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A sultry songsmith and master of storytelling, she has performed for royalty and international dignitaries on multiple occasions, and has an extensive list of performances with combos and big bands. Her international career includes performances across Europe, the United Kingdom, Russia, Australia, South America, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Egypt, twelve African countries, and throughout North America.

She crossed the threshold of the classical world with the creation of her spellbinding Symphony Pops programs, “Great Ladies of Swing”, “The Great American Swing Book”, "A Night Out With The Boys", ”The Soul of Ray: The Music of Ray Charles”, and "Red, Hot, and Blues". She shares a successful Pops program with Juno Award winner, Denzal Sinclair, entitled "Unforgettable: 100 Years of Nat and Natalie Cole". Dee has performed and recorded with orchestras throughout North America and abroad. In addition to her accredited presence and magnetic prowess on keys, Daniels adds a spellbinding four octave plus vocal range to her potent, natural and unique spin on every song she touches.

Her vocal style was born deep in the gospel roots of her stepfather’s Baptist church choir in Oakland, California, refined through the R&B era, and smoothly polished during a five-year stay in The Netherlands and Belgium from 1982 to 1987. Dee Daniels has performed and/or recorded with the who’s who of the Jazz world including Jazz legends: Clark Terry, Mulgrew Miller, Claudio Roditti, Benny Green, Houston Person, John Clayton, Russell Malone, Wycliffe Gordon, Cyrus Chestnut, Ken Peplowski, Kenny Barron, Bill Mays, Jeff Clayton, Benny Golson, Grady Tate, Toots Thielemans, Jeff Hamilton, Monty Alexander, Steve Wilson, Marvin Stamm, Lewis Nash, Kenny Washington, Norman Simmons, Hank and Elvin Jones, Dennis Mackrel, Martin Wind, Bucky Pizzarelli, Helen Sung, Christian McBride, David Young, Neil Swainson Dave Stryker, Bruce Forman, Victor Lewis, and many, many more.

Dee was 2020/21 winner of the Western Canada Music Awards Spiritual Artist of the Year for her latest CD release, The Promise. In 2020 the National Congress of Black Women of Canada honoured Dee with a Legacy Award; in 2010 she received a nomination for an Atlanta Theater’s Suzi Bass Award; in 2009 received an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts and the 2008 President’s Award, both from Capilano University; a recipient of the prestigious and most coveted Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 2003 saw her induction into the University of Montana’s School of Fine Arts Hall of Honor; a 1997 University of Montana Distinguished Alumni Award; a 2002 induction into the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame and member of Vancouver’s Granville Street Walk of Fame are a testament to her dedication to music.

Dee has cultivated a diverse career that has also seen her on theatre stages including the 2009 premiere of New York choreographer, Twyla Tharp’s, musical, Come Fly Away, and the critically acclaimed musical, Wang Dang Doodle at the Arts Club in Vancouver, BC. She is an inspirational speaker with keynote addresses being delivered at the Women’s CEO & Senior Management Summit in Toronto, the British Columbia Music Teachers Conference, commencement addresses at Capilano University, and many more.

An internationally respected vocal clinician, adjudicator and mentor, Dee presents clinics, workshops, and master classes globally. In 2019 she joined the faculty of the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific (CA); served on the President's Advisory Council for the Jazz Education Network (JEN) from 2016 - 2018; was Artistic Director for the West Coast’s DeMiero Jazz Fest from 2011 to 2018; created the Dee Daniels Jazz Vocal Scholarship awarded at the DeMiero Jazz Festival in Edmonds, WA in 2017; was on the faculty of the vocal department of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College (NY) 2013 - 2014. In 2013, she created the week-long Dee Daniels Vocal Jazz Workshop Camp at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp; from 2001 through 2017, she was the creator and donor for the Dee Daniels Jazz Vocal Scholarship at the Capilano University in North Vancouver, BC and from 2017 to the present the scholarship continues at the DeMiero Jazz Festival. She was the first artist to serve on the Advisory Board of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival (2002 - 2008), and has received several awards for her contribution in the field of music performance, music education, and community service.

Dee has several CDs as a leader to her credit in addition to being a guest artist on CDs of other artists, and on compilation CDs internationally. Visit www.deedaniels.com for further information.

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By the time she was 15, Susana had won best singer at The Festival of New Music in Caracas, had earned a scholarship to the Roland Learning Centre of Music and was playing local nightclubs four nights a week. By 22 she had one of the hottest acts in the Caracas nightlife, with people lining up around the block to watch her perform her unique mix of Latin and Anglo pop and rock. In the meantime she also did back up vocals for famous Latin singers like Venezuelan artists Frank Quintero and Kiara and collaborations with Pedro Castillo (Airo Music).

In 1998 Susana left Venezuela and immigrated to Canada. As a vocalist and percussionist, her credits include several Vancouver International Jazz Festivals, the Victoria Jazz Festival, and the 2010 Winter Olympics. She has shared the stage with internationally award-winning artists Arturo Sandoval, Poncho Sanchez, Johnny Rivera, Adonis Puente and Alex Cuba. She has also released her solo CDs “Latin Roots” (2004), “Dejame Contarte” (EP, 2020), and “We’re a Memory” (2021).

Susana can be regularly seen performing in and around British Columbia with the largest Latin-Jazz music orchestra in western Canada, Goma Dura, with the legendary Latin band Rumba Calzada and as a solo artist. She is also the Musical Director of “Raices y Alas Flamenco” the avant-guard experimental flamenco company based in Vancouver, B.C and a film and TV composer for Melodie (Australia).

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Bonnie began her performing career as a dancer touring with Paula Ross and Kokoro Dance companies and Snake in the Grass Moving Theatre. She has professional credits in stage management and has worked in media production.

Uzume Taiko is West Coast Canada’s premiere professional taiko drumming group. Performing both nationally and internationally since 1988, the group performs their unique West Coast Canadian taiko drumming styles to receptive audiences the world over. Uzume Taiko has presented concert tours in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Japan, the United States and in all corners of their homeland, Canada.

From the Western and Mid Arctic to both coasts and many points in between, Uzume has also played at folk and jazz festivals throughout the Nation. The troupe has an active history presenting shows for youth throughout BC and leads taiko drum workshops in schools and communities for people of all ages. Uzume Taiko has self-produced seven music CD's and one concert DVD available on Bandcamp through their website.

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She has also worked as a freelance theatre publicist and production manager for such Vancouver-based companies as Ruby Slippers, NeWorld Theatre and Boca del Lupo.

Cory is also a writer, performer, director and producer. Cory’s writing credits include Peaches & Scream (co-written with Mercedes Baines), Marking Time, Faith, Bob, Contrary, Sorry, Scarlet, and Late. As a performer, favourite acting credits include Mud & Men Inside (Ruby Slippers Productions), Bad Dollies (Women in View Festival) Her Big Break (These 4 Walls Productions), By Choice (Twelve Minutes Max), Faith and Bob (La Luna Productions) and Slippage (Wild Filly Productions) & The Year of Magical Thinking (Tomo Sura).

Cory is a graduate of the Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts and has an MA in Graduate Liberal Studies program from SFU. Her thesis project was her play, Hoarding Paradise, about a woman with Compulsive Hoarding Disorder, soon to be workshopped in spring 2022.

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As a solo artist, Tissa is able to freely explore her effortless Soul/RnB sound, infusing it with the traditional Persian music her family has made for generations. Beyond performing as a solo act up to a 6-piece band, she has led workshops on how her Middle Eastern roots have influenced her contemporary songwriting. Tissa's signature vocal style combines the depth of Amy Winehouse with the melodic playfulness of Googoosh.

Since 2019, Rahim has built up an enticing catalogue as a solo artist, consisting of digital releases, videos and a number of collaborations with artists in Vancouver and beyond. Tissa's upcoming single “Sunrise To Sunset” was written as part of Music BC's Canadian Songwriter Challenge, where she placed in the Top 15. It will be released on all platforms on October 1st, 2021.

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Since the pandemic, all signs pointed towards her and her husband’s professional home studio. The one ingredient needed to write their original music was, time, the one thing that was vastly available. So they began sorting through the cutting room floor and the creativity began to flow. Since April 2021, they have been featured in Grimes magazine and Lazie Indie Magazine, as well as worldwide radio play in Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia, France, Berlin, Japan and so much more. Hard work and Love for music feeds their souls to continue to write and send their music into the world.

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We are “Painters of Sound”. -Moving Lines