Hayley Verrall – Surrey Muse

Hayley Verrall is a pop country artist from Burlington ON who is inspired by roots artists like Dolly Parton and Shania Twain and more contemporary artists like Miranda Lambert and Gabby Barrett. Her voice delivers observations, inspiration and encouragement about life, love and the world as does her most recent single ‘Side of Small Town’. Hayley has presented her original music to open shows for, work with and alongside, iconic Canadian musicians such as Dan Hill and Burton Cummings. In 2021, Hayley was named the 2020 inductee to the Burlington Performing Arts Centre Hall of Fame while in 2022 she was recognized by the International Singer Songwriters Association with the silver award for International Female Emerging Artist, and she received an Honorable Mention for the Faith Nolan Award for Music.

Visit Hayley’s website
hayleyverrallmusic.com

At the January 28, 2023 gathering of Surrey Muse, Hayley will be the featured Emerging Musician. More about the event is here: saturday-january-28

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Shortlists – Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards 2022

Surrey Muse Arts Society has announced the short and long lists for the five Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards 2022. Below are the five Shortlist, in alphabetical order.

Shortlist

Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction 2022

‘Watching the Swans’ by Lucy E.M. Black, Port Perry ON

‘We Are Not Seahorses’ by K.R. Byggdin, Halifax NS

‘The Boy’ by Samantha Krilow, Surrey BC

‘Nightshade’ by Lynn Hutchinson Lee, Toronto ON

‘The Stoner Files’ by Cynthis Sharp, Vancouver BC

‘White Snow and Seven Dreams’ by Melissa Yuan-Innes, North Lancaster ON

View Longlist, Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction 2022

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Faith Nolan Award for Music 2022

Entry14 (1-800-Just-Don’t 2:56, Was I ever a kid? 2:40) by Terez Goulet, Calgary AB  

Entry5 (Adam: What I learned at School 7:53) by Janel Rae, Toronto ON

Entry7 (Answer me 3:25, Nellie 1:21, Hooks: 4:66) by Janel Rae, Toronto ON

Entry4 (Boring People 3:32, Cry Like A Flood 3:11) by Ben Sures, Edmonton AB

Entry18 (Tripping 7:06) by Myrtle Thomas, Montréal QC

Entry9 (Late Bloomer 3:13, Side of Small Town 2:54, Like You Mean It 3:39) by Hayley Verrall, Burlington ON

View the Longlist for the Faith Nolan Award for Music 2022

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Susan Crean Award for Nonfiction 2022

‘In the Ethiopian Context: Two Excerpts from a Memoir’ by Marian Dodds, Vancouver BC

‘A Letter for Lisa’ by Veronica Gorlova, Vancouver BC

‘My Mother’s Ghost’ by Claire Lawrence, Port Moody BC

‘My Rebellious Feet’ by Diary Marif, Vancouver BC

‘From an Old Hen With Plenty of Clucks Left to Give’ by Dorothy Palmer, Burlington ON

‘A Sexy Crip Manifesto’ by Seeley Quest, Halifax NS

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Vera Manuel Award for Poetry 2022

‘Beneath the earth’ (When I say bend, hey, it’s just me) by Hari Alluri, New Westminster BC

‘Iney’ (Iney) by Imear Laffan, Nelson BC

‘Digressions from a Name’ (Digressions from a name) by Kyle Mckillop, Langley BC

‘bare and other poems’ (i tried to write a love poem) by Franz Seachel, Vancouver BC

‘My hand on the altar’ (my hand on the altar) by Cynthia Sharp, Vancouver BC

‘Poetry submissions’ (faces like ours) by Hya Sheikh, Scarborough ON

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Norval Morrisseau Award for Visual Arts 2022

Entry10 by Omokanye Adetona, Toronto ON

Entry20 by Sena Cleave, Vancouver BC

Entry17 by Henritta Hall, Ottawa ON

Entry27 by Tamar Haytayan, Vancouver BC

Entry22 by Kenzie Housego, Calgary AB

Entry3 by Elyse Longair, Kingston ON

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Janis Harper – Surrey Muse

Janis Harper is a writer, singer-songwriter, actor, and former long-time college-university English instructor. In later life, she shed academia and became an expressive arts therapist. Her writings can be found in literary journals and anthologies, including her own creative nonfiction anthologies ‘Body Breakdowns: Tales of Illness and Recovery’ (Anvil 2007) and ‘Emails From India: Women Write Home’ (Seraphim 2013). She is currently seeking a publisher for her poetry collection, ‘Sounding Socrates’. Music from her 2015 CD Better This Way can be streamed or purchased anywhere online. Janis’s lifelong passions for the creative arts, metaphysics, spirituality, and philosophy come together in her recent book, ‘Jonas and the Mountain: A Metaphysical Love Story’ (Sacred Stories 2021). Although it’s a novel, it’s also semi-autobiographical, and contains metaphysical teachings as well as expressive arts therapy elements and activities. Janis has presented her work in Canada, the US, and India, and she recently moved from Vancouver to Nanaimo, BC.

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janisharper.ca
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Sacred Stories

At the September 23, 2022 gathering of Surrey Muse, Janis will be the Featured Author. More about the event is here: friday-september-23

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Call for Submissions: Faith Nolan Award for Music – Dateline August 15

Submit before midnight August 15, 2022
Send 6-10-minute audio (.mp3) and/or video (.mp4) of your original unpublished music WITH the lyric sheets in PDF.
Short List: Top six entries
2nd and 3rd place Winners: Honourable Mention
First place Winner: $1000

Judge: Sandy Scofield
Jury Members: Kat Wahama & Jovian Radheshwar

Sandy Scofield is a multi-award winning composer, musician, musical director, singer, songwriter and performer. To mention a few, she has won five Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, an Indian Summer Music Award (U.S.A.), and she has received three consecutive Juno nominations.

Kat Wahamaa’s career has spanned over 30 years in various areas including music. She is  an award-winning performing song-writer who has released six Cd’s and has toured throughout Western Canada, Japan, UK and the United States.

Faith Nolan Award for Music is open to Canadian citizens, members of Indigenous nations, landed immigrants, permanent residents, refugee applicants, and international students in Canada.

We encourage people of colour, LGBTQ+, disabled, and financially challenged musicians to participate.

View Eligibility Criteria and Submission Guidelines at the link below: https://surreymuseawards.wordpress.com/music-award/

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Bobby Musgrave – Surrey Muse

Bobby Musgrave is a musician, singer, songwriter, and producer based out of Portland, Oregon. He began songwriting around age 16 as a high school student in Texas, composing primarily for electric bass and voice. During his college years he started to explore electronic music production, and at age 23 finally began writing for acoustic guitar and voice. His most recent album is an experimental electronic collection called Metaphysical Mustard, released under the stage name Batfaith Bolshet. Bobby’s music has been published on Spotify, Tidal, YouTube, and Bandcamp.

Find Bobby’s music at Bandcamp
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Contact Bobby
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At the May 27, 2022 gathering of Surrey Muse, Bobby will be the Featured Musician. More about the event is here: friday-may-27

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