What I do

Scholarship
I'm a PhD student in Ethnomusicology at the University of Toronto. My interests include: Gaelic song in Cape Breton, Canada; memory in the experience of music; sound; musical transmission. I'm also interested in contemporary music, such as that of composer Gavin Bryars, and the intersection of high and low musical culture.

Radio
My passion is the audio portrait. I've talked with genre-busting musicians like Mark Mothersbaugh, Jon Brion, Mychael Danna and Michael Torke, as well as clever songwriters, Aimee Mann and Nellie MacKay. And for CBC's OutFront, I interviewed some immigrant Taxi drivers.

With CBC Radio in Toronto, I produced programs and picked music for The Arts Tonight, and been part of launching and producing the CBC studio concert series OnStage , as well as working on virtually every Radio Music show from 1990-2005.

Performance
I'm a singer of Gaelic songs, and early choral music. Past work includes the ensemble Puirt a Baroque , and the choirs of Tafelmusik and Les Violons du Roy.

Documentary
I've shot a film documentary about Gaelic singing in Cape Breton, and hope to get back to it soon.

Muse
I love music that's true , no matter what the style;
I love good radio, red red wines, chocolate, and a few particular filmmakers.
I have an excess of Chi and a lack of LA

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