2025 Instructor Biographies:

Michele Amy –  Camp Director, Both Weeks

Camp Director Super woman. Organizer Extraordinaire. Community Builder. Lover of small joys, creator of large joys. 

A classically trained musician, Michele is a traditional fiddle player who believes strongly in preserving our Canadian  heritage.  Michele has studied  many of Canada’ s best fiddle players and teachers in her quest to find an authentic sound.

Working to preserve heritage in her corner of Saskatchewan, she now teaches a large studio of students,  runs the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party  ( Saskatchewan’s  flagship fiddle camp ) and promotes traditional fiddling through workshops, shows, school events, teacher training and by publishing curriculum designed to preserve the tunes of the prairies.

https://www.micheleamy.ca/

Ray Bell – Guitar Week ONE

Bringing many years of camp teaching experience,  and one of KLKP’s original supporters, we are thrilled to welcome Ray back to KLKP. He is a master teacher and player.  His clean playing, quirky sense of humour and ability to pass on information and techniques  in an accessible and playable way make him a camp favourite, and watching him onstage supporting other musicians is amazing. He runs “Music in the House,” a busy studio in Regina, Sk where he lives with his family.  

https://raybell.ca/

Eli Bender- Cello Weeks ONE and TWO

Multi-instrumentalist, teacher, leader, performer, Eli is an all around treasure on camp.

Hailing from Michigan with 10 Canadian years under his belt, Eli Bender has made a career out of bringing people together through music. Whether fiddling it on on the ‘cello with the Shoeless Trio, thumping out cumbia grooves with Compassion Gorilla, or diving deep into twin-floor-fiddle harmonies with the cello duo Hale & Hearty, they’ve always found a way to keep toes tapping and spirits high.
A longtime fan of the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party, Eli is thrilled to be back for a fourth time—this time with their family in tow! Expect infectious energy, a few surprises, and plenty of fun to keep the camp buzzing.

Sue Bland: Kids KLKP ART Week ONE

I am an artist, grateful to be living in Treaty Four Territory (Southeast Saskatchewan). I  offer a variety of guided experiences in art and nature.

Typically, I offer art PLAYshops, outdoor adventures and retreats. In winter, PLAYshops sometimes revolve around our outside skating pond and can involve skating  as well making ice lanterns and snow sculptures. In all other seasons, we often head  to nearby Pheasant Creek Coulee or the Qu’Appelle Valley to immerse ourselves in nature and then respond artistically. PLAYshops take place at our farm near Abernethy, as well as all around Saskatchewan, especially at Fort Qu’Appelle and sometimes in Regina

 I am inspired by the farm where I live,  and by the nearby wild areas which include Pheasant Creek Coulee and Qu’Appelle Valley.

https://poachedeggwoman.ca/

Aleksi Campagne- Fiddle Week Two

Aleksi Campagne is uniquely qualified to offer a contemporary, indie-folk take on the time-honoured fiddle-singing tradition. At five years old, he began performing alongside his mother, Canadian folk icon, Connie Kaldor. At 19, Aleksi moved to Paris to study under jazz violin legend Didier Lockwood. At 21, Aleksi became the only student to have ever been accepted into the classical violin, the jazz violin and the jazz voice performance programs at McGill University. Since then, Aleksi had graced the lineups of some of Canada’ most beloved folk festivals—including the Mariposa Folk Festival, the Regina Folk Festival, and the Northern Lights Festival, among others. Aleksi tours festivals and venues across Canada with a four-piece band made up of some of the finest young musicians Montreal has to offer: Stephane Krims (Bass), Aaron Dolman (drums) and Zach Bachand (guitar). 

Rachel Capon – Cello week ONE  

Rachel Capon is an innovative and boundary-pushing multi-genre cellist. It is Rachel’s desire to be a lifelong student of the cello that has set her apart from many others. Her ability to adapt and engage in new musical settings is what has made her one of North America’s most exciting cellists. Her versatility has made her an active session musician working on projects from hip-hop, Cuban, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, and classical.     

Kylee Carver: Admin /Social Media and Bridge Program Coordinator, Week One and Two

Phenomenal Musician and organizer, Kylee will be filling in all over campus, ensuring KLKP’s social media is on point, coordinating the Bridge program, which is the program that allows kids ages 13 – 15 to attend KLKP without parental guidance, as Kylee supervises the “Teen Wranglers” and ensures the physical, social and emotional well-being of our teens during the week, as well as monitoring their musical interractions.

You’ll see her onstage, singing with the band, hitting the piano, coaching in between filling in for Michele as needed.  Or just sitting by her camper, strumming and jamming and mixing up a mean “beverage of choice.”

Joseph Desjarlais: Kids KLKP Fiddle Week ONE

One of John Arcand’s students, Joseph competed in the 2024 Grand Masters competition, and has been leading fiddle programs, jam sessions and teaching at fiddle camps.  He’s an all-around cool dude, and we enjoy hanging out and playing liar’s dice in the MTC. Joseph is always up for a jam, a conversation and a lot of fun, and we’re looking forward to him being part of the KLKP team for 2025. 

Emily Dubois is a musically ambitious fiddler originally from Langbank, Saskatchewan.
Her affection for the fiddle started early; regularly attending fiddle camps like the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party, Emily was exposed to multiple fiddling styles from a variety of notable Canadian players like Gordon Stobbe, Shane Cook, Calvin Vollrath, Troy MacGillivray, Mairi Rankin, and Liz Carroll.
Fiddle-camps nurtured Emily’s passion for collaboration, performance, and her own evolution to mentoring and teaching young fiddlers. A connection was made early with Vancouver Island’s Ivonne Hernandez, and she followed her to Victoria to grow as a player, performer, and instructor.
Emily completed a diploma in Contemporary Music Performance under Daniel Lapp, competed in the 2019 and 2024 Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championships.Since 2023, Emily has moved back to Saskatchewan, and has settled in Regina, where she runs the Flatland Fiddling Studio, and runs private and group lessons. She is beyond excited be back SK fiddling scene! You can find more information about Emily and the Flatland Fiddling Studio at flatlandfiddling.comEmily brings great creativity and energy to her playing and performing, and a solid teaching style when working with students.  We are pleased to see some of these musicians come full circle, and return as dedicated teachers at KLKP.

Mitch Dureault – Fiddle both weeks: Kids KLKP

Born and raised in southern Saskatchewan, Mitch Dureault has a mixed foundation of his grandfather’s old-time traditions, mixed with prairie dance repertoire, and a touch of Celtic.

Will Elliott (Tech/Sound/Admin – Both Weeks)    

Where there is a Will there is a way… he does the stuff around camp: set up, sound, fixing, trouble shooting, recording, wiring, hauling… you name it, he’s the guy to look for before KLKP and during. There are always unsung heroes in any festival or volunteer situation, and this is one of our backbones. 

Tom Gammons – Week Two Guitar

Another full circle KLKP participant, Tom originally attended KLKP as a student, learning from such guitar masters as Jake Charron, Ken Hamm, and Ben Knorr. He continued his education at the Holland College School of Performing Arts in P.E.I. where he currently makes his home. Now playing with the group Inn Echo, who are becoming a high-demand group in festivals worldwide; touring in Australia, the UK and coast-to-coast within Canada. They were even recently nominated for a Juno Award for Roots Traditional Album of the Year for their album Hemispheres!

Tom actively pursues diverse education to further his own playing, but has also become the Island’s go-to guitarist for trad musicians, leading sessions, and playing dances when not touring his own material. His most recent project is a duo with Ray Knorr, set to release their first EP in April 2025. With the two of them teaching in Week 2, you can expect a Gammons & Knorr debut on the Kenosee stage.

Anthony Kelly – Week One  “School of Rock” with Morgan Turk

Guitarist, song-writer, side-player and lead singer: Anthony’s musical career has been steeped in inclusion. Coming from a musical family, Anthony grew up performing,playing and singing in his family band.  He expanded on this to follow solo projects, mentor and nurture other young players and the next generation of musicians and performers.

Anthony raised a family of musical daughters, singing harmony with them at young ages, and he has been teaching with KLKP every single year that we have been in operation, but seldom in the same class or location! 

Raymond Knorr ( PEI) Fiddle Weeks One AND Two

 A master fiddler, Ray has been prominent on the Canadian Fiddle scene since he was a child, recording his first album as a family trio with his two siblings at a young age.  He took a break to do some high-powered University learning and then worked professionally before returning to his musical roots.  Now living on PEI, Raymond is performing in a duo with Tom gammons, Traveling the world learning and instructing and honing his craft.  Also a stellar vocal coach, Ray brings a gentle, kind presence wherever he roams.

We’re excited to have him at KLKP 2025 for both weeks. 

Daniel Koulack – Both Weeks: Banjo / guitar

Daniel Koulack, whose music includes a broad range of genres, is a respected multi-instrumentalist and teacher on the Canadian music scene. At eleven years of age he bought a banjo with money saved up from his paper route, and a year later he made his professional debut at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Twice-nominated for the Junos, Daniel has released three solo albums and regularly collaborates with Canada’s best musicians across genres. Daniel has been a beloved teacher at KLKP for many years, and his bass playing is a constant on our concert stage.

www.danielkoulack.net

Ameena Bajer-Koulack:  Week TWO banjo

Ameena has been singing and playing music since the age of five, when her dad taught her to play her very first fiddle tune; Boil them Cabbages. Her love of the banjo has been a constant since birth, and as a teen, her dad told her she could earn her very own banjo if she learned 30 tunes. Since then, she has explored various musical forms, studying classical violin, piano, clawhammer banjo, choral singing, and traditional fiddle music. She played and recorded traditional Jewish music with the Klezmer Kids for seven years, toured with the Knappen Street All-Star Band, and regularly performs with her brother George and her dad, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Koulack. A passionate and charismatic teacher, she is in high demand as a workshop instructor in fiddle, banjo, and choral singing, and regularly teaches both privately and at camps in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario. Her eclectic music background and upbeat teaching style endear her to students and make her a camp favourite!

George Bajer-Koulack:  Week Two guitar

Yes, that’s right! The whole Koulack clan shall be present in week two and what a magical journey that’s going to be!  George is an amazing guitarist, and an equally incredible vocal coach.  Not to mention an origami aficionado, which I’m sure will come into play at the MTC table.  George has studied classical and flamenco guitar extensively, and also is a rock solid accompanist.  His quirky approach makes learning very accessible, and his laid back personality creates space for great conversations and fun insights.  We’re going to love having the whole family together for the week.

Patti Kusturok – Week One: fiddle

At the age of four, Patti began to learn playing the fiddle, and has a resume that reads like that of an Olympic champion. A few to her credit includes the Canadian Junior Champion (1985), 3-time Champion at the famous Pembroke, ON competition, 6 time Manitoba Champion, 3 time Grand North American Champion, and in 1994, 1995 and again in 1996, Patti won the prestigious Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship in Ottawa, ON. Patti was the first woman in the history of Canada to ever win and was the very first person from Western Canada to attain the crown.

Patti is known across the country in the fiddle music world and with her humble demeanour and personable stage presence allows the audience to soak in the music and connect with her in a special way. Patti has a razor sharp wit and when she starts playing her fiddle the musical spirits instantly come alive in whatever room she’s playing!!

After being one of the most sought after old time dance players in her home province of Manitoba, Patti has taken that amazing feel and drive, mixed it up with a little humour, and put together a fun and entertaining show that will have you laughing and stomping your feet, with maybe even a tear or two as you allow yourself to remember the good old days of having a kitchen party until the wee hours.

https://www.pattikusturok.com/

Brii LaPlante ART

Brianna LaPlante is a Fine Artist from Fishing Lake First Nation. Her art is used as her voice, informed by the intersections of her valuable life experiences. Her works are predominantly within the two-dimensional realm, bringing spaces to life through the choices of line, colour, pattern, and symbolism. Her art is produced with the technical tools and teachings of the urban world, backed with the traditional practices and stories of culture.

Artwork is an act of lifelong learning and resilience for Brii as an Anishinaabe/nehiyaw/Métis creator. 

Troy MacGillivray: Week One and Two: Fiddle

Troy is one of our favourite Canadian players, and a true master of both the piano and the fiddle. A sought after teacher and performer, we’re very pleased that he’ll be at KLKP for both weeks in 2025.  Raised in Lanark, 

Nova Scotia, his musical prowess can be attributed to an especially rare combination of commitment and bloodline. By the age of six, Troy was already impressing audiences with his step dancing skills. By 13 he was teaching piano at the renowned Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts in St. Anne’s, Cape Breton. He has completed grade seven of the Toronto Conservatory of Music for classical piano, has spent four years in a stringed orchestra and has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in music from St. Francis Xavier University.

Troy’s first 2 recordings, Boomerang (2003) and Musical Ties (2001), received East Coast Music Award nominations as well as Music Industry Association of Nova Scotia nominations. Musical Ties is a blend of contemporary and original compositions with two hundred year old melodies played on the piano and fiddle while Boomerang is a demonstration of the piano and fiddle played in the purist traditional styling’s. It is a roots-centered approach with the power to capture any audience.

MacGillivray’s third solo album, ELEVEN, is a tribute to his Highland heritage, and is named in recognition of the nickname given to his grandfather, fiddling pioneer Hugh A. MacDonald – Hughie No. 11. Additionally, this album marks the 11th recording on which MacGillivray has appeared.

On the CD, which also received ECMA and Music Nova Scotia nominations for Best Instrumental Album, MacGillivray plays fiddle, piano, viola and bass with an international cast of musicians playing flute, cello, guitar and bodhran. Joining him are his two older sisters, two-time ECMA award-winning fiddler Kendra MacGillivray and acclaimed percussionist and dancer, Sabra MacGillivray, along with their guitar-wielding father Tony MacGillivray. Guitarists Brent Chaisson from Prince Edward Island, Anna Massie from Scotland, Jason Murdock from Pictou County an local favourite Dave MacIsaac, also join in as does Tim Edey, an English guitarist who performs with the band Session A9. Juilliard School of Music graduate Natalie Haas, from New York, plays cello and Scotland’s Nuala Kennedy, who plays flute with bands Fine Friday and Harem Scarem.

Troy’s 4th CD, Live At The Music Room, is the 2008 ECMA Instrumental Recording of the Year. This live recording took place January 2007 at The Music Room in Halifax, NS – one of the finest acoustic spaces in Canada. This unique facility, which houses a New York-built Steinway grand piano, superbly showcases Troy’s musical talents in a live setting featuring the accompaniments of Dave MacIsaac, Allan Dewar, Brad Davidge and Sabra MacGillivray. The award-winning CD contains a wide variety of strathespeys and reels, jigs and polkas, a hornpipe and a piano air … and even some fantastic step-dancing!

Troy’s latest project, When Here Meets There, is a unique collaboration with Canadian & US National Fiddle Champion Shane Cook that showcases why both fiddlers are at the top of their game. “Individually, these two fiddlers are virtuosic musicians and dynamic performers; together, stimulating and feeding off of each other and their top-tier back-up musicians, they are inspirational.” (Dr. Sherry Johnson – York University, Toronto)

The last few years have been incredibly busy ones for Troy MacGillivray. In 2004, he was the recipient of the “Auleen Theriault Young Tradition Award” from the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival in Goderich, Ontario — an award given to an artist that shows outstanding talent and love for traditional and roots based music. He embarked on an impressive Canadian tour in support of his independently-produced CD, Boomerang; recorded a television program for the Bravo Television Network and provided music for a CBS made-for-TV movie starring Jane Seymour. In 2005/2006, Troy made his first of many appearances at Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, Scotland where he was chosen as the winner of the honourable “Danny Kyle Stage”. He also showcased at a number of prestigious events, including the East Coast Music Awards, Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the Barbados Celtic Festival and the Edinburgh Fiddle Festival – not to mention a Dave Gunning tour of Western Canada, and numerous dances, concerts and ceilidhs throughout Canada and the United Kingdom The fast pace that is Troy MacGillivray continues!

From repeat appearances at Scotland’s Celtic Connections Festival to a tour in British Columbia to appearing at the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championships to promotional tours in Toronto, Ottawa, Boston and Chicago, Troy continues to impress and amaze audiences around with world with his incredible array of talent. In between his busy touring scheduled, he also managed to complete the Applied Music Technology program at McKenzie College, studying recording engineering in 2006.

Troy’s bloodline is equally as impressive. The Lanark MacGillivrays and MacDonalds have been proprietors of the Gaelic tradition in North Eastern Nova Scotia for generations. Troy’s grandfather, Hugh A. MacDonald, is a member of the Nova Scotia Country Hall of Fame – an honour bestowed for his contribution to the Gaelic culture of Nova Scotia. Troy’s parents, Tony and Janice, are talented musicians in their own rights while his sister, Kendra, is a two time East Coast Music Award winning Celtic fiddler and his sister Sabra, is an accomplished dancer and percussionist. Whether playing piano or fiddle, or showcasing his stepdancing capabilities, Troy MacGillivray displays a unique sense of pride and commitment to his Celtic heritage and his music continues to add to the history and development of the traditional music that is the epitome of the Maritimes, the place he calls home!

Scott Perrie ( Winsome Kind)  Kids KLKP guitar both weeks

Scott Perrie is a seasoned singer/songwriter, and guitarist who has spent the last 20 years carving his own path.  He has released many albums with different music projects over the years, most recently with Winsome Kind, an inspirational folk duo that he formed with his talented wife Leora Joy.  Winsome Kind was nominated for a Sask Music Award for Inspirational Artist of the Year and recently won two EmPower Positive Music Awards for their song “Trail of Love’ and “Frequency.” Scott grew up on the west coast, and spent many years performing in the Vancouver scene as a musician. He inherited his grandfathers 1961 Gibson J45 and started out busking on Granville Island and eventually joined two premiere cover bands (Famous Players & Side One), and then worked as a solo artist for hundreds of weddings, and special events.  Scott has been teaching private guitar lessons in Alameda, where he and Leora are currently raising their 3 beautiful kids. He is thrilled to be part of the KLKP team as the guitar teacher for the kids music camp!

www.winsomekind.com

Shamma Sabir – Week Two: Fiddle

Shamma has been a passionate abassador of fiddle music from the time she heard the first strains of Faded Love.  She still remembers it. She was 11-years old and she knew she had to learn music that made her heart ache and her feet tap all at the same time.

Since then she has played and taught her way through much of the Canadian landscape while completing a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology.

Through  this blend of passions, she has been able to learn and develop effective teaching techniques that take into acount how learning happens.

This journey has formed her mission: to spread the love of fidel music, paired with an understanding of how people learn, supported by fundamental technique, to ensure that you love the way you sound.

From her website: Layer Cake Mountain :https://layercakemountain.ca/

From soulful sounds to tunes filled with fierce joy, Shamma plays it all. Shamma has contributed bluesy vocals and haunting fiddle sounds to collaborations far and wide.

A passionate ambassador of Canadian fiddle music, Shamma has a strong belief in the powerful function of music: to bring people together in love and joy, to transcend words, to provoke intense emotion and to soothe the soul.

https://shammasabir.ca/

KARRNNEL Sawitsky Fiddle Week ONE

Creative. Captivating. Karrnnel is without a doubt one of Canada’s most accomplished and innovative fiddlers and musicians as a recording artist, teacher, performer and composer. Karrnnel is changing the face of fiddle music.

In 2018, Karrnnel will be busy performing around the world with tours booked across Canada, the US and Europe, just as he has completed in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. In addition to this, he will continue his process of writing music that is distinctly his voice and that which transforms the ideals of what the fiddle can do. With 3 albums in the works for 2018, this is the year that Karrnnel is set to truly ink his mark in the music world.
Karrnnel has been honing his skills on the fiddle for over twenty-nine years and he has garnered numerous awards, nominations and high acclaim to his name.  A wildly dynamic live performer, he is consistently invited to showcase and perform on the provincial, national and international stage.  Known for his distinct style and exceptional technique, Karrnnel is highly regarded for his unique approach in breaking new ground in the traditional fiddle world.

Karrnnel has established himself as one of the most original and decorated musicians in the country. He is the most successful competition fiddle player in Saskatchewan’s history, is multi-nominated and a winner at the Western Canadian Music awards and the Canadian Folk Music Awards – including a nomination for Solo Instrumentalist of the Year – and was nominated for Instrumental Song of the Year at the 2012 International Independent Music Awards.

Since the age of 4, he grew up playing in a family band with his two sisters (Kimberly and Kanndece on fiddle) and his father (Orest on accordion) traveling all across North America as The Sawitsky Family Fiddlers. From there, Karrnnel has gone on to develop a successful and critically acclaimed performance and recording career which includes performances all across North America and Europe and the release of 5 award nominated albums since 2009.

In late 2011, Karrnnel and three musical friends formed a new band called The Fretless and in 2017 they won the JUNO Award for Instrumental Album of the Year for their album Bird’s Nest. 2018 will mark the release of their fourth studio album, while their debut album ‘Waterbound’ and followup self-titled albums were met with critical acclaim across Canada, the US, and Europe.

Karrnnel is one of the most active and authentic composers of fiddle music around the world. He has composed over 300 songs to date, and in 2010, he began the process of writing full orchestrations for his original music (an exercise he continues today). Karrnnel is also very active on the education/teaching side of music sharing his musical gift at various music camps, workshops and school workshops across Canada that focus on sharing the traditions of old time music and dance.

Whether he is teaching, performing, writing, collaborating, arranging, or recording, Karrnnel consistently amazes audiences with his passion and expertise of the music he plays.

www.karrnnel.com

Rob Skeet – Week Two: “School of Rock” with Morgan Turk

Multi-instrumentalist Rob Skeet brings the party to KLKP each year.  His boundless energy, his huge laugh and his genuine desire to help each student become the very best that they can be is a gift to all.

He leads the best vocal jams, rocking out to any genre of music, always favouring a little of Cyril TenJohn along the way.

His concerts are always camp favourites, and include hordes of thousands!

If you get a chance to work with Rob, it will be one you won’t forget. Able to coach equally on vocals, piano, guitar, fiddle, and anything stringed, as well as a deep understanding of how to guide a band to create great shows, this year will fit right into Rob’s deep skill set.  We can’t wait to see what will happen!

 Emilyn Stam – Both weeks Piano

Emilyn Stam is an Ontario-based fiddler, pianist and accordionist who creates, performs, records and teaches in folk, trad, and neo-trad styles from Europe and Canada. Her unique style is largely influenced by her mentor, the late Oliver Schroer, but also by her 4 years touring with Eastern European party-punk-super-band Lemon Bucket Orkestra, playing for “Balfolk” social dancing events with the Dutch band Té, classical piano training, and as a member of trio “Eh?! with Canadian fiddlers Anne Lederman and James Stephens

She has toured throughout Canada, Eastern and Western Europe with The Lemon Bucket Orkestra, The Shoeless, Eh?!, Filippo Gambetta (IT), John David Williams, and Té (NL). She co-founded Balfolk Toronto, a new movement of social folk dancing in Toronto which hosts weekly drop-in dance evenings with live music. She regularly crosses over into other art forms, collaborating with improvising clowns, theatre groups, contemporary dancers and poets. In 2015 she completed the 2.5 week intensive Baby Clown course led by John Turner on Manitoulin Island, and in 2014 choreographer Suzette Sherman created a 3 movement dance piece to 3 of Emilyn’s compositions. 

Emilyn has taught at various fiddle camps (Castlegar, BC Fiddle Camp, Goderich Celtic College, AlgomaTrad) across Canada, teaching both her unique piano accompaniment style and fiddle classes in ensemble playing, fiddle composition, Canadian fiddling, and Oliver Schroer tunes.

Emilyn has performed festivals (Montreal Jazz, Vancouver Folk Festival, etc), house concerts (Home Routes), venues large and small throughout Canada, Western and Eastern Europe in various musical projects. She has released 8 albums and appears on at least 30 other recordings, including David Woodhead’s “Confabulation”, Oliver Schroer’s “Smithers” and Jaron Freeman-Fox’s “Manic Almanac, Slow Mobius”.

She has 4 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominations, (The Shoeless, Eh?!, Lemon Bucket Orkestra) and 2 Juno Award Nominations (Lemon Bucket Orkestra). Emilyn performed in both seasons of the TV show Galala (UNIS TV), as a member of the house band (synths, organ, piano, accordion, violin), co-arranger and co-composer. 

Rowan Teasdale – Kids KLKP  Both weeks: Ukulele 

Rowan is a technically trained musician, who has traveled widely honing her skills in both music, language, cultural appreciation and folk dance. She is an educator with many years of classroom experience, and now teaches music full time out of her private studio in Balcarres.

She has encapsulated KLKP jam tunes into book format, has published several ukulele songbooks to help her students, as well as violin technique made simple.

She loves to call dances, create community and believes in a barrier-free acceptance of all.

https://www.rowanteasdale.com/about 

Donna Turk – Both Weeks Fiddle

A long time KLKP instructor, Donna Turk is passionate about making fiddle music accessible for all ages and backgrounds. She led the acclaimed Bow Valley Fiddlers of Calgary for many years and taught in several Northern communities before moving to Forget, SK where she has an active studio.  Specializing in the Old Time fiddle style, Donna has toured around the world and her 2012 album combines spirited original tunes with historic favourites.

Current Projects:  

Dana Schindelka duo:  watch for new recordings of this powerhouse duo coming out soon, featuring powerful vocal / piano compositions  with stellar fiddle elements. 

The past few years, you can find Donna rocking the stage with her Celtic Rock band “The Tilted Kilts.”  With a busy touring schedule, the calendar leaves barely enough time for Donna to tour and teach across Canada and the north. She is a sought after teacher in person AND online before online teaching surged to prominence during the pandemic.  

www.donnaturk.ca 

Morgan Turk: “School of Rock” Week One and Two
Electric, Acoustic, Blues or whatever, Morgan plays it all.  Not only is he a master of his instrument, he has been the front guitarist for far too many bands to mention in the past, but currently fronts the Teagan Littlechief band, which is making enormous waves across Canada. ( and to the moon).   This year we have paired him up each week with another instructor, and together they will coach a group of rag-tag diverse musicians into a cohesive band structure (or two, depending on the interest and enrollment).. We cannot wait to see what develops, but we can bet for sure it’s going to be fun and very probably loud.

Ted View ART  Week TWO

Ted View is an accomplished realist, whose work emphasizes the representation of living form. He has explored a number of media, producing large murals, acrylic paintings, watercolour paintings, graphite drawings, pen and ink pointillism, ceramic sculpture, and clay sculpture. His subjects are most often people, pets, and wildlife. 
https://www.tedview.ca/

Jacquie Walbaum – Kids KLKP Both Weeks / vocals 

Jacquie Walbaum is a highly regarded teacher and performer in Southeast Saskatchewan.
An experienced teacher of young people, Jacquie combines her adept musicianship with deep pedagogical knowledge.  Her innovative approach to music combines traditional along with fun modern music.  She  currenly performs with Kylee Carver as “Duelling Sirens” a much sought-after show that tours extensively across the province.  Previously, she performed and recorded with  her husband Aaron Walbaum as Wooltree Grove, a duo with passionate lyrics and tight harmonies.  As a solo act, Jacquie is described as a folk/indie style that speaks to your soul.