Music4All

Music4All Season 2, Episode 2: Alexis Vollant Interviews Will Clements

Guest: Will Clements Will Clements is a Vancouver-based performer, educator, composer, and arranger. With three albums to his credit, he is described by CBC Music as a "fantastic and easy voice...". Some of his musical highlights include performing at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Istanbul with the Vancouver Youth Choir  (2023), being featured as 'the best jazz on bandcamp'.com (August 2023), being a finalist with the Niagara Jazz Festival Youth Contest (2022), an Outstanding Ensemble Award for leading and arranging at the Vocal Impact Festival (2020), a full scholarship towards the Drayton Harbour Festival Camp in Washington (2016),  and performing at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans (2016). Recipient of the UBC Greg Quan Prize in Music Education (2021), as well as an Outstanding Practicum Award, Will continues to arrange and compose music for various ensembles in his spare time. His compositions and arrangements continue to be performed internationally by various ensembles including the Vancouver Youth Choir, the Asian Pacific Youth Choir, and Western University's Chorale Ensemble. He has served as the intern conductor of the BC Youth Choir under the direction of Dr. Tracy Wong (2024), and as a clinician for several secondary music programs. He is currently the director of choirs and general music at Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver.   Will has shared the stage with many notable artists including, Dee Daniels, Maria Schneider, Peter Bernstein, Bria Skonberg, Dawn Pemberton, and more as part of his studies at Capilano University.

Music4All: Season 2, Episode 1: Alexis Vollant interviews musician and educator Brock Tinsley

Host: Alexis Vollant  Alex Vollant is a musician and writer from the Innu First Nation who just completed their Bachelor's Degree in Piano Performance at the University of British Columbia. Alex has performed with many ensembles over the past few years, such as the Vancouver Chamber Choir, the Vancouver Youth Choir, as well as musica intima and Chor Leoni Men's Choir.   Alex is passionate about music and writing. Their first poetry collection "Nipinapunan" was published in 2023, and has just been nominated a recipient of the Indigenous Voices Awards Guest: Brock Tinsley Brock Tinsley is an Ottawa musician and SHSM-Certified presenter offering seminars for careers in music for Middle, High School and University students. He has given over 150 lectures given across Canada and the United Kingdom.  Brock also co-delivers a songwriting workshop and lead workshops for novice-level guitar players.

Music4All: Interview with Emily Martin, Music Educator and Owner, Shine Studio

Podcast host Christina Acton interviews Emily Martin, music educator and wonder of Shine Studio  Shine Studio is a music studio in St. John's Newfoundland where everyone is not only welcomed but accepted, validated, and celebrated for exactly who they are. We use music as a tool for building confidence, so that every one of our students has the potential to believe in their own thoughts and ideas inside and outside of the studio.

Music4All: Interview with Hope Salmonson, Composer & Tubist

Interview with Hope Salmonson, Composer & Tubist Composer-tubist Hope Salmonson is queering her music through a cross-genre artistic voice and an emphasis on establishing musical community. Her approach embodies musical joy, placing equal emphasis on elegant composition and camaraderie onstage. She weaves accessible musical language and contemporary approaches to musicking, seeking meaningful collaborative experiences. Through her interactive compositions, Hope seeks to ensure that every voice in the room is valued, on and off the stage. An import from unceded Mi'kmaq territory (Halifax), Hope is spreading her wings on Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh lands (Vancouver). Dipping her toes in the Pacific, she has never forgotten her Atlantic home and continues to strengthen connections across the land. To Hope, people always come first, and her compositions serve and honour her communities. She is actively engaged in efforts to decentralize and shift the institution of classical music through amplifying underrepresented voices and needs in the industry.

Music4All: Interview with Claire Maguire, Singer-Songwriter and Speech Language Pathologist

Clare Maguire is a singer-songwriter and speech-language pathologist from Truro, NS now based in Montreal, QC. A long-time musician, Clare took part in a variety of youth music initiatives growing up, including the Nova Scotia Honour Jazz program, the Nova Scotia Youth Choir, and the National Youth Choir. Now, Clare writes, performs, and releases music as independent folk-pop artist Clare Siobhan, and her debut EP “Seek the Sun” will be released in early October.  Outside of her musical pursuits, Clare has recently completed a master’s program in speech-language pathology from McGill University, and is looking forward to starting her career as a pediatric speech-language pathologist soon. About our Host, Christina Acton Christina Acton (they/them) is a Masters of Choral Conducting student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where they are studying under Dr. Jakub Martinec. Christina completed their Bmus in Voice Performance at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, where they studied voice under Monette Gould, and choral conducting under Dr. Kiera Galway and Dr. Gayle h. Martin.  Christina is passionate about accessible and inclusive music education; in 2022 they were the ArtsNB Arts Matters Undergraduate Conference winner for Best Research Presentation, for their research on transgender inclusive vocal pedagogy, research which they updated and presented again at the 2023 Newfound Music Festival Symposium. Want to hear more Christina? Well you’re in luck because they also co-host a radio show, Blind Date with Christina and Hannah, on CHMA 106.9FM.