Music4All

Guest: Will Clements Will Clements is a Vancouver-based performer, educator, composer, and arranger. With three albums to his credit, he is described by CBC Music as a "fantastic and easy voice..." . Some of his musical highlights include performing at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Istanbul with the Vancouver Youth Choir  (2023), being featured as 'the best jazz on bandcamp...

Host: Alexis Vollant  Alex Vollant is a musician and writer from the Innu First Nation who just completed their Bachelor's Degree in Piano Performance at the University of British Columbia. Alex has performed with many ensembles over the past few years, such as the Vancouver Chamber Choir, the Vancouver Youth Choir, as well as musica intima and Chor Leoni Men's Choir.    Alex is passiona...

Podcast host Christina Acton interviews Emily Martin, music educator and wonder of Shine Studio  Shine Studio is a music studio in St. John's Newfoundland where everyone is not only welcomed but accepted, validated, and celebrated for exactly who they are. We use music as a tool for building confidence, so that every one of our students has the potential to believe in their own thoughts and i...

Interview with Hope Salmonson, Composer & Tubist Composer-tubist Hope Salmonson is queering her music through a cross-genre artistic voice and an emphasis on establishing musical community. Her approach embodies musical joy, placing equal emphasis on elegant composition and camaraderie onstage. She weaves accessible musical language and contemporary approaches to musicking, seeking meaningful...

Clare Maguire is a singer-songwriter and speech-language pathologist from Truro, NS now based in Montreal, QC. A long-time musician, Clare took part in a variety of youth music initiatives growing up, including the Nova Scotia Honour Jazz program, the Nova Scotia Youth Choir, and the National Youth Choir. Now, Clare writes, performs, and releases music as independent folk-pop artist Clare Siobhan,...

Our Music4 All host, Christina Acton, interviews Dr. Dylan Maddix;  Conductor, Band Director, and the Co-Host of the popular podcast The Band Room. Originally from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Dr. Dylan Rook Maddix is Assistant Professor of Instrumental Conducting and Community Engagement at Memorial University in St. John’s, NL, where he conducts the Memorial University Wind Ensemble and tea...

Olive MacPhail interviewed by Music4All host, Christina Acton Tubist Olive MacPhail, was raised as a young fiddler in Meadowbank, Prince Edward Island. They have recently completed their Bachelor of Music Education and tuba performance at the University of Prince Edward Island, and will begin their Master of Music in Performance and Pedagogy at Memorial University of Newfoundland in the fall of 20...

Episode 1. Emily Steers  Emily Steers (she/her) is a soprano from Guelph Ontario. She completed her MA in Community Music at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2020, studying community and identity formation in LGBTQ choirs. She is an ardent fan and performer of new music, premiering a solo chamber opera by Alexander Wright in 2019, and participating in the Musique 3 Femmes new opera workshop. She is e...