2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards

2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards

December 4
SUNDAY

1-3:15pm
Workshops
Alumni Hall, Old Vic

8pm
Gala & Reception
Gala in Isabel Bader Theatre (general admission)
Reception in Alumni Hall, Old Vic

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Isabel Bader Theatre
MAP
Victoria College
University of Toronto
93 Charles Street West
Just East of Queen's Park
A 30 second walk East of Museum subway station
Across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum

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Tickets

$40 Gala & Reception
$15 Workshops

$50 Package of Gala, Reception, & Workshops (save 9%)

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About the Canadian Folk Music Awards

The mission of the Canadian Folk Music Awards is to celebrate and promote Canadian Folk Music in all its forms.

Until their creation in 2005, there existed no awards to celebrate the breadth and depth of folk music in Canada.

Awards such as the Junos, East Coast Music Awards, or the Western Canada Music Awards have a few categories that apply to folk and roots music but they offer only a restricted view of the genre.

The judging process is similar to that of the two-stage elimination model used by the Junos via a randomly selected jury drawn from our community.

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2011 Awards Gala in Toronto

The 7th annual Canadian Folk Music awards gala take place on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto.

Awards will be presented in 19 categories throughout an evening hosted by Shelagh Rogers of CBC Radio and Benoit Bourque of La Bottine Souriante.

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Workshops

1-2pm
Good Songs for Bad Times
Songwriters, like all of us, live through ever-changing scenarios – personal, political, romantic, economic, social or related to world affairs – and each writer reacts differently. This workshop will examine good songs that stem from bad times.

Host
Candace Shaw
Peterborough Folk Festival

Participants
Evalyn Parry
Dave Gunning
Melisande

2:15pm to 3:15pm
Mad for Trad
Traditional music is the backbone for most styles of folk and roots music. This session picks up from a fabulous trad music workshop at the recent 25th annual OCFF conference and features trad players who exemplify the programming goals at Goderich’s Celtic Roots Festival, held on the August long weekend each year, immediately following a week-long “Celtic College” of music, storytelling and technical arts and crafts.

Hosts
Eleanor & Warren Robinson
Goderich Celtic Roots Festival

Participants
Shane Cook
Jean Hewson & Christina Smith
Qristina & Quinn Bachand

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2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards

Isabel Bader Theatre
Sun Dec 04 2011, 8:00pm

Old Vic Building (Victoria College)
Sun Dec 04 2011, 1:00pm


Ticket Sales Begin:
Wed Sep 07 2011, 11:00am

Ticket Prices:
Gala, Reception, & Workshops - $50.00
Gala & Reception - $40.00
Workshops - $15.00

For More Information:
Visit Event Website
E-mail: info@folkawards.ca
Phone: (416) 978-8849
Fax: N/A

Venue information, including seating plans & maps.