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Tauni Sheldon

Tauni Sheldon

Tauni Sheldon

LOCAL HOST

Tauni Sheldon is Inuk whose family comes from Inukjuak and Quaqtaq, both in Nunavik (northern Québec) and was adopted to a loving qallunaq or non-Inuit family in Ontario. Although she was apprehended at birth as a part of the Sixties Scoop, she has reconnected with her birth Mother, birth Father, and birth family while maintaining a loving relationship with her adoptive family. She has travelled to all parts of Nunavik, parts of Nunavut, and Nunatsiavut (Labrador) and continues to learn her Inuit culture.Currently, Tauni lives with her husband, Ed and with their son, Aalpi in the rural area of Guelph. She works in the Kamatsiarniq Program at Tungasuvvingat Inuit in Inuit child welfare and has a background in federal corrections, as well as having been a pilot for Air Inuit. She and her son, Aalpi Kumarluk work with agencies and organizations in southwestern Ontario in teaching and sharing in Inuit culture.

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Muckpaloo Ipeelie

Muckpaloo Ipeelie

Muckpaloo Ipeelie

LOCAL HOST

Muckpaloo, a local Blue Mountain resident, is the owner of the Urban Inuit Identity Project. Muckpaloo bridges the gap in social services full time, by providing fun and informative Inuit cultural workshops, and teaching service providers about Inuit culture to help preserve it. She also started the Collingwood Indigenous Circle, a grassroots group where she advocates for the sharing of Indigenous culture for the local community.” (Photo credit Martin Lamprecht).

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Eric Cadesky

Eric Cadesky

Eric Cadesky

INSTRUMENT MAKER

Eric Cadesky has been fascinated by musical instruments and taking them apart since he was young. Eventually he learned how to put most of them back together. In doing so discovered his passion for designing and building non-traditional music instruments. For the past 43 years he has been building instruments made of glass for the Glass Orchestra, a quartet who have performed locally and around the globe. He is a composer for film, tv, modern dance and ballet and his music has been nominated for numerous awards, recently receiving Best Music Award for his score for the dance film Bears, Stars and Trees. He believes in giving back to the community through workshops, residencies and mentoring. He is very happy to be working with the wonderful team of the Collingwood Music Festival!

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Annette Sandberg

Annette Sandberg

Annette Sandberg

HISTORIAN

Annette Sandberg grew up on the Niagara Escarpment, Grey County between Castle Glen and Scenic Caves, and now resides in Collingwood. As a historical researcher and writer of the area, Annette hikes the land to uncover its early Emigrant and Indigenous past and explores its many magical ecosystems and varied life forms that inhabit it. With her inclusion of folklore and fables, she is one of the most intriguing storytellers of the past, present, and future of this Land we call home.

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Daniel Vnukowski

Daniel Vnukowski

Daniel Vnukowski

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Hailed as “a pianist to watch” by New York Classical Review and “a dashing pianist” by The Sunday Times, Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Vnukowski (pronounced Vnoo-koff’-skee) has performed throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia in prestigious concert halls. Dedicated to giving back to the country that nurtured him as an artist, Vnukowski founded “Piano Six – New Generation” to perform outreach concerts for remote communities in Canada and the “Collingwood Summer Music Festival”. Since November 1, 2021, Mr. Vnukowski has been radio announcer of the Classical Jukebox on the New Classical FM, the only full-time classical radio station in English-speaking Canada.

During the Covid-19 crisis, Vnukowski’s virtual live streaming project from home has made waves internationally, reaching over half a million viewers. The livestreams have been endorsed by Fazioli Pianoforte and featured on NPR Radio, Classical FM, Ludwig Van Toronto and BBC Music Magazine playlists.
The music of interwar Jewish composers also occupies a special place in Mr. Vnukowski’s repertoire and during 2019 he continued to focus on the music of Karol Rathaus, performing the composer’s Piano Concerto with The Orchestra Now conducted by Leon Botstein, as part of a Rathaus Festival presented by the Copland School of Music at Queens College; made his sold-out Carnegie Hall recital debut in a program that included the composer’s Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 20; and released an all-Rathaus recording of solo piano music on the Toccata label. Mr. Vnukowski will be featured in a documentary on Rathaus produced by Lev Deych & Michael Haas.
Note: Vnukowski is an anglicized version of the original Polish name Wnukowski.

Visit danperforms.com for more information.

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