Toronto singer-songwriter Catherine Bacque will be the featured artist on CIUT-FM's "Acoustic Workshop" radio show on Monday, July 26, at 7:00 p.m.

The hour-long show, hosted by Heather Fielding, widow of the late renowned folk and blues singer-guitarist Rick Fielding who created the show, is a mix of interviews, album cuts, and live performances by acoustic and roots artists and singer-songwriters. If you're not in the Toronto area, the show can also be streamed live. A podcast will be made available shortly afterward.

Catherine Bacque’s roots are in 60s and 70s folk, pop and rock. Her style ranges from jazzy ballads to straight out country rock. Her first CD, the 5-song EP Letting Go, is available here and on iTunes and CD Baby, and can be streamed live from her website and on CBC Radio 3.

She is currently working on her second release, due out later this year. She will preview some of the songs from the new CD on "Acoustic Workshop" Monday evening.

For more information you can read Catherine's Bio on our featured artists page in the Event Services section of our website or visit www.catbacque.com.

Sung Ah Choi is now accepting new violin students and is the latest addition to our associate faculty of teachers at Find A Way. Ms. Choi graduated with her Masters of Music in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA. in 2009. Sung Ah has extensive experience as a both soloist and orchestra musician in numerous orchestras including The Chicago Civic Orchestra, The Pacific Music Festival Orchestra and New England Conservatory Philharmonic Orchestra.  In addition Sung Ah was an associate concertmaster for the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra.  Sung Ah speaks both Korean and English and has won numerous awards and scholarships for her playing over the years.  She recently moved back to Toronto in June 2010 and teaches violin lessons to all ages and levels for Find A Way.

The fabulous new Michael and Sonja Koerner Hall at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music features a number of unique technological innovations achieved by consultants Engineering Harmonics of Toronto. Chief among them is an ingenious and visually elegant voice-lift system that integrates with the performance sound system in a way that is truly unique to provide complete coverage to every seat in reinforced applications, where such coverage might otherwise be much more costly or more complex to achieve.

Ryan Brouwer is now accepting new trumpet and guitar students at our school. Ryan is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto Music Program and we are pleased to have him join the our team. We'll be soon adding his bio and samples of his music to the school section of the Find A Way website but for now here is a little more information on Ryan:

Ryan Brouwer grew up in Anola Manitoba, a small town outside of Winnipeg. He has studied classical music for many years and completed his Undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto in jazz performance in May of 2010.

Since moving to Toronto in 2005, Ryan has had the opportunity to work with some of Canada's finest musicians and educators including Jim Lewis, Chase Sanborn, Gillian Mackay, Dave Neill, Terry Promane and Paul Read. He has performed with many different ensembles including the U of T 11 and 10 o'clock jazz orchestras, the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra and continues to write and perform music with his own groups. Ryan is also a multi-instrumentalist and composer with a strong background in trumpet, guitar, voice, piano and composition. Ryan teaches individual lessons in trumpet, guitar and composition for Find A Way.

Glen Alan's song "Sun's Up" received an honourable mention in the Sixth Annual Great Lakes Songwriting Competition on Nov 23rd 2009.  The Great Lakes Songwriting Society provides workshops and supports songwriters in the development and recognition of their craft. 

Glen Alan released a 6 song EP on June 27th 2009.  The EP available in CD or MP3 format is entitled "The Many Faces Of Glen Alan" and contains 6 Glen Alan original compositions produced and arranged by Glen Alan.  The recording features the following Toronto musicians; Glen Alan, Tim Bovaconti, Paul Donat, Larry Crowe, Devrim Eldelekli, Ka-Cheong Liu, Danny McErlain, Andrew Frost, Gail Berry and Find A Way Students Fenton Fong and Nicholas Komiotis.  The songs were recorded by Find A Way Engineers Sebastien Chorney, Kevin A Cameron and Mike Rocha and the entire EP was mixed by Sebastien Chorney at Find A Way Studios.

The CD costs only 12 dollars and will be available in Mid July on the Find A Way website.  To order your copy today please call (416) 707-1077 or purchase it at the Toronto Dollar Booth at the St. Lawrence Market (South Building on Saturdays only from 9 am -2 pm) where a portion of the proceeds goes to supporting the Toronto Dollar - an organization that sells a local currency that is accepted by vendors in the south building of the St. Lawrence Market and at other participating locally based merchants throughout Toronto including Find A Way and Eternal Spring Organics.  The Toronto Dollar also supports various non-profit organizations and community initiatives and is run almost entirely by volunteers.  To find out more on the Toronto Dollar or to volunteer go to www.torontodollar.com or call (416) 361-0466.

Glen Alan performed with his Acappella Quartet No Nonsense on June 4th 2009 at J D's Bar and Grill in Collingwood to a standing room only crowd for Dennis McAndrew's retirement party.

MR Quartet and Richard Fortin along with Senior Engineer Alan Hardiman and Glen Alan master MR Quartet’s debut CD at Find A Way Studios. This Jazz CD features original tunes written and arranged by MR Quartet.

Former CPR Engineer John Amos was in the studio today working on his song “C.P.R. Fast Freight 901”  a song that John wrote in 1962 the celebrates the legacy of the steam engine and is a snap shot of the railroad culture of that era.  John now 87 wrote this song in 1962 and will be recording it at Find A Way Studios on June 7^th 2008.  Produced by John this song will feature Devrim Eldelekli on guitars, John Amos on vocals and violin, Glen Alan on piano and backing vocals and will be engineered by Sebastien Chorney.

Devrim Edelekli was in the studio for acoustic guitar overdubs on the Bruce Thompson composition “Sun’s Up”.  The session was produced by Glen Alan and engineered by senior engineer Sebastien Chorney.