As a multi-disciplinary performing artist, Ms. Emerencia has been the recipient of many awards over the years, such as the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council awards. She sat on Toronto Arts Council’s, Community Arts committee for three years and on Dance Immersion’s Board – an organization promoting Black Dance in […]
Jani Lauzon is a three time Juno nominated singer/songwriter, a three time Dora Mavor Moore nominated actress and an award winning screen actress and puppeteer.
Dick “Juiceman” Lochan is a popular Toronto-based award-winning calypsonian, composer, emcee, actor, teacher, and writer with close ties to his native Trinidad. He composes music for his own performances as well as several other calypsonians, and instructs children and youths in the Calypso and Soca artform. He does this as a Tutor and Co-Director of […]
An eight-time JUNO Award (Canada’s Grammy) nominee for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, guitarist/ composer Michael Occhipinti’s inventive approach to creative music of all kinds has earned him a broad array of listeners and the respect of critics and musicians alike. Crossing genres that include jazz, chamber music, funk, world music, and anything involving modern guitar […]
Hameed Shaqq, known as “The Pan Piper of Toronto”, is a name synonymous with Steel Pan music excellence and activism. Shaqq hails originally from Arima in Trinidad, where he played and learned to develop love and respect for the Steel Pan Instrument. He first started playing Steel pan with Arima All Stars; The first steelband […]
Li Robbins is a writer, editor and producer with two decades of experience in digital, print and broadcast communications. Her work has been published by The Globe and Mail, CBC.ca, The Toronto Star, More Magazine, The Walrus, and Toronto Life, among many other publications and websites. Robbins has contributed extensively to CBC Radio’s national programming. […]
Entrepreneur, entertainer, educator and cultural innovator. (Trinidad)
Hailing from the city of Thies, Senegal but now based in the Toronto area, Tamsir Seck specializes in traditional African drumming and ballet, influenced by his highly musical family. Among the drums that he excels in playing are the Djembé, the Tama (or talking drum), the Sabar and the Xalam
Jaash Singh is a multi-faceted percussionist who has been playing for most of his life. He gravitated toward the drum kit when he was 8 years old, and naturally discovered his love and deep rooted passion for rhythm. After many years in the rock, punk, and metal scenes of Toronto, Jaash found his way into […]
In 1998, Saa Andrew Gbongbor was forced out of his village in Sierra Leone, West Africa because of diamond-fueled civil war. He moved to a crowded refugee camp in Gambia, where he slept on a tarp and survived on cornmeal. It was here at the age of 15 that he began singing the reggae songs […]
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