Music and Culture Performance Speaker Series
Guest spealer: Ty Harper
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Time: 4PM - 6PM
Location: Zoom
Ty Harper is a radio producer and documentarian who has been covering Toronto's hip-hop and R&B scenes for well over a decade: first as co-host/creator of 'O.T.A. Live!' on FLOW 93.5 FM, and later as co-founder of cityonmyback.com. He is currently a producer on 'Q with Tom Power' on CBC Radio One, and recently hosted and produced the CBC's 'This Is Not a Drake Podcast'.
Guest spealer: Kotoka Suzuki
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Time: 4PM - 6PM
Location: Zoom
Kotoka Suzuki / 鈴木琴香 is a composer focusing on both multimedia and instrumental practices. She has produced several large-scale multimedia works, including spatial interactive audio-visual work for both concert and installation settings, often in collaboration with artists and scholars from other disciplines. Her work engages deeply in the visual, conceiving of sound as a physical form to be manipulated through the sculptural practice of composition. Her work often reflects on life, breath and wind.
https://soundcloud.com/kotokasuzuki
Guest spealer: Heather Bambrick
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2021
Time: 4PM - 6PM
Location: Zoom
Heather Bambrick is a JUNO-nominated vocalist who has collaborated with Phil Nimmons, Fred Hirsch, Gene DiNovi, Guido Basso, Lea Delaria, Rob McConnell, Peter Appleyard, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, and others. Heather has released three solo recordings, including You’ll Never Know, which was nominated for Vocal Jazz Recording of the Year at the 2017 JUNO Awards and Jazz Recording of the Year at the 2018 East Coast Music Awards. Her new recording is set for release in early 2019. Heather has been a featured guest on numerous projects, and has been awarded Canada’s National Jazz Award for Vocalist of the Year. Beyond singing, Heather is one of Canada’s top voice actors, voicing characters for commercial campaigns and several animated series including Emmy-nominated Wild Kratts, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and Justin Time. She is also an award-winning broadcaster on JAZZ.FM91 (Canada’s only all-Jazz radio station), and a highly regarded adjudicator and clinician, working at schools and festivals across Canada.
