Lesley Sutherland and Writer Lesley Sutherland is a Composer and Writer. Lesley has been working in the television and film industry since 1993, writing and composing for television series, documentaries and independent films. She is the Co-Owner of the audio production company, Fresh Air Audio, located in the heart of Gastown, Vancouver, B.C. and composes and writes in her home studios, located in Tsawwassen, B.C. and Scotch Fir Point, Powell River. In 2007, Lesley co- created and wrote the popular Kids’ CBC Preschool television series, “See the Sea” in current International broadcast, for which she also composed the musical score. Lesley is very active within the field of vocal music, and has arranged a large repertoire of music, focusing on children’s choral music and adult community choir repertoire. Lesley has performed as a vocalist and singer/ throughout Vancouver, and composed and performed the vocal score for the feature film, “Heart of Clay.” Lesley currently has several writing and composing projects in creative development.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Music Degree in Composition - UBC - 1991

AWARDS: 1993 North American Competition of Young Television and Film FoundationInternship in , with television composer, Mike Post (NYPDBlue, Law & Order, L.A. Law) 1998

Young Choral Conductors Internship - ELEKTRA WOMEN’S CHOIR Internship with internationally respected conductor, Diane Loomer.

Leo Awards Lesley Sutherland and her partner at Fresh Air Audio and Creative, Kevin Hamilton have received several LEO AWARDS and NOMINATIONS for their work in Sound Design, SoundEditing and Music Composition, for the following films: The Patterns Trilogy,Hirsute, The Saddest Boy in the World, The Union: The Business of Getting High,Trans-Neptune, The Next Great Chef , and Madame Perrault’s Bluebeard. TELEVISION and FILM COMPOSER CREDIT HIGHLIGHTS: “Heart of Clay” Feature Film - Composer and Vocalist “Cycles” - Short Film - Vancouver School Board/ BC Nurses “See the Sea” Season One (20 episodes) & Season Two (40 Episodes) - CBC “Generation Boomerang” - National CBC Documentary featured on the “Doc Zone” “Madame Perrault’s Bluebeard” - Award Winning Short Film “Hyper Parents and Coddled Kids” - CBC “Doc Zone” “The Next Great Chef - Season 1 and 2” - Award winning Reality Series - Global TV “Map of the Mind”, “Fighting Their Fears”, “Beyond the Blues” - Documentaries “The Life & Times of Second City - First Family of Comedy” Doc. Series - CBC “Life & Times” of: “Doris Anderson”, “Christine Silverberg”, “Frank Mahovlich”, “Lynn Johnston”, “Nellie Cournoyea”, “Rising Stars - Wesley Chu, Alexandre Despatie and Estella Warren” Doc. Series - CBC “Suzuki Speaks” Documentary Special - CBC with David Suzuki “Cosmic Odyssey” Science Series with William Shatner - PBS, Space Channel “Northwest Garden Style” - PBS Lifestyle Mini Series “Canadian Gardener” - Long running popular Lifestyle Series- CBC

To preview examples of Lesley’s music scoring, please go to the following links: Heart of Clay - 2017 - Feature Film https://vimeo.com/202499096

“Cycles” - Short Film https://vimeo.com/76489678 password: eyecycle

"Madame Perrault's Bluebeard” - Short Film (Leo Award winning) http://www.ajbond.net/bluebeard.html

Baby Talk - Awesome Preschool Series pitch Lesley Sutherland - writer, director, composer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OktupXHmgvI

Splash City - Another Awesome Preschool Series pitch Lesley Sutherland - writer, director, composer https://vimeo.com/132767675 wonderchoir promotional video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9-PzOVX3rk

"Suzuki Speaks" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s-OgA9OwTI

Canadian Gardener (scroll down to find picture of David Tarrant in garden) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dACilcQpPQ