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Marie Déziel comes from a musical family. She grew up listening
to Shostakovich and Mozart
while playing with her Lego. By age
10 she could play the piano by ear and had received her first
accordion. She now plays the violin, the viola, accordion and
the piano with several groups.
She previously played the violin and the viola with Parkdale and
Kanata Symphony Orchestras in Ottawa.
Her passion for musical
instruments recently led her to take up the study of the hurdy
gurdy,
which is used in the folk tradition of France and also in
medieval and renaissance music.
Marie Déziel is
a
Spanish,
French and music CEGEP (College) teacher.
Jennifer Giles has played the piano since
she was a youngster. She graduated from McGill University
with a Bachelor of Music and completed a Masters Degree at
Carleton University in the School of Canadian Studies. She
teaches theory, ear training and keyboard skills. She has
composed and performed with Geode: Music and Poetry
(formerly SugarBeat),
Radar
and with various musicians
of all genres in the Ottawa area. Jennifer also plays
the accordion. She retired from Carleton University January,
2010.
Stephen McCarthy has played musical instruments almost all his life. He started at age eight on his father’s fiddle, took up the more socially acceptable guitar for his teen years, and played the mandolin during university. For the last twelve years he has played Celtic fiddle in various bands and at local sessions. He loves to sing and is a member the Ottawa Welsh Choir. He looks on his music as a gift to those who listen. As for that, you will have to be the judge.
Dan Perkins recently retired as an engineer and project manager.
He worked
mainly in the fields
of satellite
communications and air traffic control. His "day job" has now
become music, cycling,
and tree farming (where he is often noted
to be out standing in his field).
His musical interests
are varied. Over the years he has contributed voice, guitar and percussion to
many groups, including choirs, as well as folk, country, and Celtic
ensembles. Dan loves
Irish ballads and pub songs and enjoys the energy and
subtlety of the varied rhythms found in traditional Irish and Scottish music.
Lois
Siegel is a filmmaker, casting director, photographer, writer, and musician.
When she isn’t playing the bodhran, she teaches Video Production at the University of Ottawa. Her
documentary films cover a wide range of subjects:
“Baseball Girls” (women who play softball and baseball), “Lip
Gloss” (female impersonators), “Strangers in Town” (albinism), and “Stunt
People” (The Fournier Family performing stunts for films). |
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The Lyon Street Celtic Band
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