Kaelin Sheridan is a singer-songwriter, poet and musician whose first release RESISTANCE won Honorable Mention for the Faith Nolan Award for Music 2023. A raw and vulnerable piece about the feelings of turmoil and the cognitive dissonance of loving someone who is hurting you, RESISTANCE aims to channel a sense of empowerment to the listener through soothing, hypnotic repetition and layered harmonious lyrics that convey the feelings leading up to her breakup. Raised in London, Canada’s first UNESCO city of music, Kaelin has sung in and helped with her father’s local band, The Sheridan Band, for over seven years. She embraces thematic imagery and vulnerability throughout her work and uses music as a medium to shift energy and communicate emotions that are difficult to say outright.
At the January 27 gathering of Surrey Muse, Kaelin will present her award winning songs via Zoom from Hamilton ON. More about the event is here: january-27-2024
Surrey Muse gatherings take place
on the unceded Coast Salish territories of
the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen,
Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Andrew Balboa is a tenor, composer, band member, and music teacher with creative roots in Mexico City, Montreal and Calgary. He has released four albums, two with metal band Heyoka’s Mirror and two solo. He is adept at voice, piano, guitar, bass, ukulele, and drums. His first video ‘Asylum’ was nominated as Best Music Video for 2020 by the YYC Music Awards. In 2019, Andrew won first place at the Calgary Performing Arts Festival in the vocal category, and first place at the NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition in 2016, 2018, and 2019. Andrew is the 1st Place Winner of the Faith Nolan Award for Music 2023.
At the November 25 gathering of Surrey Muse that celebrates the winners of Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards, Andrew will be the Featured Musician presenting his award winning songs. More about the event is here: november-25-2023
Surrey Muse gatherings take place
on the unceded Coast Salish territories of
the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen,
Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Surrey Muse Arts Society has announced the longlists for the five Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards 2023. Below are the five Longlist, in alphabetical order.
Longlist
Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction 2023
Arrivals by Zilla Jones, Winnipeg MB
Confluence by Martin Borden, Vancouver BC
First Comes Marriage by Mehtab Purewal, Surrey BC
Iris by Simone Garneau, Westmount QC
Olives, Questions, Kisses, Hips by Preeti Dhaliwal, Vancouver BC
Perfect Stranger by Jann Everard, Sidney BC
Prologue to Song of the Northern Spirit by Mala, Yellowknife NT
Remnants by Amber Fenik, Ottawa ON
Red by Ella Yan, Burnaby BC
Rastegan (first part) by Maria Sabaye Moghaddam, Ottawa ON
Through the Fog by Sharon McInnes, Cumberland BC
Time is a Measure of Instants by Barbara Black, Victoria BC
We are grateful to Canada Council for the Arts for funding Surrey Muse Arts & Literature Awards 2022. This year, we didnot receive all the funding required to run this project, prompting us to begin a Crowdfunding campaign to raise the prize money. Your support is urgently requested- a little from you will become a lot for this project. Click the link below to pitch in. https://gofund.me/0dd0460e
Surrey Muse Arts Society operates from the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Tze (‘Zee’) Liew is a Malaysian Chinese singer and songwriter who loves books, fantasy and figuring out what the heart has to say. Classically trained in art song and opera, she also grew up entranced by the worlds and music of Studio Ghibli, the nostalgic love records of Ennio Morricone and Gershwin, and lo-fi and bossa nova playlists. Running with all these influences, her songs combine classical, jazz and pop to speak to modern love, fictional imaginings and navigating between Eastern and Western cultures. Tze is also a session vocalist who works with composers for film and video game music, providing a wide range of character and emotionality from ethereal fairy goddess to guttural princess warrior. Tze’s mission is to bring art song and opera to the table of popular music, shine new light on what she finds beautiful about traditional voice technique, and tell heartfelt stories for the modern age through old-world inspired compositions. In 2022, Tze’s work was Longlisted for the Faith Nolan Award for Music.
Surrey Muse gatherings take place
on the unceded Coast Salish territories of
the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen,
Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
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