and teacher based in Saskatoon. In her classical world, Kim spent 10 years with the Regina Symphony Orchestra before moving to Saskatoon in 2000. As a member of the Saskatoon Symphony, Kim has served as the assistant concertmaster, principal second violin, principal viola, and section violin and viola player. She has been soloist, concertmaster, and section player of the University of Regina's Chamber Orchestra, Musica Viva, and the South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra. Kim has also been very involved in chamber music groups across the province. Some highlights include Prairie Virtuosi, Saskatoon Composers' Society Concerts, Musici Amati, and the house band for CBC Christmas concerts. For two seasons, Kim was the Assistant Director of Saskatoon’s Mysterium Healing Sound Choir.
Kim plays with local Irish band Siamsa as well as doing a lot of solo fiddle work. Kim released her first solo CD Kindred Spirits in 2004 and was featured on CBC's DiscDrive during its Saskatchewan tour. During Juno Fest 2007 in Saskatoon, Kim's performance was recorded for CBC's Canada Live.
Kim’s second solo CD ‘Transitions’ was released in November 2011. As a part of the trio Prairie Sea (fiddle, guitar, dulcimer and vocal ensemble based in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan), Kim released a CD in the spring of 2013. This CD was nominated for a 2013 Music Nova Scotia award.
As well as being a busy performer, Kim is also a sought-after instructor and adjudicator. She currently teaches a large studio of students in Saskatoon. Kim joins an international roster of instructors to teach at fiddle camps in Prince Albert, LaRonge, Moose Jaw, Tisdale, Bowsman MB, at the Clear Lake Fiddle Camp ( Clear Lake, MB ), the Tuffnell Fiddle Camp, the Frontier Fiddlers Camp ( in Manitoba ) and at the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party. Kim has also worked with students at orchestral workshops in Regina and Saskatoon. As a part of Music for the Future workshops (Tusarnaarniq Sivamut Association – TSA), Kim teaches in communities around Baffin Island.
www.kimdelaforest.com
Kim de Laforest is a fiddle, violin, and viola performer and teacher based in Saskatoon. In her classical world, Kim spent 10 years with the Regina Symphony Orchestra before moving to Saskatoon in 2000. As a member of the Saskatoon Symphony, Kim has served as the assistant concertmaster, principal second violin, principal viola, and section violin and viola player. She has been soloist, concertmaster, and section player of the University of Regina's Chamber Orchestra, Musica Viva, and the South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra. Kim has also been very involved in chamber music groups across the province. Some highlights include Prairie Virtuosi, Saskatoon Composers' Society Concerts, Musici Amati, and the house band for CBC Christmas concerts. For two seasons, Kim was the Assistant Director of Saskatoon’s Mysterium Healing Sound Choir.
Kim plays with local Irish band Siamsa as well as doing a lot of solo fiddle work. Kim released her first solo CD Kindred Spirits in 2004 and was featured on CBC's DiscDrive during its Saskatchewan tour. During Juno Fest 2007 in Saskatoon, Kim's performance was recorded for CBC's Canada Live.
Kim’s second solo CD ‘Transitions’ was released in November 2011. As a part of the trio Prairie Sea (fiddle, guitar, dulcimer and vocal ensemble based in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan), Kim released a CD in the spring of 2013. This CD was nominated for a 2013 Music Nova Scotia award.
As well as being a busy performer, Kim is also a sought-after instructor and adjudicator. She currently teaches a large studio of students in Saskatoon. Kim joins an international roster of instructors to teach at fiddle camps in Prince Albert, LaRonge, Moose Jaw, Tisdale, Bowsman MB, at the Clear Lake Fiddle Camp ( Clear Lake, MB ), the Tuffnell Fiddle Camp, the Frontier Fiddlers Camp ( in Manitoba ) and at the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party. Kim has also worked with students at orchestral workshops in Regina and Saskatoon. As a part of Music for the Future workshops (Tusarnaarniq Sivamut Association – TSA), Kim teaches in communities around Baffin Island.
www.kimdelaforest.com
GORDON STOBBE
Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring/Fall 2010, Spring/Fall 2011, Spring/Fall 2012
Bio coming soon!
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Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring/Fall 2010, Spring/Fall 2011, Spring/Fall 2012
Bio coming soon!
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