My studies, however, were interrupted when I was cast in my first professional show at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax.ĭefinitely reading. I had big dreams of performing but my real plan was to become a music teacher. I do think that as much as she has been a highly celebrated figure over here, she is sometimes underestimated in her overall cultural and literary significance.Īs a student, what career path did you dream of following? Montgomery and I love seeing Maritime life through her eyes. That poem and the incredible volume of poetry created by soldiers during WWI came back into my life during my recent stint in the Toronto production of War Horse. Singing Alex Tilley’s famous composition of “In Flander’s Fields” with my high school choir, and Alex (our music teacher) conducting. Particularly reading sewing patterns - that was too excruciating for my right and left brain to reconcile the directions with the actions! I was pretty bad at Home Ec (back when we used to call it that). I had exceptional music teachers from K to Grade 12. Received a donation of $100,000 in 2015 to expand the Uschool program.Uschool students performed with astronaut Chris Hadfield via satellite in May 2013.Joined the Toronto cast of the Tony Award-winning play War Horse in 2012.Launched Doane Uschool ( uschool.ca) in 2009 the music education program serves over 500 students weekly in Toronto elementary schools and is based on her father’s 1960s Ukulele in the Classroom program.Has toured with Great Big Sea, Jann Arden and Sarah McLachlan’s “Lilith Fair”.Won a Juno for Best New Solo Artist in 1999.
Released Adam’s Rib in 1998, resulting in four Top 40 singles in Canada has produced five albums her single “Up to the Light” came out last September.Moved to Toronto in 1988 to pursue a theatre career, while also writing music.Studied music at Dalhousie University, with the intention of becoming a music teacher.MacLeod Elementary School and Queen Elizabeth High School in Halifax Chalmers Doane, championed the use of the ukulele for music instruction in Canadian classrooms during the ’70s and ’80s he received the Order of Canada in 2005 for his leadership in education
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