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'.com (August 2023), being a finalist with the Niagara Jazz Festival Youth Contest (2022), an Outstanding Ensemble Award for leading and arranging at the Vocal Impact Festival (2020), a full scholarship towards the Drayton Harbour Festival Camp in Washington (2016), and performing at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans (2016).
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Recipient of the UBC Greg Quan Prize in Music Education (2021), as well as an Outstanding Practicum Award, Will continues to arrange and compose music for various ensembles in his spare time. His compositions and arrangements continue to be performed internationally by various ensembles including the Vancouver Youth Choir, the Asian Pacific Youth Choir, and Western University's Chorale Ensemble. He has served as the intern conductor of the BC Youth Choir under the direction of Dr. Tracy Wong (2024), and as a clinician for several secondary music programs. He is currently the director of choirs and general music at Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver.

Will has shared the stage with many notable artists including, Dee Daniels, Maria Schneider, Peter Bernstein, Bria Skonberg, Dawn Pemberton, and more as part of his studies at Capilano University.

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 passionate about music and writing. Their first poetry collection "Nipinapunan" was published in 2023, and has just been nominated a recipient of the Indigenous Voices Awards

Guest: Brock Tinsley

Brock Tinsley is an Ottawa musician and SHSM-Certified presenter offering seminars for careers in music for Middle, High School and University students. He has given over 150 lectures given across Canada and the United Kingdom. Brock also co-delivers a songwriting workshop and lead workshops for novice-level guitar players.

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 ideas inside and outside of the studio.