SHOWCASE PEI 2011 SEPTEMBER 26 & 27 CONFERENCE GUIDE SHOWCASE PEI 2011 | The Schedules 2 Schedule of Events Performance Schedule ALL DAY 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM SEP Delegate Arrivals MON Ashley Condon 24 & 25 SEP 26 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM John Smith 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 3:10 PM – 3:30 PM Vishtèn SUN Harbour Cruise SEP 25 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 8:00 PM – 8:20 PM John Smith / Dennis Ellsworth / Jordan Cameron Max Keenlyside show at The Alibi 8:30 PM – 8:50 PM Rebels 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Delegate Orientation Breakfast at 9:00 PM – 9:20 PM MON North Lakes SEP 26 Quality Inn & Suites (host hotel - innonthehill.com) 9:30 PM – 9:50 PM 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Racoon Bandit Networking/Business Meetings 10:10 PM – 10:30 PM (host hotel) Paper Lions 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM 10:40 PM – 11:00 PM Showcase Performances at Nudie and the Turks The Guild (theguildpei.com) 11:10 PM – 11:30 PM 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Boxer the Horse Reception (co-hosted by FCIPE) 11:40 PM – MIDNIGHT at The Haviland Club Arrows in the Air (havilandclub.com) 8:00 PM – MIDNIGHT 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM Showcase Performances at TUE Katie McGarry The Guild SEP 27 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM Molly Rankin 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Business Meetings (host hotel) 3:10 PM – 3:30 PM TUE Richard Wood SEP 27 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Showcase Performances at 8:10 PM – 8:30 PM The Guild Teresa Doyle 8:40 PM – 9:00 PM 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Supper at The Globe Gordie MacKeeman & (dinedrinkdance.ca) His Rhythm Boys 9:10 PM – 9:30 PM 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM Showcase Performances at Meaghan Blanchard The Guild 9:50 PM – 10:10 PM Glen Strickey Quartet 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 10:20 PM – 10:40 PM Breakfast Debrief (host hotel) WED Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold SEP 28 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM 10:50 PM – 11:10 PM Business Meetings (host hotel) Haunted Hearts ALL DAY 11:20 PM – 11:40 PM Delegate Departures English Words SHOWCASE PEI 2011 | The Delegates 3 Troy Arsenault Zach Atkinson Mike Campbell SEAHORSE TAVERN THE CAPITAL THE CARLETON theeconomyshoeshopgroup.ca/ thecapitalcomplex.com thecarleton.ca seahorsetavern With seven years of experience Mike is currently the Managing Part- Troy Arsenault has been working promoting in Fredericton and ner and talent booker of The Car- in the music industry for over ten around the Maritimes, most of Zach leton Music Bar & Grill (Music Nova years. He is currently the booking/ Atkinson’s time is focused on pro- Scotia’s Venue of the Year for the promotions and development agent gramming and marketing The Capi- past two years) and programs the for the legendary Seahorse Tavern tal Complex. Named in the Top 10 annual Halifax Urban Folk Festival. in Halifax, NS. during CBC’s Searchlight for Venue He is also a director on the board of the Year 2009, The Capital’s main of Music Nova Scotia as well as the He has been a board director for goal is live music—local, national Unison Benevolent Fund. Music Nova Scotia for several years and international. and a member of the multi-ECMA- In the past Mike has worked as tal- nominated act Alert The Medic. Since his start as an all ages pro- ent booker for the Marquee Club moter and stepping into the role in Halifax, produced JunoFest in Troy is also the founder of Dev Com of Booking Agent with The Capital Halifax, programmed the Atlantic (Development Competition), a Complex, Zach has moved into Scene festival for the NAC in Ottawa, development company for acts other New Brunswick markets, pro- served as a juror for the ECMAs, looking to take the steps forward in gramming music for Saint John ven- FACTOR, and CARAS, and hosted preparation for the road ahead. ue Peppers Pub. Working with local MuchEast and Going Coastal for the folk trio The Olympic Symphonium, MuchMusic network. he is part of the team who curates and operates the newly formed He has also worked in record retail Shivering Songs Festival, entering (A&A Records), at the label level (At- its second year. With an education tic Records), management (Joel Plas- background in Graphic Design and kett) and has a pretty decent record a small team, Zach also runs a music collection and iTunes library. solutions company focusing on manufacturing, merchandising and web development. SHOWCASE PEI 2011 | The Delegates 4 Suze Casey Matt Charlton Taylor Denn CALGARY FOLK CLUB PIGEON ROW ETOWN calgaryfolkclub.com pigeonrow.com etown.org Involved in the local, provincial, Pigeon Row is a full service public Taylor Denn is the talent coordinator national and international folk scene relations firm based out of Halifax, at eTown. His job is to seek out new for 35 years, Suze was Showcase NS. Founded in 2007 by Matt Charl- upcoming talent and match them Co-ordinator for the North America ton, it began as a way to help friends with talent that is already estab- Folk Alliance for nine years, and The Superfantastics promote their lished for a live show taping. currently sits on the Canadian Folk debut album, Pop-Up Book. Fol- Music Awards Board, where she is lowing the success of the project, eTown is an exciting weekly radio responsible for the Jury Process. Pigeon Row soon developed a large broadcast heard from coast to coast roster of diverse clients that in- on nearly 300 stations and with over One of the founders of the Calgary cluded musicians and festivals from one million listeners a week. It airs Folk Festival for the past two de- across Canada and the US. on NPR, public and commercial sta- cades, Suze writes performer bios tions. Every eTown show is taped in and is the Saturday evening Main Matt Charlton was named Publicist front of a live audience and features Stage emcee with the Canmore Folk of the Year at the 2008, 2009, and performances from many of today’s Festival. Since 1986, Suze has been 2010 Nova Scotia Music Awards. top musical artists as well as conver- the Artistic Director for the Calgary He was recently joined at Pigeon sations and information about the Folk Club, a 400-seat venue holding Row by Trevor Murphy who has fur- world around us. 13 concerts annually, now in its 40th ther developed the company’s skills season. Professionally, Suze holds and outreach. At eTown, we build community a Masters degree in Education, and through music. In fall 2011, we is the Developer of the Belief Re- The company provides print, ra- opened an 80-seat venue, a 200- patterning Technique. dio, and digital media campaigns. seat venue and will continue to Maintaining a high standard for the present larger shows on the road, A sought-after conference speaker, clients it works with, Pigeon Row as well as at our home in The Boul- business coach, facilitator, radio employs the organic approach of der Theater. personality, and author, her book, working tirelessly to expose excep- Belief Re-patterning: The Amazing tional music. Technique for ‘Flipping the Switch’ to Positive Thoughts, will be released The company has worked with acts March 2012 by Hay House. that include: Joel Plaskett, Daniel Romano, Apollo Ghosts, Dog Day, Eric’s Trip, Mount Eerie, Shotgun Jim- mie, In-Flight Safety, and many more. SHOWCASE PEI 2011 | The Delegates 5 Val Denn Émile Desraspe Dick Dixon VAL DENN AGENCY VENUE AUX VIEUX TREUIL WARWICK FOLK FESTIVAL valdenn.com auvieuxtreuil.ca warwickfolkfestival.co.uk Val Denn is a booking agent and Émile Deraspe has always had a pas- Dick Dixon is the Festival Director creative life coach based out of sion for concert promotion and local for Warwick Folk Festival, which Austin, TX, and the South Shore in cultural development. He has been celebrated its 30th year in 2009. He Nova Scotia. She works mainly with involved with the arts and culture deals with all aspects of the festival, singer-songwriters. Her passion is sector since his student film-making including artistic. The festival now export development for Canada days. Émile is a musician and co- has been recognized as one of the and the US, helping artists across founder of various improv leagues best town festivals in the UK. Every both borders build careers in North (including a musical one). He is a year everyone at the festival has America. She served for five years member of the Board of Directors the hard task of making it better on the Board of Directors with Folk for ROSEQ (Eastern Québec concert than the last one, and manages to Alliance International, including network) and Arrimage (cultural or- achieve that year on year. being President. She has been a ganization of the Magdelen Islands). Juno judge twice, and this year is a He has been the Executive Director At Bromyard Folk Festival Dick is judge for The Canadian Folk Music of the concert venue Aux Vieux the Artistic Director and a Trustee Awards. Val started out in the music Treuil since 2007. of the Charity. Bromyard is a green business as a musician studying in field site festival, and quite different Boston at Berklee School of Music. Aux Vieux Treuil has been present- from Warwick as it starts as a large She has four CDs to her credit and ing local, national and international empty site.